Channel Account Manager

Who is Forcepoint?

Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments. Forcepoint’s all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. 20+ years in business. 2.7k employees. 150 countries. 11k+ customers. 300+ patents. If our mission excites you, you’re in the right place; we want you to bring your own energy to help us create a safer world. All we’re missing is you!

Forcepoint is hiring a Channel Account Manager based in the Upper Midwest to cover our National and Regional partners.  This role is responsible for managing, educating, expanding, and enabling our partners to achieve corporate sales objectives while driving our channel strategy to drive growth and channel sales expansion. You will work closely with the Sales VP’s, Regional Sales Directors/Managers to align our partner business with Forcepoint’s corporate objectives. The role reports to the Leader of Americas Channel Sales.

Essential Functions

• Lead and manage the relationship between strategic partners and Forcepoint

• Sales and Technical Enablement of strategic partners

• Create a Territory account plan

• Ensures that partners meet the requirements of their tier in the Forcepoint Channel Partner Program

• Create and execute a Partner SE enablement plan, drive attendance to Forcepoint Instructor Led Training and Boot Camp Sessions

• Acts as a liaison between Partners and Forcepoint sales representatives on the Mid-Market and Enterprise Teams

• Deliver Value Propositions and other key messaging to partner community.

• Meet or exceed quota for the territory

• Learn and maintain in-depth knowledge of Forcepoint products and technologies, competitive products and technologies and industry trends and share this knowledge with the partner community.

• Review, monitor and report on deal registrations

• Key focus on pipeline generation and reporting

• Communicate product launches and promotions.

• Execute marketing programs with the help of field marketing.

• Serve as main point of contact for Forcepoint resources.

• Maintain responsibility for overall partner relationship management.

• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

• 5+ years in selling Business to Business maintaining partner relationships.

• 5+ years of Partner selling in a high-tech software company (cyber-security preferred)

• Knowledge of sales of software or computer related products with emphasis on web infrastructure security

• Strong presentation, communication, and time management skills are mandatory.

• Ability to close business while achieving a high level of partner satisfaction.

• Experience working with Tier 2 Distribution models

Forcepoint is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range and variable compensation for this role is 200,000.00 - 220,000.00 and represents the low and high end of compensation for this position. Actual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to, location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Forcepoint’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include bonuses, paid time off policy, and many region-specific benefits .

Don’t meet every single qualification? Studies show people are hesitant to apply if they don’t meet all requirements listed in a job posting. Forcepoint is focused on building an inclusive and diverse workplace – so if there is something slightly different about your previous experience, but it otherwise aligns and you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You could be a great candidate for this or other roles on our team.

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