OPENTEXT OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.
OpenText Security solutions help organizations of all sizes protect their most valuable and sensitive information with products, services, and training. The modern portfolio of complementary security solutions offers security analysts 360-degree visibility across endpoints and network traffic to proactively identify, triage and investigate anomalous and malicious behavior. Our global sales team at OpenText works with customers to help them find information, no matter where it is buried, to effectively conduct investigations, manage risk and respond to incidents. Organizations rely on them to proactively prevent and detect threats across ever-expanding attack surfaces.
YOUR IMPACTJoin us as a Federal Account Executive on the OpenText Cybersecurity Team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to target opportunities within several Federal Systems Integrators for our Application Security (AppSec), Security Operations (SecOps) Data Security (DataSec) and Identity Management (IAM) Products. As part of OpenText, we are seeking a motivated sales professional with a strong technical background in selling SecOps and IAM software. Your main focus will be on improving new portfolio installations into accounts, supporting pipeline development, and competing vigorously in the market to grow OpenText's market share. This is an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact in the industry.
WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS - Actively prospecting new greenfield accounts using modern prospecting techniques and utilizing available resources to generate a qualified pipeline.
- Understanding the whitespace in a territory of accounts and promoting new product placements into all accounts.
- Managing the sales process from solutions identification to solution delivery, ensuring successful product placements.
- Building strong customer relationships and addressing customer requirements with an associated return on investment.
- Leading customers through a buying process and challenging their thinking, applying the right resources and information.
- Acting as a conduit to the product teams and GTM product leads to build an overall strategy for product reach in this account space.
- Reporting to the Federal Sales Leader.
- Pursuing new clients, developing business, and networking with passion.
- Creating strong business relationships and negotiating large enterprise software deals.
- Having a background in successfully selling security operations software.
- Demonstrating a verifiable achievement of consistent over-quota attainment.
- Collaborating and navigating a matrixed organization.
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED - Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent professional experience.
- 5+ years of successful software sales experience in a similar space/accounts with a proven track record.
Join us in shaping the future of Cybersecurity and making a significant impact in the industry.
ONE LAST THINGOpenText is more than just a corporation, it's a global community where trust is foundational, the bar is raised, and outcomes are owned. As an Open Text Account Executive, you drive digital transformation for global clients, solving complex business challenges and accelerating their journey to the cloud. Your consultative expertise and success in complex sales cycles contribute directly to business growth, earning you a competitive compensation package that recognizes your substantial impact in shaping the digital enterprise landscape.
OpenText's commitment to diversity and inclusion surpasses legal requirements, evident in our Equal Employment Opportunity Statement of Policy which promotes a respectful and empowering environment for employees of all backgrounds, culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact us at hr@opentext.com. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.
OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY We believe that our values are the compass that steers us in the right direction and helps us stay true to our mission. These values will not only guide our everyday decisions but also influence our strategic direction and the way we work. They reflect who we are as individuals and as a collective force, uniting us in our shared purpose.
CREATE THE FUTURE We create economic growth that is inclusive and sustainable.
BE DESERVING OF TRUST The world's most trusted companies trust OpenText, and we demonstrate this in our actions as individuals, as a company, and as technology.
WE, NOT I We build global communities of purpose and challenge by supporting each other to exceed expectations and solve complex problems.
RAISE THE BAR We set high standards and exceptions, to learn, to be better.
OWN THE OUTCOME We tap into our creativity to deliver incredible experiences for customers, to ourselves, and for our planet.
"We believe a workplace should be human above all else. We ask excellence of our employees and reward it by creating an environment that is welcoming, challenging and that encourages real growth and development, not empty platitudes, or trinkets." - Mark Barrenechea, CEO & CTO