Services Business Development Manager
About The Position
Join Fortinet, a cybersecurity pioneer with over two decades of excellence, as we continue to shape the future of cybersecurity and redefine the intersection of networking and security. At Fortinet, our mission is to safeguard people, devices, and data everywhere. We are currently seeking a dynamic Services Business Development Manager to contribute to the success of our rapidly growing business. This role will manage and drive sales engagements for Advanced Support, Incident Response, FortiGuard services, Consulting services, and professional services solutions to our Eastern Canada Customers, with Field Sales. The BDM will manage a Services quota in the specified territory. This person will also lead customer engagements with Field Sales, Field Systems Engineers, engage with Product Management/Marketing, partners, and end customers to deliver a revenue objective for the services portfolio solutions at Fortinet. In this role, you will identify ways to enhance the level of support experience, help customers build strategies to help identify cyber risk, and deploy various Fortinet technologies to resolve challenges within your customers’ environment and drive opportunities to close.
Requirements
- Fully qualified, experienced sales professional that is forward thinking and has an expert understanding of the IT/CyberSecurity Services business sector
- Exceptional business and financial acumen with a demonstrated ability to understand both short-term and long-term financial impact of business decisions
- Previous experience designing business plans and market strategies
- Proven ability with solution selling with a hunter mentality
- A proven track record of quota achievement and demonstrated career stability
- A self-motivated, independent thinker that can move deals through the selling cycle
- Competitive, Self-starter, Hunter-type mentality.
- Previous experience with selling service and ITproject solutions through the channel partners
- Bilingual French and English
- Strong analytical, communication and presentation skills to evaluate complex problems to find a systematic approach to gain a quick resolution
- Ability to work independently with little direction
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience.
Nice To Haves
- Graduate Degree favorable.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage internal sales relationships, as well as, be a key point of contact for Services solution opportunities with the end customer
- Promote Professional, Cloud Consulting, Incident Response, FortiGuard services, and advanced support service Sales
- Build and implement account / marketing plans for account penetration
- Generate a sales pipeline, qualify opportunities, and accurately forecast pipeline
- Achievement of agreed quarterly sales goals
- Channel effectiveness: Adept at working/developing opportunities with ecosystem partners and enabling partners on our offerings.
- Excellent communicator, including the ability to make engaging and effective presentations to an executive audience
- Effective in a collaborative environment, particularly interacting with product and business professionals
- Collaborate with Regional Sales Managers and Regional Systems Engineers, and their management, ensuring customers understand how to deliver value to their customers and partners
- Establish yourself as a Services trusted advisor to prospects and customers working with the Field Sales and Engineering teams
- Deliver outstanding service and problem resolution to Fortinet customers
Benefits
- supportive work environment
- competitive Total Rewards package to support you with your overall health and financial well-being
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
