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Qualys Account Executive, Public Sector in Houston, Texas
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The Account Executive, State and Local is responsible for actively driving and managing new direct and channel business within state and local government. The Account Executive must be primarily able to hunt and close new business. Secondarily, the Account Executive should be able to articulate the company's technology and product positioning to both business and technical users.
Responsibilities: Hunt, develop, and close new business opportunities Provide functional and technical support to prospects and customers Respond to customer questions on technical and business related issues Deliver high-level and detailed sales presentations Responsible for attending conferences, seminars both in-region and nationally Ability to manage a realistic sales funnel, follow up on inbound leads quickly, and cold call state and local government agencies. Qualifications: Ideal candidate must be self-motivated with strong knowledge in security and compliance space: Vulnerability Management, Policy Compliance, Web Application Scanning, Threat Hunting / EDR, File Integrity Monitoring, and other enterprise security solutions. Strong track record of hunting, consulting, and closing new business Experience with Qualys is a plus, but not required Familiarity with compliance benchmarks such as CIS level 1 & 2, PCI, HIPAA, HITRUST, NERC, CIP, NIST, etc. Must possess strong presentation skills and be able to communicate professionally in response to emails, RFPs and when submitting reports Must be comfortable interacting at all levels within customer organizations, i.e., from C-level to front-line technical staff Organized and analytical, able to eliminate sales obstacles through creative and adaptive approaches 5-7 years relevant experience - degree not required Excellent written and oral communication skills Able to travel throughout sales territory after the COVID-19 pandemic is over Able to comfortably present to prospects and clients using video conferencing solutions in a work-from-home environment
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This applies equally to individuals with a physical or mental disability or medical condition.
Qualys offers reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities to the extent the accommodation will enable them to perform the essential functions of the job and will not create an undue hardship. Further information relating to reasonable accommodations is available from the Human Resources Department. If you request assistance or accommodations, please contact us at HR@Qualys.com