Red Hat

Senior Strategic Account Manager, Major US Telco

Red Hat

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: MontanaTexasUnited States

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Salary

💰 $272,630 - $449,980 per year

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About the role

  • Lead account strategy, sales execution, and relationship management across the Pacific Northwest, Dallas, Texas, and Kansas City.
  • Identify opportunities to position Red Hat's full suite of open hybrid cloud solutions, including Red Hat OpenShift, Ansible Automation, OpenShift AI, Telco Service offerings, and middleware offerings.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment across Red Hat’s sales, solutions architecture, and customer success teams to support long-term account growth.
  • Collaborate closely with key stakeholders to understand business initiatives and align Red Hat solutions to deliver measurable outcomes.
  • Maintain a robust pipeline, manage forecasting, and consistently meet or exceed revenue targets.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of enterprise software sales experience, with a strong established track record of managing large strategic accounts.
  • Deep understanding of the telecommunications industry, preferably with direct experience working with or selling to similar Tier 1 Telco carriers.
  • Strong ability to navigate complex customer environments and influence executive decision-makers.
  • Proven success in driving multi-product sales and leading cross-sell efforts.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
  • Ability to travel regularly to customer locations across the Pacific Northwest, Dallas TX and Kansas City.
  • Experience in consultative customer engagement with either a major enterprise software company or in the sales division of an enterprise software reseller
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
  • Fluent language skills in English
  • Solutions sales mentality in an environment with multiple offerings and services.
  • Ability to work seamlessly with global cross-functional teams to achieve success on behalf of customers
Benefits
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
  • Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
  • Retirement 401(k) with employer match
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
  • Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
  • Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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