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Account Director Senior - Federal Business Development
CenturyLink
Herndon, VA, United States
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CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global communications and IT services company focused on connecting its customers to the power of the digital world. CenturyLink offers network and data systems management, big data analytics, managed security services, hosting, cloud, and IT consulting services. The company provides broadband, voice, video, advanced data and managed network services over a robust 265,000-route-mile U.S. fiber network and a 360,000-route-mile international transport network. Visit CenturyLink for more information.
Job Description
• Knowledge of respective acquisition / procurement policies
• Ability to articulate telecommunications competitors, landscape, and industry trends
• Demonstrated success winning contracts and business in the Federal market place required
• Track record of success developing business within specific agencies identified below
• Strategic planning, account management, account planning (including account profiling, account positioning strategy, customer needs analysis, sales opportunity development, service improvement planning, and long range account management strategies) and proven contract negotiation skills required
• Training in consultative sales techniques required
• Ability to use Microsoft Word to create, edit, and share routine documents; Microsoft Excel spreadsheet package to organize, tabulate, and analyze data; and Microsoft PowerPoint to develop presentations
• Possess exceptional written/verbal communications skills, presentation skills, organizational time management skills, and display a strong customer-facing, sales and marketing, and presentation skills
• Ability to articulate the requirements for technical, contractual, commercial and management responses.
• Self motivated and driven leader with a sense of urgency to stay in front of strategic opportunities.
• Ability to travel nationally & internationally to customer facilities as requiredLeads preparation of initial gate reviews and supports capture and proposal efforts throughout the opportunity lifecycle
• Penetrates target agencies/organizations as assigned and other supporting agencies/organizations to uncover longer term opportunities. Broadens and deepens existing customer relationships to gain strategic positioning, retain existing revenue, and attain additional business.
• Develops proposals for presentation to customers. Coordinates account resources with representatives from marketing, pre-sales engineering, and product management.
Qualifications
Federal telecommunications, carrier, hardware or network services sales/BD experience required within the last 12 months
7-10 years experience working within the Federal sector, with a minimum 5 years sales/business development experience calling on Federal organizations required
Knowledge of wireline telecommunications technologies and recurring revenue business models
Bachelor's Degree - Business, Marketing/Sales, or similar
TS/SCI Preferred
Alternate Location: US-Virginia-Herndon
Requisition #: 172514
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Disclaimer
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