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Major Account Manager, SLED

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd
  • Atlanta, GA
    19 days ago

    Job Description

    Why Join Us?

    At Check Point, what you do matters. Every day, we protect over 100,000 organizations worldwide from increasingly sophisticated cyber and AI-driven threats, securing their AI transformation.

    Our prevention-first approach safeguards hybrid networks, cloud environments, digital workspaces, and AI systems, stopping attacks before they happen.

    This is where innovation meets real-world impact. You'll help customers across industries operate with confidence in a rapidly changing digital world, working alongside smart, curious people who take ownership, challenge assumptions, and solve complex problems.

    We're proud to be recognized by TIME, Newsweek, and Forbes for excellence and workplace culture.

    What really sets Check Point apart is the opportunity to grow, contribute, and help companies navigate their AI transformation securely.

    If you're excited to work at the forefront of AI-driven security on a global scale, this is the place to do it.

    Key Responsibilities

    What We Are Looking For

    Check Point is looking for a high-impact Major Account Manager ready to win new strategic logos and unlock growth across a focused portfolio of approximately 20 existing customers and prospects. In this role, you will shape bold, multi-year account strategies, lead complex deals with senior decision-makers, and bring together a virtual account team to deliver meaningful outcomes for customers in a channel-friendly environment. This is an opportunity to own a critical territory, build trusted executive relationships, and help some of the world's leading organizations stay secure as they accelerate their digital and AI transformation.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Drive new, expansion and renewal opportunities across all accounts

    • Acquire new strategic logos while farming and expanding existing accounts

    • Build executive relationships and secure senior-level access

    • Develop and execute major account plans with multi-year view

    • Lead complex, multi-stakeholder deal orchestration

    • Lead contract and pricing negotiations

    • Prioritize effectively across a large book of business

    • Use Check Point tools to manage accounts, pipelines and forecast

    • Coordinate a virtual account team (specialists, SE, etc)

    Qualifications

    • 5+ years of direct sales experience in enterprise technology, preferably in cybersecurity, SaaS, networking, or infrastructure
    • Proven success selling into State, Local Government, and/or Education accounts
    • Strong understanding of State of Georgia procurement, budgeting cycles, and funding mechanisms
    • Demonstrated ability to manage complex sales cycles and strategic accounts
    • Self-starter with excellent communication, organization, and relationship-building skills
    • Ability to travel regionally as needed (estimated 50%)
    • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Existing relationships within Georgia state agencies and Higher Education Institutions
    • Experience working with or through public sector channels and distributors
    • Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and compliance requirements in SLED
    • Experience using Salesforce or similar CRM

    Must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future

    EOE M/F/Veterans/Persons with disability

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationAtlanta, GA
    IndustryComputer Software
    Company Size5,000 to 9,999 employees
    Year Founded1993
    Websitehttps://www.checkpoint.com/

    About Company

    Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a leading provider of cyber security solutions to governments and corporate enterprises globally. Its solutions protect customers from 5th generation cyber-attacks with an industry leading catch rate of malware, ransomware and other types of attacks. Check Point offers multilevel security architecture, “Infinity” Total Protection with Gen V advanced threat prevention, which defends enterprises’ cloud, network and mobile device held information. Check Point provides the most comprehensive and intuitive one point of control security management system. Check Point protects over 100,000 organizations of all sizes.

    Skills

    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Budgetingunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Contract Negotiationunmatched
    • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)unmatched
    • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
    • Direct Salesunmatched
    • Distribution Channelunmatched
    • Enterprise Salesunmatched
    • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
    • Executive Relationshipsunmatched
    • Farmingunmatched
    • Forecastingunmatched
    • Fundingunmatched
    • Governmentunmatched
    • Higher Educationunmatched
    • Hybrid Cloudunmatched
    • Internet Securityunmatched
    • Local Governmentunmatched
    • Major Accountsunmatched
    • Pricingunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
    • Regulatory Complianceunmatched
    • Remote Team Managementunmatched
    • Salesunmatched
    • Sales Cycleunmatched
    • Sales Managementunmatched
    • Sales Pipelineunmatched
    • Sales Strategyunmatched
    • Salesforce.comunmatched
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)unmatched
    • State Governmentunmatched
    • Strategic Accountsunmatched
    • Willing to Travelunmatched

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