Senior Commercial Account Executive, MENA

We are seeking a highly accomplished and strategic Sr. Commercial Account Executive to join our team in Dubai. In this advanced role, you will be pivotal in driving significant growth by leading comprehensive sales cycles within a portfolio of assigned clients, and strategically acquiring new logos.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Revenue Generation: Architect and execute advanced territory and account plans to consistently exceed multi-million dollar sales targets and annual quotas, with a strong focus on new business acquisition and expansion within complex enterprise environments.
• Expert Pipeline & Forecasting: Lead proactive and strategic pipeline management efforts, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of sales cycles and customer buying processes. Deliver highly accurate forecasts, providing clear insights and strategic guidance to sales leadership.
• Deep Customer & IT Architecture Understanding: Develop a profound understanding of customers' IT architectures, including applications and third-party technologies. Architect and align Cloudflare Reference Architectures to customer environments, driving comprehensive platform solutions.
• Multi-Engagement Leadership: Orchestrate and manage multiple complex customer engagements simultaneously across various business units within an organization. Strategically connect disparate needs to strengthen Cloudflare's platform sale, actively involving and influencing technical C-level and minus one executives.
• Virtual Team Leadership: Set clear direction and lead a virtual team of in-GEO specialists, Product Managers, Deal Desk, and Legal to collaboratively manage and close complex customer opportunities.
• Digital Transformation Authority: Act as an authority on digital transformation, understanding key drivers and the broader market trends influencing these decisions. Position Cloudflare as a critical enabler of these transformations.
• Compelling Value Creation: Articulate highly compelling, strategic value propositions for Cloudflare's services, directly linking them to customer business outcomes and strategic objectives.
• Advanced Negotiation & Closure: Expertly lead and navigate complex contract negotiations, driving win-win scenarios for all parties.
• Trusted Advisor & Coach: Build long-term, executive-level strategic relationships, ensuring deep customer adoption, retention, and expansion.
• Organizational Impact & Leadership: Consistently focus on the long-term needs of the team and the business, understanding how decisions impact other teams and openly sharing these insights.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:

• Fluency in Arabic and English. French is a plus.
• 10+ years of advanced experience selling complex related technology solutions to the biggest enterprise companies across Emerging Markets.
• Deep expertise and fluency in Cloud Networking, Security and Edge Computing technologies.
• Proven ability to deeply understand complex customer IT architectures and effectively map them to Cloudflare Reference Architectures for successful platform sales.
• Demonstrated success leading and influencing virtual cross-functional teams to drive complex deals to closure.
• Exceptional strategic communication and presentation skills.
• Advanced negotiation skills with a track record of closing large, complex, six-figure and multi-million dollar deals.
• Expert-level sales acumen.
• Authority on digital transformation trends and their impact on enterprise customers.
• Strong coaching and mentorship abilities.
• Highly self-motivated, entrepreneurial, and resilient.
• Proficiency in advanced sales and business intelligence platforms.
• Bachelor's degree required, with a technical background highly preferred.
• Ability to travel as required to engage with key customers and internal teams.