Full-Time

Client Executive Manager I

Public Sector, Civilian, Veterans Administration

CenturyLink

CenturyLink

10,001+ employees

Global telecommunications and IT services provider

Compensation Overview

$126.5k - $185.6k/yr

+ Short-term Incentives + Long-term Incentives

No H1B Sponsorship

Remote in USA

Remote

US Citizenship Required

Category
Sales & Account Management (2)
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Required Skills
Sales
Salesforce
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience.
  • 7+ years technical sales experience; with at least 5 years of experience selling into the VA in the candidate’s most recent position is desired.
  • Minimum two-years people leadership experience
  • Experience managing and influencing client relationships at the executive level; ability to present and interact with all levels of customer management space.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of, and relationships with C-level VA decision-makers is a plus.
  • Excellent team leadership and interpersonal skills; ability to coach, mentor, and lead others.
  • Highly self-motivated with the ability to work well independently and in a team environment.
  • Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
  • US citizenship is required. Ability to obtain a public trust clearance is required.
  • Proficient with MS Office, Salesforce and ability to learn systems and processes as appropriate.
Responsibilities
  • Contributing to the overall strategy for the sales channel.
  • Supporting the Lumen’s proposal and capture team for bids, proposals, and solutions.
  • Sales and process development, ensuring promotion of key messages, engagement of supporting functions, competitor analysis and market positioning, and raising the level of strategic services within the sales teams.
  • Account development and growth.
  • Salesforce experience. Ensure accurate forecasting of sales opportunities and funnel management.
  • Building partnerships in the industry across partners.
  • Ensuring that appropriate resources are applied to sales.
  • Be the point of contact for the customers and continuously working towards solving customer challenges.
  • Demonstrate thorough understanding of the Sales order cycle, Federal Govt contracting, rules and processes.
  • This position is responsible for managing team members to meet and exceed sales targets.
Desired Qualifications
  • 7+ years technical sales experience; with at least 5 years of experience selling into the VA in the candidate’s most recent position is desired.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of, and relationships with C-level VA decision-makers is a plus.

CenturyLink, now known as Lumen Technologies, provides telecommunications and IT services for businesses and government. It offers voice communications and network services such as VoIP, SIP Trunking, hosted VoIP, SD-WAN, MPLS, and IPVPN, along with cloud and IT solutions like Big Data as a Service, IoT, and cloud management across hybrid, private, and public clouds. It differentiates itself by offering a broad, integrated portfolio that combines traditional communications with modern network and cloud services at scale, backed by global data centers and infrastructure. Its goal is to help customers communicate, connect, and digitally transform through secure, scalable, and manageable network and cloud solutions.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Monroe, Louisiana

Founded

1930

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What believers are saying

  • Sold ILEC business in 20 states to Brightspeed for $7.5B in October 2023, focusing on enterprises.
  • Divested EMEA operations to Colt for $1.8B in November 2023, streamlining core clients.
  • Higher-margin security, cloud, IP, UC services generated $4.5B revenue in 2023.

What critics are saying

  • Tycko & Zavareei lawsuit over Quantum Fiber 'Price for Life' false ads erodes trust now.
  • 940 Mbps fiber speeds lag Verizon Fios 2.3 Gbps and AT&T 5 Gbps, losing SMB share.
  • Legacy copper reliance forces FCC-mandated fiber migrations without rival scale by 2028.

What makes CenturyLink unique

  • Lumen Platform integrates global fiber, edge cloud, and security for 4th Industrial Revolution apps.
  • Quantum Fiber delivers high-speed fiber services to residents and SMBs via CenturyLink brand.
  • 450,000 route miles fiber network supports enterprise high-performance networking worldwide.

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