Client Sales Director

We have an exciting opportunity for a success driven Sales Leader to fulfill the role of a Client Director within our growing Sales organization in the Los Angeles metro area.

If you thrive in a fast moving, results-oriented, and rewarding environment, take a closer look at Arista Networks.

Take the next step in your career now, scroll down to read the full role description and make your application.

Join a team which is driving the transformation to Software Defined Cloud Networking via automated solutions to a named list of enterprise accounts.

Job Responsibilities

• The Client Director will be responsible for consultative selling and solution development efforts that best address large enterprise customer needs, while coordinating the involvement of all necessary company resources including sales operations, service, and management, in order to meet account performance objectives and customer expectations.
• You will identify, develop and close sales opportunities across the Arista product portfolio including Data Center and Campus Networking platforms including our Cloud based WI-FI and POE switches.

In addition, the product portfolio includes the Arista Routing Platform, Cloud Vision (network automation & telemetry), and our DMF Fabric Monitoring, NDR, Endpoint and AI-driven Network Identity Management solutions.

• Establishing productive, professional relationships with key personnel in assigned agencies.
• Creating and executing targeted account plans in concert with partner managers and sales engineering team.
• Establish customer demand through pre-engagement planning, research, and solution alignment to mission.
• Manage and align year 1 to year 3 business priorities across a named account territory.
• Create a marketing plan aligned with named accounts and territory.

Who Are You?

You are a driven Sales Leader with proven track record of pursuing and closing large big bet deals within large enterprise organizations in the Los Angeles metro area.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor Degree (BA / BS, CS, BBA) or equivalent.
• A minimum of 10+ years of Sales experience with a focus on developing large major Fortune 500 customers.
• Demonstrated leadership skills to lead both internal cross functional teams within Engineering, Legal, Marketing and external partners.
• Proven navigation of End User requirements definition through the contracting and resale processes is mandatory.
• Working knowledge of networking (Route, Switch, SDN, SD-WAN, Campus Networks, Network Virtualization, NFV), data center, and / or network automation solutions are prerequisites.
• Demonstrated people skills and ability to cultivate and maintain relationships at all levels.
• Proven track record of building business plans, documenting the processes, and exceeding sales targets.
• Travel to our customers and regional partners within the territory.

Compensation Information

The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of $130,000 to $180,000. The actual salary offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and US location.

The salary range provided reflects the base salary and in addition may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses, commissions, equity, and benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings and income protection.

The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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