Business Development Manager - Cloud

Job Description Role: Cloud Business Development Manager – Nordics Location: Sweden Role Overview: The Cloud Business Development Manager will manage and drive sales engagements for Cloud security solutions in a specific territory and partner with Field Sales. The Business Development Manager will manage a direct quota in a territory and lead customer engagements with Field Sales, Field Systems Engineers, engage with Product Management/Marketing, and end customers to deliver a revenue objective for the Cloud Security solutions platform at Fortinet. In this role, the individual will identify complex security challenges within customers’ environment and drive opportunities to close. Responsibilities: - Develop and manage internal sales relationships, as well as be a key point of contact for Cloud Security solution opportunities with the end customer. - Build and implement account / marketing plans for account penetration. - Generate a sales pipeline as overlay with Field Sales, qualify opportunities, and accurately forecast pipeline. - Achievement of agreed quarterly sales goals. - Cloud Channel Development: Working with Cloud native channel partners in the region to build pipeline and help them close opportunities. - Work closely with the Regional Cloud Service Provider (CSP) teams to build Co-Sell engagement and sell through their marketplace. - Excellent communicator including the ability to make engaging and effective presentations to an executive audience. - Effective in a collaborative environment, particularly interacting with product and business professionals. - Collaborate with Regional Sales Managers and Regional Systems Engineers ensuring customers understand how to deliver value to their customers and partners. Requirements: - Fully qualified, experienced sales professional that is forward thinking and has an expert understanding of the technology business sector. - Exceptional business and financial acumen with a demonstrated ability to understand both short-term and long-term financial impact of business decisions. - Previous experience designing business plans and market strategies. - A proven track record of quota achievement and demonstrated career stability. - A self-motivated, independent thinker that can move deals through the selling cycle. - Competitive, Self-starter, Hunter-type mentality. - Previous experience with selling solutions through the Cloud Service Provider Marketplaces (AWS, Azure, GCP). - Previous experience in network security recommended. Knowledgeable in the following technologies: Virtual Firewall, Web Application Firewall, CNP, CNF and others. - Strong analytical, communication and presentation skills to evaluate complex problems to find a systematic approach to gain a quick resolution. - Ability to work independently with little direction – travel will be required in territory.