Air Force/Combatant Commands Account Director

Adobe•McLean, VA

14d

About The Position

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours! The Opportunity We deliver digital government solutions that put people first. Our software is used by Department of Defense customers for digital transformation in their public facing engagement to constituents, to other agencies across government, to their employee intranets, and to mission environments that support our country. Our enterprise software and cloud services make, lead, and measure digital content in electronic documents and digital media, using forms, workflow, content management, analytics, information assurance, and collaboration technologies. We maintain a strong emphasis on security, with seven FedRAMP authorized government cloud solutions and the authority to operate in other government networks! To support our public sector customers, we seek strong candidates that have extensive Air Force and COCOMS experience and appreciate the needs of the mission partners.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience, and preferably an MBA from respected colleges
Minimum 5 years’ enterprise software sales experience within federal government and Air Force and Combatant Command relationships
Proficiency in at least one sales methodology such as Value Selling, Challenger Selling, Spin Selling, etc..
Experience with cloud technology with preference in SaaS
Outstanding Interpersonal Skills – Written and Oral
Requires ability to achieve a Top-Secret Clearance

Responsibilities

Create, maintain, and implement a business plan for the assigned vertical with goals and objectives, based on opportunity, customer needs, and Adobe's strategic direction.
Define the sales strategy through a Strategic Account Plan to increase customer footprint for Adobe’s offerings in each account.
Build a process of strategic account mapping and SES Level relationships using pre-sales, consulting and the partner management teams.
Ability to influence & direct multi-functional teams without formal authority.
Inherently collaborative, while also demonstrating leadership to successful conduct strategic plan
Build SES Level relationships with Directors, CIO’s, Mission and Critical Communication leaders via value-based selling involving return on investment analysis and being able to build an abstraction between the technology itself and the core business benefits which are easily understandable by public sector executives
Sound Business acumen around Forecasting and Pipeline Management.
Maintain regular pipeline forecasts and provide business health checks to senior sales management
Handle complex contract negotiations with ability to engage all key support (Contracts, Technical teams, Legal, Operations)
Ensure that proper security & legal compliance measures are always applied and followed.