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Cisco

Makes networking gear and security software

Account Executive - Public, National Defense

Account ExecutiveUpdated on Nov 11
Full-timeMinato City, Tokyo, JapanNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 4 years of experience in Public Account-related work.
  • Experience in business-to-business sales of IT products or solutions and in building ongoing customer relationships.
  • Experience developing account plans and managing opportunities from creation through proposal, negotiation, and closing.
  • Experience advancing opportunities in coordination with multiple stakeholders, including internal technical teams and partners.
  • Foundational knowledge of networking and security, and the ability to explain the value of solutions in relation to customer challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Understand customers’ business and technical challenges and medium- to long-term roadmaps, and develop and execute account plans.
  • Build trusted relationships with customer and partner executives, IT departments, procurement departments, and other stakeholders; propose solutions based on their requirements and priorities.
  • Identify new needs and create upsell and cross-sell opportunities in addition to renewals and expansions of existing environments.
  • Work with solution engineers, product specialists, and overseas product development teams to propose solutions that meet availability, security, and operational requirements.
  • Work with partners and system integrators to develop proposal approaches, role assignments, and winning strategies for each opportunity.
  • Manage sales activities from opportunity discovery and requirements confirmation through proposals, pricing and contract negotiations, and closing, aligned with customer budgets and procurement schedules.
  • Coordinate internal and external stakeholders to advance opportunities combining multiple products and services.
  • Maintain accurate opportunity information and progress in CRM, and manage weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales forecasts and commitments.
  • Monitor developments and competitive information in national security-related sectors, including the Ministry of Defense, and apply them to account strategy and proposals.
  • Participate as a team member and share information internally.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience selling to the Ministry of Defense, the Self-Defense Forces, or related organizations or companies.
  • Knowledge or experience with budgeting, bidding, and procurement processes in government and public-sector fields.
  • Experience collaborating with system integrators or partners serving the defense sector.
  • Experience proposing networking, security, collaboration, or AI infrastructure solutions.
  • Experience proposing IT infrastructure with high availability requirements or stringent security requirements.
  • Experience managing long sales cycles or opportunities involving multiple departments.
  • Ability to share information and coordinate with internal stakeholders in English.

About the Company

Cisco

Makes networking gear and security software

Cisco makes the switches and routers that connect offices, data centers, and cloud services, and it also sells cybersecurity tools and Webex video meetings to businesses and governments. It was one of the first companies to sell routers that let different kinds of computer networks exchange data, and in 2000 it briefly became the world's most valuable company. Customers run its network gear, from Wi-Fi access points to AI data center systems, with Cisco software that sets up and secures the network, while its Splunk unit searches computer logs to catch outages and attacks. Cisco earns money from hardware sales, software subscriptions, and support contracts. It was founded in 1984 and is based in San Jose, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Jose, CA
Founded
1984

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