Major Account Manager

Who You'll Work With

As a team member of the Arista Sales team, you are the face of Arista to our customers; their internal champion for the problems they need to solve. As their champion you will align Arista’s technical resources to achieve your customer’s business outcome. You will partner with some of the most skilled Customer Engineers in the industry in addition to our Professional Services and Executive teams to help them understand how to execute on your customer’s behalf. Our sales teams have a culture of team success, where you’ll collaborate and be supported by like minded sales professionals. This role typically reports to a Regional Sales Manager or Area VP of Sales. 

What You'll Do

We are seeking a proven Major Account Manager to join our growing Sales organization. The Major Account Manager role will act as a trusted advisor and implement sales strategies to exceed sales targets within typically anywhere from 12-15 enterprise level accounts in the Atlanta area.

Arista appeals to forward-thinking organizations that value quality and innovation. Consequently, technical acumen and a track record of selling data center solutions is highly desirable.

Job Responsibilities:

• Exceed measurable sales objectives and extend the Arista brand within a targeted list of enterprise accounts in the Atlanta metro area.

• ​You will use a consultative selling approach ​with ​key client stakeholders to identify opportunities on how Arista's revolutionary data-driven client to cloud Open Networking platforms can transform the business challenges that AI/ML, Big Data, and siloed IT systems put on the network into a seamless network running a single open source operating system. 

• Meet with key influencers, decision-makers, and C-levels to present Arista’s value proposition for our software-driven high performance data center, campus, VeloCloud SD-WAN and AI networking (AI Fabrics) platforms  in addition to the Arista CloudVision (network automation, telemetry). 

• Work with Arista systems engineers to design and position compelling solutions that drive down the total cost of ownership.

• Collaborate with technology partners to identify prospects and demonstrate best-in-class solutions.

• Establish and manage key channel relationships in your territory.

• Formulate strategic and tactical account plans based on periodic business reviews with your prospects and customers.

• Conduct demand generation activities such as happy hours, lunch-n-learns and technology forums.

• Collaborate with Arista peers on marketing plans and best practices.

• Keep up-to-date with technology partner solutions, competing solutions and competitor strategies.