Senior Account Executive (South-East region, based in Lyon) at Veeamsoftware

Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale. As the market leader in both data resilience and data security posture management, Veeam is built for the convergence of identity, data, security, and AI risk. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we go fearlessly forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands. The Senior Account Executive for the South-East region will be responsible for developing/closing business indirectly with a number of customers in their assigned market territory through working with the partner sales community. The primary focus is aimed at closing sales opportunities and is achieved by collaborating with partners to identify, develop, accelerate, up-sell and close transactions.  Location: Ideally the candidate should be located in Lyon or Lyon periphery. What You’ll Do • Develop and close business with accounts • Leverage partners to close sales with their end customers  • Cold calls to develop sales activities with a large number of new mid-market and high-segment end users  • Up-sell and cross-sell to the existing customer base  • Forecasts and account/opportunity details in SalesForce • Propose, coordinate and participate to marketing activities in the defined territory What You’ll Bring: • Fluent in English and French • Direct, new business sales experience • Experience with vendors associated with Virtualization technology is a plus  • Have experience of selling through channel and direct  • Track record of accomplishment selling to the IT infrastructure specialists • Proven ability to develop new sales  • Be a self-starter with the ability to learn quickly • Be a high-energy salesperson • Be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where roles and responsibilities change quickly • Be comfortable travelling for at least 50% of the time. • Current full driving license What you´ll get: • 25 paid vacation days plus RTT days, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares • Mandatory public health insurance with broad medical coverage • Employer-paid private medical, dental, optical, and wellness plan through Axa, with options for dependents • Life insurance with enhanced coverage above the Social Security ceiling • Education pension for dependent children up to age 26 if in full-time education • State and supplementary pension contributions by Veeam • Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning #LI-JB1 Veeam Software is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination in any form on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. All your information will be kept confidential. Please note that any personal data collected from you during the recruitment process will be processed in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Notice. The Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us in connection with our recruitment processes. By applying for this position, you consent to the processing of your personal data in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Notice. By submitting your application, you acknowledge that the information provided in your job application and any supporting documents is complete and accurate to the best of your knowledge. Any misrepresentation, omission, or falsification of information may result in disqualification from consideration for employment or, if discovered after employment begins, termination of employment.