Development Channel Account Manager

Milan, Italy
Sales /
Regular Full Time /
Remote
WatchGuard embraces a Flexible Work Philosophy. Most of our employees can choose to work from the office, at home, or any combination of the two. We’ve built a global workforce of outstanding team members and a flexible culture built on trust, collaboration, and belonging.

About the Position
The Development Channel Account Manager (DevCAM) responsibilities include working within the sales team to promote and sell all portfolio security products within the national territory to his/her assigned partners as well as making our partners try the best possible experience working with WatchGuard. The DevCAM will be responsible for quoting, training, the forecasting and tracking of sales opportunities. The DevCAM will report to the Country Manager and will work closely with the Sales Engineer to assure territory quota attainment, in addition to joining with the sales, the field marketing teams and WatchGuard distributors Sales Team in the territory. Success in this position will be measured by meeting successful transaction, growth, and retention goals with the assigned partners. 

As a Development Channel Account Manager in a cybersecurity company, your primary responsibility will be to keep and improve partnerships with channel partners to drive sales and revenue growth. You will play a crucial role in ensuring strong channel relationships and driving the adoption of cybersecurity solutions through the partner ecosystem.

Position Responsibilities

    • Strive towards the territory quota attainment, retention, and growth/development of active partners
    • Maintain regular contact with partners to ensure satisfaction and continued success
    • Partner with the Sales Engineer to generate new business and develop current customers through the partner network
    • Support partners on standard methodologies and use of WatchGuard, including training & event support
    • Accurately forecast transacting partner transitions by quarter
    • Be knowledgeable of all WatchGuard products, services, and internal sales tools
    • Other duties and projects assigned

Skills and Qualifications

    • Experience with two-tier/channel sales ecosystem required
    • Experience in network/cyber security space preferred
    • History of sales excellence with national partner accounts and major accounts
    • History of consistent plan development and quota achievement
    • Strong presentation and written skills
    • Ability to self-manage and work remotely
    • Must be located in assigned territory
    • Familiarity with Salesforce or similar CRM
    • Fluent in English language

Experience

    • 5+ years experience in direct and indirect sales in related industry
    • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training in business, sales, or marketing
Why Work for WatchGuard?

WatchGuard is a global leader in network security and intelligence, advanced endpoint protection, multi-factor authentication, and secure Wi-Fi. Our award-winning products and services are trusted worldwide by more than 18,000 security resellers and service providers to protect more than 250,000 customers. Our technology keeps our customers ahead of increasingly sophisticated hackers and has fueled record revenues at WatchGuard.
 
WatchGuard is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with team members working remotely and in offices worldwide.
 
Our company culture places an intense focus on our customers and employees. From the newest employee to our CEO, you'll find that each person at WatchGuard embodies our Core Values: Accountability, Community, Belonging, Action, Innovation, and Customer-Centric. Learn more about our company culture at www.watchguard.com/wgrd-careers.
 
WatchGuard provides equal employment opportunities for all qualified employees, regardless of their race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, age, sex, sexual orientation (including gender expression or identity), marital status, mental or physical disability, honorably discharged veteran or military status or any other category protected by federal, state or local laws. Our equal employment opportunity (or EEO) policy focuses solely on the talent, hard work, contributions, and actual results achieved by each WatchGuard employee and on the potential of employment candidates to make such contributions. We consider focusing on an employee's protected characteristics rather than on talent, hard work, and actual work results to violate our EEO policy. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to a diverse workforce. WatchGuard participates in E-verify.
 
WatchGuard is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. Please let us know if you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability.