Business Development Manager - AppSec (UAE)

Business Development Manager Application Security (AppSec)

Location: United Arab Emirates

As a Business Development Manager you will hold responsibility for the effective hunting of new Application Security (AppSec) related opportunities and focus on growing and developing existing customers by expanding our installed base into customers WAF ADC email security encryption authentication infrastructures.

This exciting role will allow you to use your extensive network and engage our sales teams to create account specific Application security focused messaging proactively approach customer buying centres create positive awareness around Fortinet AppSec proposition and identify new related opportunities. You will support your Sales colleagues to develop and close opportunities and stress your hunting mentality to expand our AppSec sales pipeline in parallel.

Our Team

The Fortinet Enterprise & regional named sales team is a group of highly driven and tenacious professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit and a hunger for winning. From our offices in Saudi Arabia their mission is to drive new business opportunities via direct sales engagements into a set of named accounts and strategic partners. Your role will be dedicated to customers not partners to identify opportunities and build a strong AppSecrelated sales pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Enterprise Sales teams to build account specific AppSec opportunities
• Participate account planning sessions and take ownership on related call to actions
• Build revenue and nonrevenue business plans with Enterprise and regional sales districts
• Collaborate with Channel BDM and EMEA team to align AppSec Sales initiatives to / with Channel and EMEA priorities
• Provide ongoing sales trainings to Enterprise sales team
• Partner with Fortinet marketing and engineering teams to drive revenue growth within region
• Carry quarterly and annual revenue targets

Required Skills

• 5 years large account or enterprise selling experience
• 3 years Application Delivery Controllers and WAF service selling experience
• Additional business development experience preferred
• Strong understanding on how to address customers buying centers
• Experience in building business and marketing plans with sales teams
• Excellent presentation skills to executives & individual contributors
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Candidate must thrive in a fastpaced everchanging environment
• Competitive Selfstarter Huntertype mentality
• College or University degree preferred
• Language: Arabic & English at professional level

Why Join Us:

At Fortinet we embrace diversity and inclusivity. We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and identities. Explore our welcoming work environment designed for a rewarding career journey with an attractive Total Rewards package to support you with your overall health and financial wellbeing. Join us in bringing solutions that make a meaningful and lasting impact to our 660000 customers around the globe.

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