Virtual Sales Account Executive (UK&I) - Splunk

Job Title: Virtual Sales Account Executive (UK&I) - Splunk

Location: Reading, GBR

Company: Cisco

Application Deadline: 2026-10-05T23:50:42.037Z

Job Description

What you get from this role

Our Inside Sales teams partner with Enterprise Sales to bring Splunk solutions to the most ground-breaking companies in the world. A career at Splunk means challenging yourself and your customers to reach higher - and to have fun doing it. We are seeking a dynamic, early career professional to join our fast-growing team and support the development of new pipeline. There is a defined growth path for successful Inside Sales Representatives to be promoted throughout the sales organisation and other similar roles and marketing functions.

Responsibilities

• In this role, you will showcase the ability to focus on an organisation's initiatives, challenges, problems and partner with Splunk Enterprise Sales to bring value to those organisations through our sales process.


• You will create pipeline for your territory using demand generation and prospecting tools.


• Find new opportunities and quickly develop rapport with new clients.


• Explore & identify new opportunities in new accounts and/or buying centres.


• Qualify these opportunities by deep-diving into problem and how Splunk can solve for it and applying the Budget, Authority, Need and Timeline methodology.


• Research and present business intelligence about customers and prospects.


• Generate business opportunities through professional networking and cold-calling.


• Travel occasionally for training and/or meetings.

You'll be driving sales activities on highly strategic accounts and projects within an ecosystem of elite sales, technical and operational partners. Successful team members develop and demonstrate their sales acumen and move on to other sales positions and roles.

Who you are

• Sales hunter with a can-do mentality.


• Competitive in nature but a strong team player.


• Open to new approaches and creativity.


• Self-disciplined and well-organised.


• Persistent and resilient.

What you need to be successful in this role

• Minimum 2 years of experience in selling or generating demand for enterprise IT solutions (BI, data analytics, security software, risk management software or networking performance).


• Fluent Swedish and English language skills.


• A passion for research, data and analysis that drives action.


• An ability to analyse business data to tell a compelling and actionable story.


• An ability to utilise prospecting tools like LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, Xing, etc.


• CRM or Salesforce.com knowledge is a plus.


• Self-motivation and relentless in pursuit of creating their own success.


• Excellent presentation skills and clear communication.


• High energy and contagious optimism.


• Confidence in handling of objections and conflict.


• Logic-based problem solving.


• Task prioritization, discipline, and accountability.


• A strong executive presence, with polish and dedication to customer outcomes.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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What you get from this roleOur Inside Sales teams partner with Enterprise Sales to bring Splunk solutions to the most ground-breaking companies in the world. A career at Splunk means challenging yourself and your customers to reach higher - and to have fun doing it. We are seeking a dynamic, early career professional to join our fast-growing team and support the development of new pipeline. There is a defined growth path for successful Inside Sales Representatives to be promoted throughout the sales organisation and other similar roles and marketing functions. Responsibilities In this role, you will showcase the ability to focus on an organisation's initiatives, challenges, problems and partner with Splunk Enterprise Sales to bring value to those organisations through our sales process.You willCreate pipeline for your territory using demand generation and prospecting toolsFind new opportunities and quickly develop rapport with new clientsExplore & identify new opportunities in new
accounts and/or buying centresQualify these opportunities by deep-diving into problem and how Splunk can solve for it and applying the Budget, Authority, Need and Timeline methodologyResearch and present business intelligence about customers and prospectsGenerate business opportunities through professional networking and cold-callingTravel occasionally for training and/or meetingsYou'll be driving sales activities on highly strategic accounts and projects within an ecosystem of elite sales, technical and operational partners. Successful team members develop and demonstrate their sales acumen and move on to other sales positions and other roles.Who you areSales hunter with a can-do mentalityCompetitive in nature but a strong team playerOpen to new approaches and creativitySelf-disciplined and well-organisedPersistent and resilientWhat you need to be successful in this roleMinimum 2 years of experience in selling or generating demand for enterprise IT solutions (BI, data analytics,
security software, risk management software or networking performance)Fluent Swedish and English language skillsA passion for research, data and analysis that drives actionAn ability to analyse business data to tell a compelling and actionable storyAn ability to utilise prospecting tools like LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, Xing, etcCRM or Salesforce.com knowledge is a plusSelf-motivation and relentless in pursuit of creating their own successExcellent presentation skills and clear communicationHigh energy and contagious optimismConfidence in handling of objections and conflictLogic-based problem solvingTask prioritization, discipline, and accountabilityA strong executive presence, with polish and dedication to customer outcomes

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.