Sr Enterprise Account Executive. Dach Region, (Uk, German Speaker)) Job at Hackney ECA LP seconds Full Time

The Senior Enterprise Account Executive is responsible for driving Cofense’s market share growth across the DACH region and will have full ownership of the entire DACH Region

• Location – Remote UK (must reside in the UK Region)
• Required Languages- English & German
• Perks- Private Health Care, Uncapped Variable Comp, Paid PTO, Employee Appreciation Days
• Ideal Candidate Profile: 8 plus years of enterprise sales in cybersecurity with experience selling enterprise security solutions into organizations with 2,500+ employees.

Cofense connects phishing-specific AI, expert insight, and automation to expose unknown threats, neutralize active attacks, and reduce future risk.

Our expert-supervised AI, combined with real-time intelligence from 35M+ trained users, detects advanced phishing attacks other solutions miss and remediates them in minutes. Cofense delivers high-confidence alerts that reduce false positives and identify false negatives, improving security team efficiency. Real-world simulations continuously train employees to recognize and report what technology can’t catch. Cofense augments your existing email defenses, covering phishing detection and response gaps.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Exceed quarterly and annual revenue goals
• Build relationships with key decision-makers in information security departments and IT across a variety of industries.
• Sales at CIO / CISO / and Head of Infrastructure level
• Present technical and business messaging, presentation, and demonstration
• Self-starter with ability to clearly engage a message, generate interest, create meetings, and manage associated pipeline.
• Demonstrable track record of closing Enterprise opportunities from $200k to $1m.
• The position will require regular travel, as well as the ability to represent our company at events.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Fluent in German and English
• Experience as a presenter on information security topics at conferences and events preferred.
• Knowledge of the sales training and methodologies needed to manage a complex sales cycle to conclusion (TAS / MH / MEDDPIC / KARRASS)
• Cofense are an established Gartner top right MQ vendor with a large customer base and strong brand. The role requires a start-up mentality to drive activity to open up new accounts.
• Expertise in managing sales opportunities from prospect to closure.
• Ability to provide live and web-based demonstrations of the Cofense solution without sales engineer support (though SE support is available as needed)
• Excellent negotiation, presentation and communication skills
• Capability to present technical information to a variety of audiences
• Demonstrated ability to forecast and manage information using SalesForce.Com
• Ability to manage and cultivate an extensive list of contacts in the information security field
• Ability to manage multiple high priority tasks to successful completion
• Ability to work in a fast paced, geographically dispersed organisation
• Experience of closing business in Europe
• Ability to travel regularly across Europe.
• French and / or German at business level ideal.
• Ability to run efficient technical sales process including POC and Close Plans and run cycles in a controlled fashion.
• Ability to work a direct touch sales campaign with end user, partner, or system integrator whilst maintaining control and access to end user.
• Motivated and tenacious individual ready to take a proven technical solution and managed service to market.

Education and/or Experience:

• University degree preferred
• 5 years + successful experience in external sales of information security services or products
• Hands-on experience in providing information security services

– Disclaimer-

The above statements are neither intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be a listing of all of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job. This job description is not a contract of employment, either express or implied. Employment with Cofense will be voluntarily entered into and your employment is considered at will. Cofense reserves the right to alter the job description at any time without notice.

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