Role Description
Recorded Future is looking for an Account Director who thrives on winning new business. This is designed for a commercially driven seller who can open doors, navigate complex organizations, and build long-term customer relationships that create meaningful growth. The ideal candidate combines a new-business mindset with strategic account growth skills.
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Identify, develop, and close new business opportunities, building relationships with cybersecurity, IT, procurement, and executive stakeholders.
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Develop and execute strategic account plans for Key Accounts, identifying whitespace, new use cases, and opportunities to expand Recorded Future’s footprint.
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Build multi-threaded relationships across complex organizations and engage stakeholders at multiple levels, including senior executives.
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Drive expansion, upsell, and cross-sell opportunities within existing accounts while protecting and strengthening long-term customer relationships.
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Proactively identify customer risk and reinforce the business value and impact of Recorded Future’s solutions.
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Apply a consultative, insight-driven sales approach to uncover customer challenges and align solutions to strategic priorities.
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Manage the full sales cycle end-to-end, from prospecting and discovery through negotiation and close, with typical deal cycles of 4–8 months.
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Partner closely with Sales Engineers and internal teams to develop tailored solutions and progress complex opportunities.
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Maintain accurate territory and account plans that balance new-logo pipeline generation, account retention, and expansion growth.
Qualifications
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Proven success in driving new business development with a “land and expand” strategy.
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Demonstrated ability to prospect, develop, and close new enterprise business.
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Experience managing and growing accounts within large and complex organizations.
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Strong track record of identifying whitespace and expansion opportunities across teams, business units, and use cases.
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Ability to navigate complex buying groups and influence technical, commercial, and executive stakeholders.
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Strong consultative selling, discovery, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
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Experience owning complex 4–8 month sales cycles from initial engagement through close.
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Ability to balance the different disciplines required for generating new business and developing long-term strategic growth.
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5+ years experience in cybersecurity, threat intelligence, or other security solutions in a SaaS enterprise environment is preferred.
Requirements
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Strong consultative selling skills.
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Experience with complex sales cycles.
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Ability to develop strategic account plans.
Benefits
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Base salary range: $123,000-$184,000.
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Incentive compensation and equity options.
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Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
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401K plan.