Senior Named Account Executive, Digital Native

The role

You will lead comprehensive sales cycles for enterprise-level clients and acquire new logos. You will architect territory plans to exceed multi-million dollar sales targets and manage complex customer engagements.

What you will do

• Architect and execute advanced territory and account plans to exceed multi-million dollar sales targets.
• Lead proactive and strategic pipeline management efforts.
• Develop understanding of customers' IT architectures and align Cloudflare Reference Architectures.
• Orchestrate and manage multiple complex customer engagements simultaneously.
• Lead a virtual team of specialists, Product Managers, Deal Desk, and Legal.
• Act as an authority on digital transformation and market trends.
• Articulate strategic value propositions linked to customer business outcomes.
• Lead and navigate complex contract negotiations.
• Build long-term, executive-level strategic relationships.
• Provide coaching and mentorship to team members.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of advanced experience selling complex technology solutions in a B2B enterprise model.
• Significant track record of consistently exceeding multi-million dollar quota targets.
• Deep expertise and fluency in Cloud Networking, Security, and Edge Computing technologies.
• Proven ability to understand complex customer IT architectures and map them to Cloudflare Reference Architectures.
• Demonstrated success leading and influencing virtual cross-functional teams.
• Advanced negotiation skills with a track record of closing large, complex, six-figure and multi-million dollar deals.
• Expert-level sales acumen in discovery, positioning, competitive selling, negotiation, closing, and expansion.
• Highly self-motivated, entrepreneurial, and resilient.
• Proficiency in advanced sales and business intelligence platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Tableau, G-suite, MSFT suite, MEDDPICC framework application).
• Bachelor's degree required.
• French & English

Nice to have

• Technical background (e.g., engineering, computer science, MIS)

Benefits

• Incentive compensation under Cloudflare’s Sales Compensation Plan
• Participation in Cloudflare’s equity plan

Before you apply

• Applicants who progress to the offer stage may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs.
• Offer of employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

About the company

Cloudflare runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties. The company protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code.