At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. 

We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us! 

Available Locations: Wellington, New Zealand 

What You’ll Do

We are currently recruiting for a highly experienced Senior Named Account Executive (Sales) to move into Cloudflare’s ANZ Enterprise & Public Sector team.  The successful candidate will have the responsibility for leading the engagement with key Public Sector ‘named accounts’ in New Zealand. The role as minimum would require you to:

• Build relationships within all layers of your allocated Enterprise / Public Sector customer segment leveraging your understanding of Enterprise IT, Cloud and Zero Trust Services.
• Demonstrate your experience in actively creating new business opportunities and operating within a competitive market to drive large/complex transformational outcomes.
• Creating and driving comprehensive account strategies and maintaining business operations discipline with respect to forecast, pipeline development and account planning.
• Display leadership through sharing of knowledge/skills and act as a source of expertise for others.
• Partnering effectively with internal and external parties to build solutions.

Who You’ll Work With

You will be part of the ANZ Cloudflare Enterprise and Public Sector Sales team supported by Solutions Engineers and an overlay team of sales and technical specialists.

Who You Are

• 5+ years account management experience 
• Wellington - based, New Zealand (preferred), however strong applicants from Auckland will also be considered
• Must have experience handling multi-million-dollar quotas and operating in a team environment.
• Ability to lead business development resources (BDRs) to meet agreed targets, develops sales plans for specific accounts in line with company strategy.
• Demonstrated results working with resale and / or SI partners across the security ecosystem
• Strong selling skills in large accounts with a specific focus in Public Sector and / or Financial Services.
• Must be a self-starter and strong closer, with multi-tasking ability.
• Understanding of large business organizations and their buying cycles is mandatory. 
• Demonstrated experience with business value selling.
• Multi-level customer engagement including Senior / CXO Level

Attributes:

• Detailed understanding of the New Zealand Public Sector / Enterprise and Partner landscape
• The ability to build natural momentum within incumbent accounts while succeeding in displacing competitors in historically non Cloudflare customers.
• Growing an established Cloudflare install base.
• Strong relationship management skills
• Excellent communication/presentation/negotiation skills
• Working knowledge of Application, Network and SASE / Zero Trust framework
• Superior oral presentation skills
• Ability to work under pressure in a results-focused environment.
• Able to relate technical principles in simple terms.
• Ability to work & relate with business & people at all levels.
• Requires practical experience using influence management to achieve goals.
• Must exhibit the ability to think strategically and demonstrate initiative

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo: We equip politically and artistically important organizations and journalists with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project: We created Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration.

1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

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