Cyber Security Sales Specialist at Microsoft

Herzliya, Tel-Aviv District, Israel -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

10 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

10 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Security Sales, Cloud Security, Threat Protection, Incident Response, CISO Relationships, Sales Strategy, Business Analysis, Technical Knowledge, ROI Analysis, TCO Analysis, Multi-Cloud Security, Identity Management, Strategic Thinking, Sales Pipeline Management, Virtual Team Leadership, Customer Engagement

Industry

Software Development

Description

Overview As a Security Sales Specialist, you will be a senior solution sales leader, selling the Microsoft security solutions to our largest enterprise customers. You will manage CxO level business relationships, understand customer challenges and priorities, identify security opportunities, build security solutions and business case to close the sales. You will do this with your deep Industry and security knowledge, technical acumen and by leading a virtual team of resources across Microsoft and Partner ecosystem. The Microsoft Security organization’s objective of making the world a safer place has never been more important. As threats become more frequent and sophisticated, we must work to keep our customers safe through our Security Solutions. The Solution Specialist Unit team within the Microsoft Security organization is at the forefront of this effort, engaging directly with customers to contribute to their success. With thousands of global security experts worldwide, $1 billion+ invested annually in security research and development, and the cutting-edge AI- based Security innovations, Microsoft is ideally placed to think outside of the box and protecting customers, and partners around the world. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. Responsibilities Be the security leader and expert for your assigned territory. Leads and plans for accounts across territories, does business analysis to pursue high-potential sales opportunities and manages the End-to-End Security business across the territory. Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of sales opportunities, ensuring that sales targets are met or exceeded. Build, own and manage CISO and other key C-stakeholders' relationships in your accounts driving awareness and excitement for Microsoft security platform value and influence long term strategic direction. Understand customer budget, timeline, buying process, and map out the key customer stakeholders. Understand customer cloud and security initiatives, compete landscape as well as gaps between current and desired security posture. Capture the opportunity of customers journey to balance the need for security and employee productivity with the right process and visibility. Demo and whiteboard the cloud security solutions and the relevant security architecture. Lead and orchestrate V-Team to drive an end-to-end value selling from discovery to demonstrating and proving business value. Engage security partners to help scale and accelerate the sales cycle while also ensuring a deployment plan is in place for accelerated deployment with partner added value services. Perform ROI and TCO analysis and leverage various commercial offers and programs to build a compelling business case accelerating negotiations and deal closure. Drive to exceed quarterly and yearly revenue targets and other sales goals. Manage sales hygiene via accurate forecasting and deal updates within sales CRM. Completes required training and obtain relevant product and role certifications aligned to the role and workload/industry. Qualifications Required Qualifications 8+ Security Sales Experience: Experience selling security solutions to CISO, CDO, CTO and other key C-level stakeholders. 5+ years of Technology-related security sales experience Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field Technical knowledge & passion with deep understanding of cloud security technologies - Threat protection (Endpoint security, E-mail security, Incident Response, etc.), Kill Chain, CNAPP, SIEM., Multi-Cloud Security, Identity and Access management. Strategic thinking & execution. Ability to develop sales and business strategy options, while also being able to successfully execute complex opportunities. This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage security sales across assigned territories, developing a strong pipeline of sales opportunities. Build relationships with key stakeholders and drive awareness of Microsoft security solutions.