Senior Territory Account Executive

Sophos

. Own your territory like a business: develop and execute a strategic territory plan that drives new logo acquisition, customer expansion, and long-term revenue growth.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeVancouver • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 CA$100,500 - CA$167,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own your territory like a business: develop and execute a strategic territory plan that drives new logo acquisition, customer expansion, and long-term revenue growth.
Generate Mid-Market accounts sales pipeline, qualifying opportunities, and accurately forecasting pipeline with a balanced view of new logo and expand business.
Achieve agreed quarterly sales goals through management of the sales process to closure, while driving high renewal rates and identifying cross-sell and upsell opportunities across your customer base.
Drive New business and prospect for your given territory.
Partner closely with the Renewals team to ensure a seamless customer experience at contract renewal, reduce churn risk, and identify expansion opportunities ahead of renewal cycles.
Engage with prospects and customers to understand their business pain points, priorities, and drivers, aligning Sophos solutions to customers' desired outcomes.
Work with the Channel Sales team and partner community to build pipeline through indirect engagements.
Collaborate with sales engineering and channel partners throughout the sales cycle to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction and strong adoption of Sophos technology.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date CRM hygiene to support forecasting, pipeline management, and territory reporting.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years in a sales role working with end users or channel partners, with a track record of achieving and exceeding sales quotas.
A strategic, ownership mindset, you think and act like a business owner, taking full accountability for territory performance.
A hunter mentality: you are energized by prospecting, opening new doors, and winning competitive deals in accounts where Sophos has no existing footprint.
Understanding of the mid-market business sales cycle, buyer personas, and decision-making processes, and how to successfully navigate them.
Exceptional opportunity discovery and deal qualification skills, value proposition presentation, negotiation, and closing skills.
Experience collaborating across internal teams including renewals, sales engineering, and inside sales to drive coordinated, customer-first outcomes.
Customer-centric orientation with the ability to build trusted relationships via email, telephone, and in person.
Solid technical acumen with the ability to articulate the value of different technologies; strong cybersecurity knowledge is a strong advantage.
Experience selling through and with channel partners, and the ability to thrive in a team-selling environment.
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple opportunities simultaneously.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach.
Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing

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Hard Skills & Tools

sales pipeline managementdeal qualificationnegotiationclosing skillsCRM hygienecybersecurity knowledgeterritory planningcustomer expansionnew logo acquisitioncross-sell and upsell

Soft Skills

strategic mindsetownership mentalityhunter mentalitycustomer-centric orientationrelationship buildingcollaborationorganizational skillsprioritizationcommunicationproblem-solving