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Fastly Senior Enterprise Account Executive - Spain & Portugal in Madrid, Spain
Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.
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Senior Enterprise Account Executive - Spain & Portugal
We are looking for a New Business Sales hunter to join the team as Senior Enterprise Account Executive for Spain. You will focus on the acquisition of new customers, and continue developing our customer base across Spain and Portugal. We are looking for someone who has a proven track record in acquiring Enterprise business, and has experience selling to and a good network across a number of verticals.
You’ll already have experience closing enterprise deals, selling to CTO, CISO, CFO and similar level stakeholders across some of the biggest accounts across Spain, ideally with experience selling into Portugal too. Ideally, you’ll have prior experience selling Edge Cloud or Security products, but this is not a musy! A strong ability to grasp technology is required in order to articulate the value proposition of Fastly’s products and services.
What You'll Do:
Accountable for driving business, and meeting or exceeding quota goals and MBO’s
Effectively and independently deliver the Fastly company story, value proposition, and product demonstrations
Develop and execute a comprehensive account/territory plan to drive revenue and market share in a defined territory and industry vertical
Prepare and lead proposals, quotes, and contracts
Develop long-term strategic relationships with key accounts
Running all aspects of the sales cycle including: prospecting, sales campaign/meetings, negotiation close, account management
Work together as a team along with other departments to get deals closed
Basic Qualifications:
5+ years of technology (B2B, SaaS preferred) related sales or business development experience with C-level executives
Proven track record and passion to acquire new business, generating new business opportunities yourself, and successfully running pitches, POC’s and closing deals
Strong ability to close sales, run accurate pipeline and forecast
Ability to listen with empathy, ask meaningful questions, provide timely follow-up to customer and prospect engagements
Independent, self-disciplined and possess strong verbal and written communications skills
Open and receptive to coaching, giving and receiving feedback, contributing to the team’s goals and successes
Fluency in Spanish and English
Work Hours:
- This position will require you to be available during core business hours.
Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:
This position is a remote role and open to candidates residing in the following locations: Madrid OR Barcelona, Spain ONLY.
This position will require travel across the region, US, and as required by your role or requested by your manager.
Salary:
Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
This role is eligible to participate in Fastly’s global sales compensation plan and may participate in Fastly’s equity program.
Benefits:
We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to meet your needs. Our offerings may vary depending on the country where you work and are subject to change.
Why Fastly?
We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers (https://www.fastly.com/customers) have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives (https://www.fastly.com/open-source/) . Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand.
We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.
We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.
We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.
Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at candidateaccommodations@fastly.com or 501-287-4901.
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