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Job Description

What you will do (Job Specific Details on the nature of the job and responsibilities).

Senior Account Executive India South Karnataka Region

Customer-facing enterprise seller with acquisition major account and partner-led growth accountability

Role location: Bengaluru / Karnataka focused territory Function: Sales Territory: Karnataka India South

Executive Positioning

This role is designed for a senior high-ownership Account Executive who can create direct customer demand expand strategic accounts and convert partner influence into qualified acquisition pipeline and revenue. The successful candidate will be comfortable engaging CIO CISO CTO infrastructure network procurement and business stakeholders across enterprise accounts while using partners selectively to scale reach accelerate access and execute territory plays.

Role Mandate at a Glance

Territory ownership

Customer-facing priority

Partner motion

Growth mandate

Karnataka region with focus on Bengaluru-led enterprise and public sector opportunities

Direct CXO and IT decision-maker relationships; major account coverage and expansion

20% of time with SI MSP consultant and channel partners to unlock access and execution

Build acquisition pipeline land new logos expand subscriptions and drive revenue predictability.

About Extreme Networks

Extreme Networks (NASDAQ: EXTR) is a global leader in cloud networking. We help enterprises drive digital transformation with AI-powered cloud-managed solutions that are secure scalable and simple to operate. Our platform-led approach helps customers simplify operations improve resilience and deliver better connected experiences across campuses branches data centres and distributed environments.

Business Mandate

- Acquire new logos: Create and convert net-new opportunities in priority Karnataka accounts through direct customer engagement executive mapping and disciplined qualification.
- Grow major accounts: Expand within named and strategic accounts by identifying refresh cloud fabric switching wireless SD-WAN services and subscription opportunities.
- Lead customer-first selling: Own the value narrative with customers quantify business impact and position Extreme as a strategic networking partner rather than a point-product vendor.
- Activate the partner ecosystem: Spend approximately 20% of time with selected partners to build joint account plans influence consultants/SIs/MSPs and create partner-sourced or partner-assisted pipeline.




- Drive forecast discipline: Maintain accurate pipeline hygiene next-step discipline close plans MEDDPICC qualification and predictable revenue conversion.

Key Responsibilities

- Territory and account ownership: Own Karnataka territory coverage account segmentation white-space mapping pipeline creation and quarterly execution plan.
- Direct customer relationships: Build trusted relationships with CIOs CISOs CTOs heads of infrastructure/networking procurement leaders and business sponsors.
- Acquisition pipeline: Develop new-logo opportunities through account research business issue discovery executive outreach reference selling and value-led proposals.
- Major account management: Manage large complex accounts with multi-threaded stakeholder plans competitive displacement strategies renewal/refresh motions and expansion plays.
- Solution selling: Position ExtremeCloud IQ Platform ONE switching wireless SD-WAN fabric services and support offerings around customer outcomes such as resilience simplicity security operational efficiency and user experience.
- Partner-led execution: Work with strategic partners for account access consultant influence demand generation commercial closure and implementation alignment without losing direct customer ownership.
- Deal leadership: Lead qualification commercial strategy proof points executive alignment proposal development negotiation support and close planning for strategic deals.
- Internal collaboration: Collaborate with Partner Account Managers Systems Engineers Marketing Distribution and Leadership to execute focused GTM plays.
- Forecast and governance: Maintain clean CRM hygiene accurate forecast categories mutual close plans risk visibility and weekly deal progression discipline.
- Customer success orientation: Ensure smooth handover to post-sales teams maintain customer advocacy and identify expansion opportunities through adoption and satisfaction.

What Good Looks Like in the First 12 Months

First 90 days

First 6 months

First 12 months

Build territory plan prioritised account list partner map active pipeline view and top opportunity inspection cadence.

Create qualified acquisition pipeline multi-thread top accounts and run joint GTM motions with selected partners.

Deliver revenue outcomes predictable forecast major account expansion customer references and repeatable Karnataka acquisition engine.

Ideal Candidate Profile

- 1015 years of B2B technology sales experience preferably in networking cloud cybersecurity infrastructure SaaS or managed services.
- Proven history of hunting opening new enterprise accounts closing large/complex deals and exceeding quota.




- Strong existing customer relationships across Karnataka especially Bengaluru enterprise accounts technology-led organisations manufacturing education healthcare BFSI public sector or large commercial customers.
- Demonstrated ability to manage major accounts while also creating new acquisition opportunities.
- Ability to sell directly to customers while orchestrating partners consultants and system integrators when they improve reach or execution.
- Strong consultative selling storytelling commercial acumen and executive communication skills.
- Comfort with MEDDIC/MEDDPICC or similar sales qualification methodology.
- High ownership mindset strong collaboration skills forecast discipline and willingness to operate with urgency in a performance-driven setting.
- Bachelors degree in business technology or a related field preferred.

Candidate Differentiators

- Has created acquisition pipeline from scratch in a competitive territory not only inherited existing accounts.
- Can articulate business value ROI and risk mitigation to both technical and commercial stakeholders.
- Has experience in competitor displacement refresh cycles large RFP/Tender management and procurement-led negotiations.
- Understands partner economics deal registration SI influence distribution motion and consultant-led selling in India.
- Brings credibility with enterprise customers and can engage independently at senior levels.

Why Join Extreme Networks India

- Join a fast-growing India business with strong leadership visibility and an opportunity to shape the Karnataka growth engine.
- Sell AI-driven cloud-first networking solutions across switching wireless SD-WAN fabric services and subscriptions.
- Operate in a performance-driven customer-first and partner-enabled culture where ownership and execution are valued.
- Work with global support regional leadership proven solutions and a strong platform story for enterprise transformation.

Job Description Summary

Approved budget for this role isINR

Qualifications

Basic Requirements and Preferred Qualifications for the job.

BBA

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📌 Senior Account Executive (Bengaluru)
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