Channel Account Manager, Sophos
$61-100.8k
Cybersecurity-as-a-Service
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Cybersecurity-as-a-Service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$61-100.8k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To develop powerful and intuitive products and services that provide the world's most effective cybersecurity for organizations of any size.
Role
Who you are
- 1-2 years in a sales role working with end users or channel partners and a track record of quota achievement
- Understanding of the technology channel eco-system and the business model of different types of channel partners (VAR, MSP, etc.)
- Adept at account management and business partner techniques with strong interpersonal, active listening, discovery, and qualification skills
- Solid technical acumen able to explain the benefits of different technologies, strong cybersecurity knowledge an advantage
- Experience in translating market trends and customer issues and needs into business opportunities for partners
- Ability to thrive in a team selling environment, winning together outlook with the ability to build relationships and influence via email, telephone, and in person
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks at once
What the job involves
- The Channel Account Manager (CAM) is accountable for managing Sophos high-growth, high-potential Partners
- They are responsible for developing joint business plans with partners to hit revenue and profitability targets by growing customer renewals and cross-sell and upselling and new logo business development
- Develop relationships at all levels across the partner to drive revenue growth and profitability; particularly for mid-market customers, MSP, and Managed, Detection and Response (MDR)
- Build and execute business plans that identify, develop, and close incremental opportunities to deliver outstanding growth for the partner and Sophos
- Enable partners to take full advantage of Sophos comprehensive solution and services portfolio to improve their customer’s security protection and response
- Directly support partners qualify and close complex customer deals, engaging wider sales and sales engineer teams where required, gather insights to ensure accurate business forecasting
- Drive high renewal rates by ensuring partners focus on their renewals and build an engagement plan to align Sophos and Partner teams and identify new business and cross-sell opportunities
- Ensure the Sophos Sales Centre of Excellence are proactively engaged to manage processes to progress and close of sub-100 user opportunities
- Manage and support Sophos Distributors to provide fast response times to quote requests and queries, and work with our high-touch sales teams to progress pipeline and key top deals
- Manage Deal Registration and sales lead management allocation and process, follow up on the 30-day closures, and identify registrations that have not been progressed and acted upon
- Motivate, educate, and ensure Partner sales and technical staff are go-to-market ready, provide access to certification and training materials and develop an enablement plan
Our take
Due to the fast-evolving nature of cybercrime, companies can struggle to keep their security up-to-date and resilient. Sophos provides managed cybersecurity services to identify and resolve cyberthreats within all sizes of organisations, combining cutting edge cybersecurity tech with expert support teams.
Leveraging AI and machine learning, Sophos' system automates the detection and blocking of over 99% of threats, meaning its analysts only have to hunt down and stop the most sophisticated attackers. As well as its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) product - which, serving over 15,000 customers, is the most-used on the market - the company also delivers Incident Response Services for those experiencing an active threat.
Sophos is not a new player in the cybersecurity space, but has demonstrated its dedication to innovation with continued product launches, updates, and acquisitions such as that of BAE spinout SOC.OS that have kept its tech at the front of the market. Alongside many of its peers, the effects of the economic climate have caused Sophos to cut staff as it focusses on achieving “the optimal balance of growth and profitability", but this recent hiccup does not take away from its position as a market leader continuously leading adaption in the space.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2020
$2.7m
SEED
Total funding: $2.7m
Company benefits
- Remote-first working model & hybrid options
- We encourage teams to get together in person periodically to help facilitate teamwork
- Flexible start and end times for many roles
- Leadership development program
- Access to LinkedIn Learning
- Global internal coaching program (Coach Match)
- Periodic Sophos wellness days off for all Sophos to help employees relax and recharge
- Global wellbeing program, which offers a range of wellbeing resources, including Sophos Wellbeing Webinars, Stress Management Toolkits, and Developing Resilience Courses
- Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential advice and counseling on a wide range of work and personal issues
- Free annual subscription to the Calm app
- Paid parental leave, caregiver leave & bereavement/compassion leave available
- We host some unforgettable social experiences for our global teams including our music festival SOPH-Fest, go-karting, Sophmudder, and incredible holiday parties!
- Our annual global fitness challenge, SOPH-Fit, sees thousands of employees taking part in our virtual global race around the world
- Each quarter, we celebrate our exceptional global team by running the Sophos Values Awards, which recognizes and rewards employees who embody the Sophos values and who we are as a company
- Health care benefits available worldwide
Company HQ
Abingdon, UK
Leadership
Kris Hagerman
(CEO, not founder)Former CEO of Corel Corporation, who previously served as Group President of Data Center Management at Symantec. Was also Executive VP and GM of Storage and Server Management at Veritas Software, as well as CEO and Founder of both Bigbook and Affinia.
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