Sales Account Manager at Red River

Mumbai City, maharashtra, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

21 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

23 Mar, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Sales Quota Achievement, Business Relationship Management, Revenue Generation, Account Strategy, Customer Engagement, Upsell, Cross-sell, Contract Negotiation, Price Negotiation, Account Planning, CRM Software, Sales Forecasting, Value Proposition, Strategic Account Planning, Leadership, Communication

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

About The Job: The Red Hat Sales team is looking for a result-driven Account Manager to join us in Mumbai for Corporate sales, India. In this role, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining and growing strong business relationships within assigned State Government domain accounts. Your primary focus will be generating revenue as per the sales quota and helping our strategic customers achieve their business and IT transformation goals using Red Hat’s Products and Services. As a Corporate Account Manager for Govt, you will gain an understanding of customer processes, needs, and challenges while promoting the value of Red Hat’s solutions and how they can deliver value to the customer. The Sales Account Manager will operate from Mumbai. What Will You Do: Regularly engage with clients to understand their evolving needs and provide solutions that align with their business objectives. Translate Red Hat’s sales strategy into a relevant account-level strategy for each customer. Collaborate with internal and external teams and lead customer engagements to deliver on the account strategy to increase performance and customer success in key accounts, retaining and growing bookings through strategic account planning to deliver business value to customers. Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, addressing inquiries, concerns, and issues in a timely and professional manner. Apply knowledge of use cases and Red Hat’s strategic offering value proposition to identify and deliver opportunities to increase upsell, cross-sell, and renewals across the Red Hat portfolio while increasing presence within accounts Cultivate relationships across customer organizations to position Red Hat as a key Technology OEM partner to their business. Handle price negotiations and contract discussions to close deals while maintaining profitability for the company. Collaborate with the Customer Success team to co-develop success and growth plans, understanding how the customer derives value from Red Hat’s solutions to support expansion and retention and ensure that Red Hat meets or exceeds the customer success criteria Engage partners, where appropriate, to strengthen Red Hat’s customer value proposition Maintain accurate and up-to-date sales records, activity reports, and client information using CRM software Provide regular sales forecasts and performance updates to sales management, helping to assess progress and make informed decisions. What Will You Bring: 12+ years of sales experience, preferably in the software or IT industry working with Multiple domains like State Government nodel agencies, State ministries, State Government undertaking institutions, State PSUs, State ministries' projects, Municipal commissionaites, Public services organisation ...etc and any other industries customers. Excellent leadership, communication & interpersonal skills with the ability to engage a diverse set of stakeholders with government dignataries and commisionates within Customers matrix organization. Excellent leadership, communication & interpersonal skills with the ability to engage a diverse set of stakeholders internally and increase accountability within the account team. Strategic orientation and value engineering skills to position and sell solutions to meet the customer needs. Solid understanding of customer business, industry trends, competitive landscape, competition and Red Hat differentiators and value proposition. Proven experience as an Account Executive or in a similar sales role selling SW solutions to Government vertical customers; understanding the opportunities that exist within these market segments at multiple states. Ability to articulate the hybrid cloud story, the value of Red Hat’s solutions, and Red Hat’s differentiation in one-on-ones with key customer stakeholders. Ability to cultivate long-term relationships and develop internal advocates across the customer organization, including IT and related business teams and roles. Ability to cultivate long-term relationships with the Partner ecosystem for win-win outcomes. Strong track record of achieving and exceeding sales targets in selling complex solutions to state Government organizations and to multiple level decision makers Strong business acumen and understanding of sales processes including familiarity with CRM software and other sales-related tools Willingness to travel across the region/states as per the business needs About Red Hat Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. 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Responsibilities

The Account Manager will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and growing strong business relationships within assigned State Government domain accounts, focusing primarily on generating revenue to meet sales quotas. This involves translating Red Hat's sales strategy into account-level strategies, leading customer engagements, and identifying opportunities for upsell, cross-sell, and renewals across the Red Hat portfolio.