Senior Named Account Executive, Salt Lake City

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<div class="content-intro"><div><strong>About Us</strong></div> <div> <p>At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us! </span></p> </div></div><p><strong>This is a remote role but the location requirement is that you reside in the Salt Lake City, UT.</strong></p> <hr> <p><strong>What you'll do</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cloudflare is looking for highly motivated Named Account Executives seeking a role with the opportunity to help build a GTM working with some of the largest companies in North America. This position will manage a focused set of ~20-30 accounts with $1B -$25B in annual revenues. The Enterprise Account team will shape and lead Cloudflare’s Go To Market.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We will leverage the strength of all Cloudflare functions to become a strategic partner to our customers and their digital transformation efforts. Our product and services and our methods of engagement will differentiate and delight our customers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The AE will interact with both C-level clients and senior technical decision makers, utilizing Cloudflare solutions and resources to drive a business partnership focused on joint success with our customers.  Success requires consultative, solutions-oriented sales, and customer service skills in addition to intense personal energy and focused activity. A critical factor of achievement in this role is the ability and desire to focus and lead an internal group of constituents to bring their skillset to bear to build solutions and exponentially grow revenue. The AE must be expert in identifying business opportunities with customers, developing Enterprise Account Plans, driving execution across functional stakeholders, and closing revenue. The Enterprise Account Executive should be comfortable engaging in business level outcome conversations with the C-suite, presenting Cloudflare’s vision and plan for value creation to all levels, and negotiating win-win scenarios for all parties. The AE will be accountable to obtaining new business and expansion of Cloudflare wallet-share within existing customers. The role involves handling multiple accounts and will require high degrees of attention to detail and coordination with customers, partners, and internal resources. Lastly, the AE should thrive in an entrepreneurial environment where initiative is celebrated and enthusiasm for the possible is expected.</span></p> <p><strong>Enterprise Account Team Core Values:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be Successful – Success comes from hitting your goals on a consistent basis. Have a plan for “how” you’ll hit your goals and evaluate often; that way you always know where you stand. Be in a position and ready to demonstrate your plan for success.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Provide Customers with a Premium Business Experience - Solutions, Empathy, Proactiveness, Anticipation of needs, Company Support, Creativity, and Urgency to Deliver Value are core principles of a Cloudflare Strategic Account Experience. Give your customers a level of service that is unmatched in the industry.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be Brilliant in the Basics - The hallmark of a high performance team is their willingness to commit to Brilliance in the Basics in all aspects of their roles. Forecasting, SFDC Disciplines, Pipeline Management, Account Engagement, Negotiation, Closing, and Depth of Cloudflare Knowledge are the basic skills that make a Strategic Account Executive successful.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make Bold Decisions - Operating with the largest companies in the world is a “game of inches”. Often the Enterprise Account Executive will have to make strategic decisions on engagement, terms, and support. These decisions should be made by the AE who is closest to the issue and most affected by it. Top down management of accounts is outdated because of the speed of today’s business. If execution presents risk, Seek the advice of leaders when and where you need it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Teammate - We are all individually accountable to our goals, but we operate as a team. No one person has all the answers, but collectively the knowledge, experience, and acumen of the team is deep. Be the person who actively seeks to assist the team, shares knowledge, and extends your personal network. We are successful when we are all overachieving as a group.</span></p> <p><strong>Additional responsibilities will include:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proactively manage and grow a portfolio of assigned Enterprise level clients.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Close new and expansion business monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, meeting or exceeding assigned quota.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Manage customer relationships and assume ownership of deadlines and deliverables to ensure Cloudflare is correctly positioned to win business.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Develop C level and Decision Maker relationships within accounts for the purpose of establishing strategic alignment to customer’s transformative objectives.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Develop pipeline by maintaining a high level of activity/outreach directly and indirectly, deeply understanding the customers goals and objectives, and analyzing where Cloudflare can add value.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maintain accurate forecasts and report to the sales leader on the status of New and Expansion opportunities for weekly sales meetings. Leverage MEDDPIC framework in SFDC document weekly progress.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Accountable to reverse closure steps and establish jointly owned timelines with Customers. Understand the purchasing process fully and be able to document progress against required steps to closure.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Organize and deliver executive level presentations, proposals, commercial terms with Customers.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leverage the Executive Briefing Center and process to establish key sponsorships and support of accounts with Cloudflare Executives.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Build and maintain relationships with channel partners to establish joint value propositions and Customer value.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Participate in team meetings and deliver GTM guidance on how to better partner with accounts.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">6+ years of experience coupled with proficiency in Cloud Networking and Security Technology with industry awareness.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Demonstrated track record of meeting and exceeding quota.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Expert Sales Acumen (Discovery, Position, Compete, Negotiate, Close, Expand).</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team over a long term account horizon.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Able to identify key players in organizations and possess the ability to convert business issues into solutions.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Comfortable selling to obtain new business or expand existing business. Strong closing skills are essential.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ability to build meaningful relationships quickly.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Someone who acts with integrity and honesty in all situations.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be able to demonstrate a positive attitude internally and externally.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Expert at building rapport and owning the room.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aggressiveness in execution and planning.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ability to take successes and challenges in stride.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Discipline to work w/o instant gratification.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Someone who is bold in their actions and never satisfied with complacency.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A strong will and fortitude to work a plan in the face of challenge.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A business professional who loves the sales profession.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>at you'll do</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cloudflare is looking for highly motivated Named Account Executives seeking a role with the opportunity to help build a GTM working with some of the largest companies in North America. This position will manage a focused set of ~20-30 accounts with $1B -$25B in annual revenues. The Enterprise Account team will shape and lead Cloudflare’s Go To Market.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We will leverage the strength of all Cloudflare functions to become a strategic partner to our customers and their digital transformation efforts. Our product and services and our methods of engagement will differentiate and delight our customers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The AE will interact with both C-level clients and senior technical decision makers, utilizing Cloudflare solutions and resources to drive a business partnership focused on joint success with our customers.  Success requires consultative, solutions-oriented sales, and customer service skills in addition to intense personal energy and focused activity. A critical factor of achievement in this role is the ability and desire to focus and lead an internal group of constituents to bring their skillset to bear to build solutions and exponentially grow revenue. The AE must be expert in identifying business opportunities with customers, developing Enterprise Account Plans, driving execution across functional stakeholders, and closing revenue. The Enterprise Account Executive should be comfortable engaging in business level outcome conversations with the C-suite, presenting Cloudflare’s vision and plan for value creation to all levels, and negotiating win-win scenarios for all parties. The AE will be accountable to obtaining new business and expansion of Cloudflare wallet-share within existing customers. The role involves handling multiple accounts and will require high degrees of attention to detail and coordination with customers, partners, and internal resources. Lastly, the AE should thrive in an entrepreneurial environment where initiative is celebrated and enthusiasm for the possible is expected.</span></p> <p><strong>Enterprise Account Team Core Values:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be Successful – Success comes from hitting your goals on a consistent basis. Have a plan for “how” you’ll hit your goals and evaluate often; that way you always know where you stand. Be in a position and ready to demonstrate your plan for success.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Provide Customers with a Premium Business Experience - Solutions, Empathy, Proactiveness, Anticipation of needs, Company Support, Creativity, and Urgency to Deliver Value are core principles of a Cloudflare Strategic Account Experience. Give your customers a level of service that is unmatched in the industry.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be Brilliant in the Basics - The hallmark of a high performance team is their willingness to commit to Brilliance in the Basics in all aspects of their roles. Forecasting, SFDC Disciplines, Pipeline Management, Account Engagement, Negotiation, Closing, and Depth of Cloudflare Knowledge are the basic skills that make a Strategic Account Executive successful.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make Bold Decisions - Operating with the largest companies in the world is a “game of inches”. Often the Enterprise Account Executive will have to make strategic decisions on engagement, terms, and support. These decisions should be made by the AE who is closest to the issue and most affected by it. Top down management of accounts is outdated because of the speed of today’s business. If execution presents risk, Seek the advice of leaders when and where you need it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Teammate - We are all individually accountable to our goals, but we operate as a team. No one person has all the answers, but collectively the knowledge, experience, and acumen of the team is deep. Be the person who actively seeks to assist the team, shares knowledge, and extends your personal network. We are successful when we are all overachieving as a group.</span></p> <p><strong>Additional responsibilities will include:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proactively manage and grow a portfolio of assigned Enterprise level clients.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Close new and expansion business monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, meeting or exceeding assigned quota.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Manage customer relationships and assume ownership of deadlines and deliverables to ensure Cloudflare is correctly positioned to win business.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Develop C level and Decision Maker relationships within accounts for the purpose of establishing strategic alignment to customer’s transformative objectives.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Develop pipeline by maintaining a high level of activity/outreach directly and indirectly, deeply understanding the customers goals and objectives, and analyzing where Cloudflare can add value.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maintain accurate forecasts and report to the sales leader on the status of New and Expansion opportunities for weekly sales meetings. Leverage MEDDPIC framework in SFDC document weekly progress.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Accountable to reverse closure steps and establish jointly owned timelines with Customers. Understand the purchasing process fully and be able to document progress against required steps to closure.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Organize and deliver executive level presentations, proposals, commercial terms with Customers.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leverage the Executive Briefing Center and process to establish key sponsorships and support of accounts with Cloudflare Executives.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Build and maintain relationships with channel partners to establish joint value propositions and Customer value.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Participate in team meetings and deliver GTM guidance on how to better partner with accounts.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">6+ years of experience coupled with proficiency in Cloud Networking and Security Technology with industry awareness.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Demonstrated track record of meeting and exceeding quota.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Expert Sales Acumen (Discovery, Position, Compete, Negotiate, Close, Expand).</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team over a long term account horizon.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Able to identify key players in organizations and possess the ability to convert business issues into solutions.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Comfortable selling to obtain new business or expand existing business. Strong closing skills are essential.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ability to build meaningful relationships quickly.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Someone who acts with integrity and honesty in all situations.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be able to demonstrate a positive attitude internally and externally.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Expert at building rapport and owning the room.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aggressiveness in execution and planning.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ability to take successes and challenges in stride.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Discipline to work w/o instant gratification.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Someone who is bold in their actions and never satisfied with complacency.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A strong will and fortitude to work a plan in the face of challenge.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A business professional who loves the sales profession.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Compensation</strong></p> <p>Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.</p> <ul> <li>For Colorado, Illinois, Maryland and Minnesota based hires: Estimated annual salary of $266,000-$325,000</li> <li>For New York City, Washington, Washington D.C. and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated annual salary of $269,000-$329,000</li> <li>For Bay Area based hires: Estimated annual salary of $284,000-$347,000.</li> </ul> <p>This role is eligible to earn incentive compensation under Cloudflare’s Sales Compensation Plan. The estimated annual salary range includes the on-target incentive compensation that may be attained in this role under the Sales Compensation Plan.</p> <p><strong>Equity</strong></p> <p>This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.</p> <p><strong>Benefits</strong></p> <p>Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family.  Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun!  The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.</p> <p><strong>Health & Welfare Benefits</strong></p> <ul> <li>Medical/Rx Insurance</li> <li>Dental Insurance</li> <li>Vision Insurance</li> <li>Flexible Spending Accounts</li> <li>Commuter Spending Accounts</li> <li>Fertility & Family Forming Benefits</li> <li>On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program</li> <li>Global Travel Medical Insurance</li> </ul> <p><strong>Financial Benefits</strong></p> <ul> <li>Short and Long Term Disability Insurance</li> <li>Life & Accident Insurance</li> <li>401(k) Retirement Savings Plan</li> <li>Employee Stock Participation Plan</li> </ul> <p><strong>Time Off</strong></p> <ul> <li>Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave</li> <li>Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave</li> </ul> <p> </p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>What Makes Cloudflare Special?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.</span></p> <p><a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/protecting-free-expression-online/"><strong>Project Galileo</strong></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.</span></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/athenian/">Athenian Project</a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.</span></p> <p><a href="https://1.1.1.1/"><strong>1.1.1.1</strong></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">: We released</span><a href="https://1.1.1.1/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">1.1.1.1</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our</span><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/privacy/public-dns-resolver"> privacy commitment</a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness.  All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.  Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.  If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">hr@cloudflare.com</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.</span></p></div>

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