Senior Commercial Account Executive

Senior Commercial Account Executive

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.

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This role within the mid-market SMB segment focuses on both the acquisition of new commercial SMB accounts, as well as the expansion of existing SMB accounts. The ideal candidate will have both a sales and technical background that enables them to drive customer engagement from technical professionals through to senior executive levels, and across Security, Network, Development and Infrastructure teams.

• Develop and execute a comprehensive account / territory plan to achieve quarterly sales and annual revenue targets in a defined territory and / or account list.
• Drive new business acquisition (new customer logos), customer expansion (upsell and cross sell Cloudflare solutions), and renewal within your territory.
• Engage in account mapping sessions with partners, including training new partners on our technology and GTM strategies.
• Developing scalable relationships with target partners, to expand partner ecosystem in a specific region.
• Build a robust sales pipeline through continual engagement and nurturing of key prospect accounts.
• Understand customer use‑cases and how they pair with Cloudflare's portfolio solutions in order to identify new sales opportunities.
• Craft and communicate compelling value propositions for Cloudflare services. Drive awareness through regular outbound campaigns on product and feature roadmap updates.
• Accurately forecast commercial outcomes by running a consistent sales process, including driving next step expectations and contract negotiations.
• As a trusted advisor, build long‑term strategic relationships with key accounts, to ensure customer adoption, retention and expansion. Regularly evaluate usage trends and articulate value to show Cloudflare impact and provide strategic recommendations during business reviews.
• Network across different business units with each of your accounts, and multi‑thread to identify and engage new divisional buyers.
• Position Cloudflare's platform in each of your target customers, including Cloudflare One and the Connectivity Cloud to realize our full potential in every customer.
• Operate internally as a liaison with cross‑functional teams to share key customer feedback and insights to improve customer experience and further investments with Cloudflare.

• 5+ years of direct closing B2B selling experience
• Strong interpersonal communication (verbal and written) and organizational skills
• Self‑motivated; entrepreneurial spirit
• Comfortable working in a fast paced dynamic environment
• Bachelor's degree required
• Demonstrated analytical and quantitative abilities
• Software and system skills are a must (SFDC, Tableau, G‑suite, MSFT suite)

• 5+ years in Software / SaaS / Security Sales & Channel management.
• Experience working in a predominantly outbound transactional environment.
• Existing relationships and / or strong familiarity of the partner ecosystem in the region…