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Cloudflare

Secures websites and runs apps on its network

Senior Account Executive - Strategic Pursuits

Account ExecutiveConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 12 years of experience selling complex, transformative technology solutions in a B2B enterprise model, with a track record of exceeding multi-million-dollar quotas and originating new business models across SAARC.
  • Experience managing a focused portfolio of highly strategic accounts in India, ideally in banking, digital-native platforms, financial services technology, or government services.
  • Mastery-level knowledge of Cloudflare’s product suite and the broader security, networking, and cloud landscape, including contextualizing and integrating solutions into complex, multi-vertical enterprise strategies.
  • Ability to influence and shape customer enterprise architecture across business, data, applications, and technology, and map it to advanced business models and modern cloud operating environments.
  • Success engaging and influencing CEOs, CFOs, and board members, including through executive sponsorship programs.
  • Ability to lead and inspire specialized virtual teams of VPs, SVPs, and cross-functional leaders to propose, design, and close new solutions.
  • Knowledge of digital transformation, market shifts, emerging technologies, and the development of mutually beneficial digital innovation partnerships.
  • Strategic communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, including communicating complex information as actionable insights to senior executives.
  • Proficiency in advanced sales and business intelligence platforms, and ability to define long-term strategy, set quarterly objectives, and improve business efficiency.
  • Bachelor’s degree required.
  • Willingness and ability to travel extensively across India and globally for strategic engagements and industry influence.
  • Authorization to receive software or technology controlled under U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license may be a condition of an employment offer.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute strategies to exceed multi-million-dollar sales targets and annual quotas, close complex platform sales, and create new business models within strategic accounts.
  • Forecast accurately and proactively shape and manage the strategic pipeline, providing insights that influence future sales direction.
  • Analyze and map customer enterprise architecture across business, data, applications, and technology to business models; position Cloudflare and shape modern cloud operating models.
  • Lead simultaneous complex customer engagements across business units, connect customer needs to platform sales and new business models, and apply executive sponsorship programs to engage CEOs, CFOs, and board members.
  • Lead specialized virtual teams and cross-functional leaders to propose and incubate new customer solutions, using past experiences to shape future Cloudflare strategy.
  • Identify market shifts, emerging technologies, regulatory priorities, and industry-specific needs to build digital innovation partnerships across banking, digital delivery, financial services technology, and government services ecosystems in India.
  • Communicate complex information clearly to broad internal and external audiences, and encourage learning from mistakes, continuous improvement, and decisive action through coaching and feedback.
  • Articulate the long-term impact of decisions, prioritize long-term organizational benefit, share learnings, and build trust across the company.
  • Define long-term strategy and quarterly objectives with measurable results, identify business-model innovations that improve efficiency, and demonstrate servant leadership.
  • Build expert knowledge through continuous learning and contribute insights that influence significant change at Cloudflare and in the industry.
  • Sponsor diversity and inclusion efforts that drive systemic organizational change.

Desired Qualifications

  • An MBA or advanced technical degree is highly preferred.
  • Experience managing strategic accounts in India, ideally in banking, digital-native platforms, financial services technology, or government services.
  • Mastery-level knowledge of Cloudflare’s product suite and the broader security, networking, and cloud landscape.
  • Expertise shaping enterprise architecture across business, data, applications, and technology, and mapping it to business models and modern cloud operating environments.
  • Experience engaging senior executives through executive sponsorship programs.
  • Ability to lead specialized virtual teams to propose, design, and close new solutions.
  • Recognized authority in digital transformation and the ability to form digital innovation partnerships.
  • Strategic communication, negotiation, and presentation capabilities.
  • Proficiency with advanced sales and business intelligence platforms.
  • Leadership in diversity and inclusion efforts.

About the Company

Cloudflare

Secures websites and runs apps on its network

Cloudflare operates a network that protects websites, delivers online content and runs applications closer to their users. Businesses connect websites and internal systems to its services to filter malicious traffic, control access and improve performance, with security and computing running on shared infrastructure. Developers combine application code, object storage and databases with the network used for content delivery and traffic protection. Cloudflare earns revenue from subscriptions and usage charges, with free plans for basic features and negotiated contracts for larger organizations. Cloudflare was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Founded
2009

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