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Full-Time

Senior Sales Manager

Territory, Northeast OR Southeast OR North Central

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Cloudflare

Cloudflare

1,001-5,000 employees

Provides CDN, security, and serverless solutions

Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity

Compensation Overview

$284k - $348kAnnually

+ Incentive Compensation

Senior

Remote in USA

Must reside in the Southeast, North Central, or Northeast region.

Category
Field Sales
Strategic Account Management
Sales & Account Management
Required Skills
Sales
Requirements
  • Experienced (5 to 7+ years) high-growth SaaS leader with experience leading sales teams.
  • Experience driving best practices in a channel or distributor environment.
  • Experience in developing scalable relationships with target partners, to expand the partner ecosystem in targeted regions.
  • Record of high performance in consistently meeting and exceeding team plan (while also supporting the majority of direct reports to success).
  • Excellent written communication and presentation skills.
  • Track record of success in selling new products and early access solutions.
  • Experience in networking across business units within an account and through M&As; multi-thread to identify, engage and close new divisional buyers.
  • Demonstrable record of success and passion for acquisition and expansion tactics.
  • Coaching level knowledge of Gap Selling, Sandler, Challenger, or other sales methodologies.
  • Strong talent for driving consensus and support among internal and external stakeholders and champions.
Responsibilities
  • Accurately forecast commits by month and quarter, and deliver attainment to quarterly and annual sales targets.
  • Oversee, coach and motivate a team of account executives, consistently measuring their success against overall quota attainment, new logo acquisition and expansion into existing accounts.
  • Hold regular 1x1s with team members, maintaining open and transparent communication.
  • Develop and uplevel team selling abilities through consistent focus on enablement, solution selling and metric improvements. Build and refine sales runbooks and scripts.
  • Assist in the continued codification of various product focused playbooks on how to connect data led insights to Cloudflare solutions that solve critical business challenges Cloudflare customers face daily.
  • Maintain a funnel of new hire candidates by continuously interviewing and building a network of candidate potentials.
  • Monitor access and proficiency of enablement resources and various sales tool licenses.
  • Collaborate with Sales Enablement, Product and Product Marketing to provide and optimize sales training for newly launched features and products.

Cloudflare enhances the performance, security, and reliability of websites and applications through services like content delivery network (CDN) solutions and cybersecurity protections against threats such as DDoS attacks. They also offer serverless computing, allowing developers to run code without managing servers. Using a freemium model, Cloudflare attracts users with free basic services and charges for premium features, serving a diverse clientele from individual developers to large enterprises. Their goal is to provide essential tools that meet the growing demand for faster and more secure internet services.

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$354.3M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2009

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

11%

1 year growth

22%

2 year growth

45%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Cloudflare's continuous innovation, such as the new no-code feature to block AI bots, demonstrates their commitment to addressing emerging threats and market needs.
  • The company's extensive and diverse client base provides a stable revenue stream and opportunities for upselling premium services.
  • Cloudflare's leadership in cybersecurity and web performance positions it well to capitalize on the growing demand for secure and fast internet services.

What critics are saying

  • The increasing frequency of DDoS attacks could strain Cloudflare's resources and impact service reliability.
  • Relying on a freemium model may limit revenue growth if users do not convert to paid plans.

What makes Cloudflare unique

  • Cloudflare's freemium model attracts a broad user base, from individual developers to large enterprises, unlike competitors who may focus solely on enterprise clients.
  • Their innovative tools like Cloudflare Workers and Pages enable developers to build and deploy applications directly on their network, providing a unique edge in the developer community.
  • Cloudflare's strong emphasis on cybersecurity, including DDoS protection and new features to block AI bots, sets them apart in the internet infrastructure market.

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Benefits

Competitive salaries

Take-what-you-need paid vacation policy

Comprehensive health plans and benefits

Paid maternity and paternity leave

Commuter and ride share options

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