Account Executive – Cybersecurity

Optiv

Account Executive focusing on selling Optiv security services to key strategic accounts. Leading cross-functional teams and developing multi-year strategic account management plans in a remote setting.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build trusted, effective and productive relationships with client executives at multiple levels within assigned accounts.
Lead your team to create a multi-year strategic account management plan based upon identified client business, technology and security goals, coupled with Optiv’s understanding of security trends, threats, and points of view for each assigned account.
Build a large sales pipeline, ideally 3-4 times assigned targets, within assigned accounts and achieve/exceed gross margin objectives in excess of $3.5M annually.
Manage current and multi-quarter forecasts with a high-degree of accuracy, currency and integrity.
Lead a cross-functional team to execute with discipline and in alignment with Force Management principles such as MEDDICC and Command of the Message, among others.
Effectively communicate Optiv’s value proposition as it relates to security services and technologies expertise and capabilities.
Build strong, collaborative and productive relationships with technology partners and their respective sales personnel to both gain and share leads in support of building qualified pipeline and maximizing mutually beneficial sales opportunities.
Initiate and/or monitor and mediate all necessary communications between clients, vendors and members of your team (technical, sales, client operations, etc.) within each account.
Maintain collaborative and effective internal communications with Optiv team members relative to specific opportunities, associated requirements and client satisfaction.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in solution and services based sales through work in an Information Technology or Security environment typically gained over 7-10 years.
Proven ability to build and execute territory and strategic account management plans with a track record of exceeding multi-million-dollar gross margin quotas.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional dotted-line teams comprised of sales, technical, and support personnel in a highly effective fashion.
Strong business acumen and ability to correlate business goals with business and cyber security risk in support of developing complex security technology and services solutions.
Demonstrated ability to build strong and productive business relationships with key executives and sponsors within assigned accounts.
Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills.
Strong negotiation experience.
Experience in and knowledge of the IT security market and competitors.
Experience in and knowledge of the Risk & Compliance market and competitors.
History of demonstrated achievement exceeding plan and expectations.
Preferred skills
Experience in building and selling complex and multi-year hardware, software, services and financing solutions to Fortune 1000 clients.
Experience in and knowledge of the IT Infrastructure market and competitors.
Experience selling management consulting services.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A company committed to our inclusive value through our Employee Resource Groups
Work/life balance
Professional training resources
Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)

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Hard Skills & Tools

account managementsales pipeline developmentforecastingterritory managementstrategic planningnegotiationsolution sellingIT securityRisk & Compliancemanagement consulting

Soft Skills

relationship buildingcommunicationleadershipcollaborationbusiness acumenpresentation skillsverbal communicationwritten communicationteam managementproblem-solving