Regional Sales Director, Named Enterprise

Job TitleManage, Direct, and Drive a Named Enterprise Sales TeamJob DescriptionManage, direct, and drive a named enterprise sales team responsible for sales into Named Enterprise accounts. Responsible for the development and performance of all sales activities in assigned market. Staffs, directs, and drives a sales team and provides leadership towards the achievement of quota, growth, and forecasting accuracy. Establishes plans and strategies to expand the customer base in the region and contributes to the development of the team.ResponsibilitiesManage and motivate a team of Named Account Managers responsible for growing sales within the Mid-Enterprise marketDevelop account plans with each NAM (Named Account Manager) to achieve goals and exceed quota responsibilityServes as lead contact responsible for the flow of information to/from executive managementWorks closely together with the NAMs in order to maximize the primary business focus and serves as team leader responsible for the quality and success of activities in the territoryDevelops relationships with key decision makers, influencers and partnersManages effective working relationships with assigned regional RAMs, System Engineers, Marketing associates, TAC, and Professional Services team members.Consistently builds and delivers on an accurate territory forecastTravels with regional NAMs and SEs to assist them in building pipeline, closing opportunities, and accurately forecasting.Required Skills5+ years experience managing a teamExperience in the network security industryA proven track record of significant over-quota achievement and demonstrated career stabilityProven ability to sell solutions to both VARs and mid-enterprise end customersSuccess in closing project-based dealsSelling experience must include one of the following : 1) Firewall/VPN, 2) AV 3) IDS/IDPExcellent presentation skills to executives & individual contributorsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsGoal oriented individual, with vast interpersonal managerial skills, strong business acumen and positive leadership abilities with proven results in mentoring, motivating and developing teams.The Area Director Mid-Enterprise is required to customarily and regularly work outside of their office or home office engaged in selling, including travel as needed to make a sale.EducationBachelor's DegreeAbout UsFortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world's largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and automated protections across the entire digital attack surface, securing critical devices, data, applications, and connections from the data center to the cloud to the home office. Ranking #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide, more than 615,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. And the Fortinet NSE Training Institute, an initiative of Fortinet's Training Advancement Agenda (TAA), provides one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry to make cyber training and new career opportunities available to everyone.