TrendAI™, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, empowers organizations with full AI visibility and consolidated security that inspires confidence, drives innovation, and eliminates risk.
At TrendAI™, we’re always seeking exceptional talent; people who want to collaborate with the best and push boundaries together. Here, your work goes beyond building a career. You will help protect what matters and play a vital role in shaping a safer, more trustworthy AI-powered future.
AI Fearlessly.
Location: North Offsite
ABOUT TRENDAI™
TrendAI™, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, empowers organizations with full AI visibility and consolidated security that inspires confidence, drives innovation, and eliminates risk. Trusted by the largest enterprises and governments across 185 countries, TrendAI™ secures the entire organization, from identities to infrastructure to data. AI Fearlessly. Learn more: trendaisecurity.com
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Strategic Account Manager (SAM) based in North India – Offsite is responsible for managing and growing a portfolio of named enterprise and Greenfield accounts across the region. The SAM serves as the primary TrendAI™ executive sponsor for each account, driving deep customer relationships, multi-year revenue growth, and competitive account protection. The SAM collaborates closely with pre-sales engineering, professional services, channel partners, and marketing to deliver TrendAI™’s full AI-powered security platform value proposition to C-level stakeholders.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Achieve and exceed Quarterly and Annual sales targets.
- Prospect for new business across assigned territories or accounts.
- Proactive coverage / call clients to initiate sales opportunities.
- Assess client needs and present suitable products, services and solutions.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients to ensure repeat business.
- Negotiate pricing and contracts to close sales deals.
- Coordinate with internal teams to deliver excellent service to clients.
- Prepare presentations, proposals and sales contracts.
- Participate in exhibitions, conferences and networking events.
- Analyze sales data and activity to identify areas for improvement.
- Proven ability to meet and exceed sales targets.
- Excellent negotiation, persuasion and closing skills.
- Tenacity and perseverance in prospecting and closing deals.
- Ability to build rapport and long-lasting relationships.
- Consultative selling skills to understand client needs.
SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Represent TrendAI™ at industry conferences, trade shows, and executive forums to strengthen brand presence and customer relationships
- Contribute to the planning and execution of marketing and demand generation programs targeting strategic accounts
- Document and maintain all account information, opportunity data, and executive contact records in Salesforce
EXPERIENCE
- 10-15 + years’ experience in Account Management in Information Technology / Security solutions companies.
- Experience of selling solutions to Government sectors.
- Ability to effectively engage with Big4 consultants.
- Working knowledge and experience in selling key cybersecurity, networking and IT products and solutions, as well as knowledge of top competitive solutions in the market
- Strong knowledge of Virtualization and cloud based solutions preferred
- Pattern of quantifiable success in large account management and selling strategies
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, IT or Management with equivalent work experience preferred
TrendAI™ strives to build an environment of equity and inclusion, which reflects diverse points of view. We welcome, value, promote, and celebrate diversity – the very experiences and attributes that make us who we are, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, level of ability, age, religion, veteran status, socio-economic status, and political philosophy.
We embrace change, empower people, and encourage innovation. Join Trend Micro and Thrive with us.
Skills Required
- 10-15+ years' experience in Account Management in Information Technology/Security solutions companies
- Experience of selling solutions to Government sectors
- Ability to effectively engage with Big4 consultants
- Working knowledge and experience in selling key cybersecurity, networking, and IT products and solutions
- Strong knowledge of Virtualization and cloud-based solutions preferred
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, IT or Management
What We Do
We’re a global cybersecurity leader, helping to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, our cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints. As a leader in cloud and enterprise cybersecurity, our platform delivers a powerful range of advanced threat defense techniques optimized for environments like AWS, Microsoft, and Google, and central visibility for better, faster detection and response. Our global threat research team delivers unparalleled intelligence and insights that power our cybersecurity platform and help protect organizations around the world from 100s of millions of threats daily. We have 7,000 employees across 65 countries, singularly focused on security and passionate about making the world a safer and better place. We enable organizations to simplify and secure their connected world. Trend Micro’s “Trenders” are passionate about doing the right thing to make the world a safer and better place.
