VP of Named Enterprise Systems Engineering - Fortinet Technologies (Canada) ULC
Detroit, MI
About the Job
Position: VP West, Commercial Systems Engineering
In this key leadership role, you will lead, direct and manage the West Commercial Systems Engineering Team including Direct SEs and SE Managers.
Your Impact:
- Work in close collaboration with the West Commercial Sales Leader to create and execute strategic plans focused on attaining enterprise-wide deployments of Fortinet products and services
- As a senior sales leader, develop and leverage executive relationships with key buyers and influencers in accounts and partners
- As CTO of the Area, “lead-from-the-front,” taking an active role in shaping opportunity strategy and execution, and contributing directly to sales efforts in key opportunities
- Formulate and execute ongoing programs to recruit, hire, train, enable and retain effective Commercial technical sellers
- Lead and inspire your SE team and their selling partners to compete and win through professionalism, attention to detail, tenacious execution, and customer focus
- Identify systemic conditions then lead your organization to avoid challenges, capitalize on opportunities and spread best practices
- Drive ever-improving value-selling methods, practices, tools, and best practices
Responsibilities:
- Develops and implements Area Sales strategy, coverage, focus, and execution in partnership with the Area Sales Leader
- Sets direction for and leads SE Managers for multiple districts in pursuit of sales targets
- Leads development and execution of winning technical account plans and sales
- Constantly raise the level of value selling
- Drives excellence in Proof Step planning, execution, measurement and identifying sharing best practices across your team and the US SE Organization
- Instills discipline and routine in Technical Sales forecasting: opportunities, PoVs, etc., in alignment with Sales Leader account, opportunity and deal forecasting
- Lead, manage and orchestrate Technical Escalations in your area for efficient and effective collaboration with Consulting Systems Engineering and Product Management
- Contributes directly to selling efforts such as executive/key leader-relationships, vision presentations, roadmap presentations, PoV value wrap-ups, etc.
- Develops executive/senior leadership relationships with key decision makers, influencers and partners
- Consistent focus on “filling the bench,” through active and ongoing recruiting
- Contribute as key member of US SE Organization Leadership
Required Skills and Background:
- 8 – 15 years in technical/pre-sales as a manager, director or vice president
- 10+ years in LAN/WAN/Internet services administration
- Demonstrated mastery of Commercial buying patterns and practices
- Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Self-motivated, independent thinker that can lead teams to move deals through the selling cycle
Education:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in network security industry, MBA preferred.
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network - today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 500,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@fortinet.com.
Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, military/veteran status or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
Source : Fortinet Technologies (Canada) ULC