This role involves representing Canonical and its open source solutions in your assigned territory, developing new business opportunities, managing customer relationships, and achieving sales targets for enterprise software, cloud, virtualization, and container technologies.
Key Responsibilities
Represent the company and its solutions in the assigned territory
Build and execute a territory plan to prioritize outreach and prospecting
Develop new sales pipeline through outreach, prospecting, marketing, and industry events
Close contracts to meet or exceed quarterly and annual bookings targets
Manage customer relationships throughout all stages of the sales cycle
Work with technical teams to propose solutions that address customer business problems
Identify growth opportunities with existing customers and maintain accurate pipeline data
Establish and maintain professional relationships with key decision makers and influencers
Requirements
Bachelor's level degree, preferably in engineering or computer science
Experience of open source technology and solutions
Detail oriented with effective follow-up skills
Experience in enterprise software or technology sales planning and execution
Track record of achievement in sales targets and new account wins
Self-discipline and motivation to be successful in a distributed team
Professional written and spoken English, as well as any language that may be appropriate for the target market
Ability to travel regionally for client engagement, industry conferences, and internationally for company events twice a year
Ability to represent the company, its solutions and software, in the assigned territory
Build and execute a territory plan to prioritize outreach and prospecting
Develop new pipeline through outreach, prospecting, local marketing, and industry events
Close contracts to meet and exceed quarterly and annual bookings targets
Manage customer relationships and interactions through all stages of the sales cycle
Work with field engineers to propose solutions that solve customers' business problems
Work with customer success to identify growth opportunities
Maintain accurate pipeline data and forecasts within Salesforce
Establish productive professional relationships with key influencers and decision makers
Demonstrate professionalism and effectiveness in prospecting accounts for new business, maintaining and developing existing relationships, and working with colleagues and partners on account strategy
Benefits & Perks
Performance-driven commission structure
Additional benefits reflecting company values and local needs
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Program
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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