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The first exclusive network for cybersecurity sales professionals
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Grow your career
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Expand your network

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Great companies to work for

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Who do we work with?
  • Field sellers
  • Pre-sales/ sales engineers
  • Sales leadership
What does it cost?

It costs nothing to join our network! We charge employers when they hire people through Crux

What is your matching process?

We allow everyone in our network to build a profile on Crux for free. This includes the opportunity to take various assessments proactively, and build in depth profiles on experience and career aspirations. When candidates are a strong fit for a role we are representing, we utilize in depth interviews and reference checks to round out perspective and match people with opportunities that are the right fit for them.

How much experience do I need to have in cybersecurity?

If you are looking to break into cybersecurity sales, you are welcome to join the platform and contribute to the community. However, we only place experienced sales talent with a track record in this industry

Recent Jobs

Managing Director Americas Head of Information Security
BNP Paribas
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New Jersey
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Executive
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Chief Information Security Officer
Trupanion
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Washington
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Hybrid
Seniority
Executive
Domain
Cross-domain/ leadership
Salary ($K)
200.00
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Deputy CISO
New Relic
State
Oregon
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Hybrid
Seniority
Executive
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Cross-domain/ leadership
Salary ($K)
202.00
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California
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Experienced
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Sales
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Company Description

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. What sets us apart is our relentless pursuit of innovation. We leverage the latest advancements in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and software-defined networking to provide our clients with a competitive edge in an increasingly interconnected world. Our solutions are designed to not only meet the current demands of the digital landscape but to also anticipate and adapt to future challenges.

At Arista we value the diversity of thought and perspectives that each employee brings to the table. We believe that fostering an inclusive environment, where individuals from various backgrounds and experiences feel welcome, is essential for driving creativity and innovation.

Our commitment to excellence has earned us several prestigious awards, such as Best Engineering Team, Best Company for Diversity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance. At Arista, we take pride in our track record of success and strive to maintain the highest standards of quality and performance in everything we do.

  • Exceed measurable sales objectives and extend the Arista brand within a targeted list of 30-40 commercial accounts in addition to developing new logo accounts.
  • You will be responsible for utilizing a consultative selling approach with key client stakeholders to address the business needs of hybrid cloud computing and siloed legacy IT systems across the Arista product portfolio including, Software-Driven Open Networking switching platforms or high performance Data Centers and Campus networks including our Cognitive Campus WI-FI networking solution in addition to the DANZ Monitoring Fabric and Network Detection & Response (NDR) and End Point Security solutions.
  • Meet with key influencers, decision-makers, and C-levels to present Arista’s value proposition.
  • Work with Arista systems engineers to design and position compelling solutions that drive down the total cost of ownership.
  • Collaborate with technology partners to identify prospects and demonstrate best-in-class solutions
  • Establish and manage key channel relationships in your territory.
  • Formulate strategic and tactical account plans based on periodic business reviews with your prospects and customers.
  • Conduct demand generation activities such as happy hours, lunch-n-learns and technology forums.
  • Collaborate with Arista peers on marketing plans and best practices.
  • Keep up-to-date with technology partner solutions, competing solutions and competitor strategies.

Required Qualifications:

  • BS/BA degree or equivalent in addition to 5+ years of technology sales experience.
  • Proven track record of direct selling into target accounts within the assigned territory and exceeding sales targets.
  • Relevant data center or networking (LAN/WAN, SDN) industry background from a technology partner, competitor, channel partner or end user is a requirement.
  • Strong rolodex and relationships within the territory.
  • Excellent people skills and ability to build relationships at all levels.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • You possess previous selling experience and technical acumen in one or more of the following areas; Networking, SDN, NFV, Switching, Network Automation, Routing, Data Center, Edge Computing, Network Virtualization, Hyper-converged infrastructure or Cloud computing.

Arista Networks is an equal opportunity employer. Arista makes all hiring and employment-related decisions in a non-discriminatory manner without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or any other factor determined to be unlawful under applicable federal, state, or law law. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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On-site
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Remote
Remote Elig.
On-site
Not disclosed
Seniority
Senior
Domain
Sales
Salary ($K)
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The world is about to be transformed rapidly with the power of Data and GenAI. Securiti is at the heart of enabling safe and responsible use of Data and AI. If you are passionate about contributing to something impactful on a global scale, you are at the right place. Start Exploring!

As a Regional Sales Manager covering the Southwest USA, you will be entrusted with building and owning strong relationships with partners, prospects and customers and evangelizing our value proposition with various stakeholders. Ultimately, you will be responsible for building high growth and repeatable business in your assigned territory.

This is an amazing opportunity for a senior sales professional who has a history of completely dominating their territory and who wants to make an impact on building the next iconic company. Leveraging partners to drive growth, you will also work with systems engineering, customer success, product management, professional services, support, and finance teams.

About Us

Securiti solves challenges across governance, privacy, and security. With a foundation in data understanding and a team that was responsible for developing and deploying the market leading CASB & DLP technology, we were able to create a platform from the ground up that leverages automation and workflows to solve complex privacy, data, and security business challenges with a simplified interface promoting collaboration across the business. Ease of use, quick to deploy and customizable are all reasons why companies select Securiti versus stitching multiple vendors together to address their challenges.

The exponential growth of data brings massive new opportunities, but also brings increasingly perilous security, compliance, and privacy risks. At Securiti, our mission is to enable organizations to safely harness the incredible power of data and the cloud by controlling the complex security, compliance, and privacy risks. Securiti’s solution uniquely combines AI-powered data intelligence with full workflow automation, simplifying compliance with GDPR, CCPA, LGPD and other regulations. Granular insights into structured and unstructured data enable organizations to monitor risk, control access and protect sensitive data at scale.

  • Develop and execute a comprehensive business plan for each account to develop relationships with key stakeholders, evangelize value propositions and win renewable business.
  • Offer a white-glove experience to customers. Be a trusted advisor for prospects and customers about the problems we solve.
  • Develop expert-level knowledge of the value proposition
  • Meticulously orchestrate all customer activities and engagements, involving systems engineering, product management, customer support, and finance
  • Promptly share all customer information with internal teams using our CRM tools
  • Build a strong pipeline of opportunities in your region
  • Provide accurate forecasting of quarterly bookings and business plan
  • Collaborate with marketing for important events

Requirements

  • Hunter-mindset and a go-getter personality is a must-have
  • Experience establishing and fostering strong Channel Partner relationships.
  • Pre-existing relationships with key resellers in the assigned territory is a must
  • High integrity and adept at the consultative approach of winning customer trust
  • Ability to learn and become an expert on the value proposition of our solution
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and persuasion skills
  • Deep industry understanding and customer decision-making process
  • Functional knowledge of hybrid deployments of software solutions for data classification, data management or data security.
  • 5+ years of proven hands-on experience of selling to CIO, CDO or CISO teams at large enterprises

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On-site
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Florida
Remote Elig.
On-site
Not disclosed
Seniority
Experienced
Domain
Sales
Salary ($K)
206
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284
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Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

  • Perform high-level sales planning, leading to accurate forecasting of the business
  • Build a fundamental understanding of security threats, solutions, security tools or network technologies
  • Generate volume opportunities to deliver a predictable book of business and drive forecast accuracy
  • Engage a programmatic approach to demand to generate, develop, and expand your territory
  • In close partnership with your Systems Engineer, you’ll demonstrate mid-market account selling strategies into a mix of install base and competitively held private companies
  • Communicate value propositions to clients and stakeholders that speak intimately to their needs and requirements
  • Bring to bear all cross-functional resources to achieve your quota: inside sales, channel systems engineering, field marketing, cybersecurity sales specialists, the services team, sales ops (including the deal desk and the response team), and others
  • Stay updated on industry news and trends, and how they affect Palo Alto Networks products and services
  • Travel as necessary within your territory, and to company-wide meetings

Required Qualifications

  • Consider yourself technical enough to cover some accounts while your SE is busy assisting others
  • Understand how to win by using Channel partners, and are comfortable with a channel-centric go-to-market approach
  • Demonstrated ability to segment accounts across the territory and dig in using the entire ecosystem with a specific focus on partners and marketing (1 to many)
  • Have and able to lead all aspects of the sales cycle with the ability to uncover, qualifying, developing, and closing new, white-space territories and accounts
  • History of exceeding your quota
  • Possess a successful track record selling complex-solutions directly to mid-market customers
  • Excellent time management skills, and work with high levels of autonomy and self-direction
  • Highly competitive, ramp quickly, extremely adaptive, and pride yourself on exceeding production goals

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $206,000/yr - $284,000/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

Motor-Vehicle Requirement:

This role may require travel to and from Palo Alto Networks, Inc. business meetings and events and requires reliable transportation to do so. If a hire chooses to drive in connection with company business, the hire for this role must maintain a valid driver’s license.

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