
Major Account Manager - Public Sector (Defense)
- Roma
- Tempo indeterminato
- Full time
- Manage and drive indirect sales engagements within the Defense vertical
- Create and implement strategic account plans focused on enterprise-wide deployments of Fortinet products and services
- Develop executive relationships and influencers and leverage these during the sales process
- Coordinate with internal teams to generate and deliver winning Contract Bids, Proposals, RFI/RFP Responses, and Statements of Work
- Negotiate terms of business with clients to achieve win/win results and build strong ongoing relationships
- Generate "sell to" and "sell through" business opportunities and manage the sales process through to closure
- Achieve agreed quarterly sales goals
- Generate a sales pipeline, qualify opportunities, and accurately forecast pipeline
- Proven ability to sell solutions via MSSP
- A track record of quota achievement and demonstrated career stability
- Experience in closing large deals within MSSPs
- Strong conceptual account management skills (horizontal and vertical)
- Open-minded and self-driven, with a customer-first mindset and focus on long-term relationships
- Excellent presentation skills to executives and individual contributors
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Independent thinker who can move deals through the selling cycle
- Minimum 10 years in Sales, including 5 years in cybersecurity
- Minimum 8 years of sell-through experience for an IT vendor in the MSSP vertical
- Defense sector experience with established relationships with key stakeholders and system integrators • Ability to manage complex account planning and long sales cycles
- Willingness to travel occasionally, with most clients based in Rome