Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence: Drive and lead highly complex virtual teams that include Product Managers, VPs, and SVPs to manage and close the most strategic customer opportunities.
Review performance and output across multiple organizations, providing feedback and solutions to enhance the entire organization’s performance.
Deliver challenging news within a constructive learning context.
Build trust by openly sharing learnings and modeling Cloudflare's highest expectations and standards.
Define Goals & Drive Efficiency: Play a key role in defining team goals and metrics each quarter, rigorously reviewing results.
Requirements
As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks.
We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools.
Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up.
If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.
The ideal candidate possesses unparalleled sales leadership, a profound grasp of enterprise architecture across all four pillars (business, data, applications, technology), and the ability to articulate how Cloudflare seamlessly integrates into modern cloud operating models.
As a Majors Account Executive, you will demonstrate the highest level of sales proficiency, ensuring highly accurate forecasting, strategic pipeline management, and consistently exceeding attainment targets.
You will be a recognized subject matter expert, providing in-depth education to customers and partners alike on Cloudflare’s extensive product ecosystem and its place within the broader security landscape.
This role demands the ability to apply executive sponsorship programs, actively engaging with CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs, and leading virtual teams that include VPs and SVPs to navigate and close complex, transformative opportunities.
Precision Forecasting & Pipeline Mastery: Lead with unparalleled accuracy in forecasting and demonstrate complete mastery of proactive pipeline management.
Enterprise Architecture & Business Model Expertise: Exhibit an expert-level understanding of customer Enterprise Architecture across all four pillars (business, data, applications, technology), seamlessly mapping these to customer business models.
Unparalleled in-depth knowledge of Cloudflare's entire product suite and the broader security landscape, coupled with the ability to educate both customers and partners at an expert level.
Mastery in understanding Customer Enterprise Architecture (Business, Data, Applications, Technology) and adept at mapping Cloudflare solutions to complex business models and modern cloud operating environments.
Proven ability to apply and manage executive sponsorship programs, with extensive
experience engaging directly and influencing CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs.
Demonstrated success in leading and orchestrating virtual teams comprising VPs and SVPs to manage and close the most strategic customer opportunities.
Recognized authority on digital transformation, with a deep understanding of market trends and the ability to strategically position Cloudflare as a critical partner in driving customer innovation.
Proven ability to define team goals and metrics, drive cross-departmental efficiency, and proactively address roadblocks for optimal results.
Expert-level proficiency in advanced sales and business intelligence platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Tableau, G-suite, MSFT suite, MEDDPICC, etc.).
Bachelor's degree required, with an MBA or advanced technical degree highly preferred.
Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process.
Experience
10+ years of expert-level
Benefits
Ability to travel extensively as required to engage with key customers, executive leadership, and internal teams. Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
For New York City, New Jersey, Washington, Washington DC, and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated annual salary of $350,000- $380,000 (base/variable)
This role is eligible to earn incentive compensation under Cloudflare’s Sales Compensation Plan.
The estimated annual salary range includes the on-target incentive compensation that may be attained in this role under the Sales Compensation Plan. Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan. Benefits
benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our
On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
Global Travel Medical Insurance Financial Benefits
Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
Life & Accident Insurance
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Employee Stock Participation Plan Time Off
Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave
All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law.
Contact
Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.
Additional details
At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet.
Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies.
Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code.
Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request.
Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with.
In this expert-level role, you will be the driving force behind Cloudflare's most strategic customer engagements, leading the charge in securing and expanding critical platform sales within focused accounts.
You will shape our customers' digital transformation journeys, identifying opportunities within broader market trends and positioning Cloudflare as their indispensable strategic partner. What You'll Do
Executive-Level Strategic Revenue Leadership: Own and execute the most critical territory and account plans, consistently exceeding multi-million dollar sales targets and annual quotas by architecting and closing large-scale platform sales within highly focused, strategic accounts.
Provide visionary insights and strategic guidance that shapes the direction of the sales organization.