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Who is Forcepoint?

Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments. Forcepoint's all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. 20+ years in business. 2.7k employees. 150 countries. 11k+ customers. 300+ patents. If our mission excites you, you're in the right place; we want you to bring your own energy to help us create a safer world. All we're missing is you!

• Position requires a senior professional with a proven ability to set sales strategies, identify leads, develop and qualify opportunities, and close business in our Network Edge and Data Security portfolio.
• The ideal candidate has sales experience in and around the US Government, DOD, Intel snd or Civilian agencies with a technical background in security software and hardware.
• Gains knowledge and insight to Customer's business priorities and challenges and propose Forcepointsolutions to address these needs.
• Works closely with Sales Engineering and Product Management to develop quotes/proposals and share market insights.
• Develops relationships with key partners, distributors, resellers, and VARs for growth of our products within Forcepoint's Edge portfolio.
• Leads sales presentations at resellers and end user locations.
• Coordinates sales enablement with field sales representatives and managers.
• Formulates New Business strategies and implements tactical plans to overachieve sales quota.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze the needs of customers and determine how to position Forcepoint's Network Edge products and professional services to competitively meet those needs.
• Maintain an awareness of competitive offerings and strategies across the space.
• Act as liaison between customers and internal departments to ensure smooth delivery of products and services.
• In conjunction with Sales Engineers and Primary Account Managers, deliver compelling business value product demonstrations of Edge solutions to architectural, administrative and executive customer audiences using a storyboard approach.
• Understand customer's business drivers and network architectures, and promote new and innovative approaches, including improvement areas in network design.
• Organize and lead in region Meetups and User Groups.
• Build a strong pipeline of new business opportunities such that the sales pipeline reflects the capability to meet and exceed sales goals on a quarterly basis.
• The role requires up to 50% travel.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience with aminimum of 5+ years' experience attaining or exceeding set quotas in the Network and Data Security arenas.
• Experience selling network infrastructure-based security appliances including, but not limited to, Firewalls, DLP and Web Security Proxies.
• Knowledge of routing and switching
• Confident in Public Speaking
• C-Level Presentation Skills and Experience
• Strong professional network with partners and system Integrators
• Creative Sales Thinking and strong commitment to the customer mission
• Experience with creating/building/executing sales plays
• Prior experience as a sales specialist/strategist/sales overlay role
• Excellent white-boarding skills
• Active TS Clearance is preferred but not required

Don't meet every single qualification? Studies show people are hesitant to apply if they don't meet all requirements listed in a job posting. Forcepoint is focused on building an inclusive and diverse workplace - so if there is something slightly different about your previous experience, but it otherwise aligns and you're excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You could be a great candidate for this or other roles on our team.

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