<div><div><strong>About Us</strong></div> <div> <p>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. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. </p> <p><span>We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us! </span></p> </div></div><h3><strong>Available Location: Houston, TX<br /></strong></h3> <hr /> <h3><strong>About the Role</strong></h3> <p>We are seeking an exceptionally accomplished and visionary Senior Majors Account Executive to join our Enterprise/Field Sales team. In this expert-level role, you will be the driving force behind Cloudflares most strategic customer engagements, leading the charge in securing and expanding critical platform sales within focused accounts. 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.</p> <p>As a Senior 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. You will shape our customers digital transformation journeys, identifying opportunities within broader market trends and positioning Cloudflare as their indispensable strategic partner.</p> <h3><strong>What Youll Do</strong></h3> <ul> <li>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.</li> <li>Precision Forecasting &amp; Pipeline Mastery: Lead with unparalleled accuracy in forecasting and demonstrate complete mastery of proactive pipeline management. Provide visionary insights and strategic guidance that shapes the direction of the sales organization.</li> <li>Enterprise Architecture &amp; 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. Articulate precisely how Cloudflare fits into and optimizes a modern cloud operating model.</li> <li>C-Suite Engagement &amp; Executive Sponsorship: Lead and orchestrate complex customer engagements across numerous business units simultaneously, connecting the dots to solidify platform sales. Actively apply and manage executive sponsorship programs, ensuring direct engagement and influence with CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs.</li> <li>Cross-Functional Leadership &amp; Influence: Drive and lead highly complex virtual teams that include Product Managers, VPs, and SVPs to manage and close the most strategic customer opportunities. Proactively identify and resolve organizational roadblocks, leveraging company-wide learnings to ensure the most efficient delivery.</li> <li>Digital Transformation Visionary: Serve as Cloudflares leading voice on digital transformation, engaging deeply with customers on their key drivers for change (e.g., new offering development, customer capabilities). Expertly spot and seize opportunities for Cloudflare within broader market trends that influence these critical decisions.</li> <li>Organizational Communication &amp; Feedback: Connect themes from across departments and global locations to craft critical, crystal-clear messaging. 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.</li> <li>Long-Term Strategic Impact: Consistently articulate how decisions will impact Cloudflare years into the future, willing to trade short-term gains for significant long-term organizational benefit. Build trust by openly sharing learnings and modeling Cloudflares highest expectations and standards.</li> <li>Define Goals &amp; Drive Efficiency: Play a key role in defining team goals and metrics each quarter, rigorously reviewing results. Deeply understand interdependencies within and across teams, proactively addressing roadblocks to achieve results with maximum efficiency.</li> <li>Company-Wide Innovation &amp; Problem Solving: Consistently and proactively address internal and external needs, driving urgency across the department and company to offer solutions that optimize efficiency. Constructively and humbly challenge the status quo to drive positive change and innovation company-wide, leveraging new insights for continuous iteration.</li> <li>Inclusive Leadership &amp; Future-Proofing: Serve as an exemplary leader, consistently bringing in diverse perspectives to not only address todays needs but also anticipate and solve future problems, contributing significantly to the greater good of Cloudflare.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Examples of Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience</strong></h3> <ul> <li>10+ years of expert-level experience selling complex, multi-million dollar technology solutions in a B2B enterprise model, with an irrefutable track record of consistently exceeding quota and closing transformative platform deals.</li> <li>Unparalleled in-depth knowledge of Cloudflares entire product suite and the broader security landscape, coupled with the ability to educate both customers and partners at an expert level.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>Proven ability to apply and manage executive sponsorship programs, with extensive experience engaging directly and influencing CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs.</li> <li>Demonstrated success in leading and orchestrating virtual teams comprising VPs and SVPs to manage and close the most strategic customer opportunities.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>Exceptional strategic communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, capable of delivering impactful messaging to the highest levels of customer and internal leadership.</li> <li>A visionary leader who consistently makes decisions for the long-term benefit of Cloudflare, even if it means trading off short-term gains.</li> <li>Proven ability to define team goals and metrics, drive cross-departmental efficiency, and proactively address roadblocks for optimal results.</li> <li>A humble yet assertive leader who consistently challenges the status quo and drives positive, innovative change across the organization.</li> <li>Expert-level proficiency in advanced sales and business intelligence platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Tableau, G-suite, MSFT suite, MEDDPICC, etc.).</li> <li>Bachelors degree required, with an MBA or advanced technical degree highly preferred.</li> <li>Ability to travel extensively as required to engage with key customers, executive leadership, and internal teams.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Compensation</strong></p> <p>Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.</p> <ul> <li>Estimated annual salary of $320,000- $350,000 (base/variable)</li> </ul> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Equity</strong></p> <p>This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.</p> <p><strong>Benefits</strong></p> <p>Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family.  Our 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 benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.</p> <p><strong>Health &amp; Welfare Benefits</strong></p> <ul> <li>Medical/Rx Insurance</li> <li>Dental Insurance</li> <li>Vision Insurance</li> <li>Flexible Spending Accounts</li> <li>Commuter Spending Accounts</li> <li>Fertility &amp; Family Forming Benefits</li> <li>On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program</li> <li>Global Travel Medical Insurance</li> </ul> <p><strong>Financial Benefits</strong></p> <ul> <li>Short and Long Term Disability Insurance</li> <li>Life &amp; Accident Insurance</li> <li>401(k) Retirement Savings Plan</li> <li>Employee Stock Participation Plan</li> </ul> <p><strong>Time Off</strong></p> <ul> <li>Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave</li> <li>Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave</li> </ul> <p> </p> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div><div><p><strong>What Makes Cloudflare Special?</strong></p> <p><span>We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.</span></p> <p><a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/protecting-free-expression-online/"><strong>Project Galileo</strong></a><span>: Since 2014, weve equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.</span></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/athenian/">Athenian Project</a></strong><span>: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, weve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.</span></p> <p><a href="https://1.1.1.1/"><strong>1.1.1.1</strong></a><span>: We released</span><a href="https://1.1.1.1/"> <span>1.1.1.1</span></a><span> to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our</span><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/privacy/public-dns-resolver"> privacy commitment</a><span> and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.</span></p> <p><span>Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!</span></p> <p><span>This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.</span></p> <p><span>Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness.  All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other persons, perceived or actual</span> <span>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. </span><span>We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.</span></p> <p><span>Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.  Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. 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 </span><span>hr@cloudflare.com</span><span> or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.</span></p></div>