Now Hiring - Strategic Sales Manager, Public Safety Software West Region in Austin, TX

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with safety. It’s the constant that empowers people to confidently move forward. It can fill a flight or sell out a stadium. It can care for a patient or graduate a class.

As a global leader in public safety and enterprise security, we create and connect the technologies that help to keep people safe where they live, learn, work and play. Our integrated technology ecosystem unifies critical communications, video security and access control, and command center software, enabling collaboration in more powerful ways.

At Motorola Solutions, we’re ushering in a new era in public safety and security. Bring your passion, potential and talents to a career that matters.

Department Overview

Job Description

We are seeking a top-performing, technical software sales professional who understands the unique approach to selling our company’s public safety software solutions to prospective customers, while developing and maintaining excellent customer/client relationships.

**The ideal candidate will be based in either TX or CA.

What you'll do:

• This sales professional will be responsible for selling Motorola’s industry-leading computer aided dispatch, records management, jail management, evidence management, analytics, and situational awareness software solutions to new customers.

• This is a hunter role, assigned to capture new business in the industry’s large-tier agencies. This role will be assigned to work with the largest cities and counties within the territory to proactively influence well in advance of any formal project.

• Customer relationships are developed by phone contact, personal visits, tradeshow attendance, onsite discovery, software demonstrations, oral presentations, and through attending regional user group meetings.

• Sales responsibilities are assigned by region or major geographical area and territories are sized by total customers operating as a "host" agency.

• Selling opportunities include on-site product presentations, internet demonstrations, and coordinating with state and local officials on individual and multi-jurisdictional projects. A thorough understanding of local government procurement processes are helpful.

• Typical travel is moderate to high with being in territory (in front of the customer) 50-65%.

• Top sales performers are compensated aggressively with accelerators upon achieving annual sales quota.

Who you are:

• Bachelors Degree with 4+ years of sales/public safety experience OR 8+ years of sales/public safety experience

• Sales experience in a technical field, computer software industry, or government sales preferred

• Experience selling to multiple levels, project stakeholders, and committees a plus

• Experience with large ticket products having long sales cycles beneficial

• Ability to articulate and sell enterprise software solutions

• Highly driven and self-motivated

• Consistently proactive toward lead and opportunity qualification and development processes

• Possess excellent communication skills and have demonstrated problem-solving and negotiating skills

• Possess both consultative and relationship-based sales qualities when engaging with prospective customers

• Familiar with CRM (Customer Relationship Management) upkeep, management, forecasting, and maintenance of sales pipeline activities

• Possess creative and persuasive presentation and verbal communication skills

• Familiar with Microsoft Office programs

• Proven time management skills are critical.

• Ability to continually qualify strength and viability of opportunities throughout dynamic sales process is crucial.

• Technical aptitude a plus

• Entrepreneurial experience and “builder” attitude a plus

• “Pleasant Persistence” is a virtue in this position.

• This position is subject to working in high security areas governed by the US Department of Justice's "Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy" and therefore requires successfully passing a more stringent fingerprint background check administered by Motorola Solutions Inc. customers.

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Basic Requirements

• Bachelors Degree with 4+ years of sales/public safety experience OR 8+ years of sales/public safety experience

Travel Requirements

Relocation Provided

Position Type

Referral Payment Plan

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K with Company Match
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Parental & Family Leave
• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status, or, any other protected characteristic.