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.
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. 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.
Available Location: Switzerland
About the Department
Our Sales organization—comprising Account Executives, Partner Sales Managers, Solutions Engineers, and Customer Success—operates as a cohesive ecosystem dedicated to helping the world’s most sophisticated organizations adopt Cloudflare. We don’t just sell products; we solve the internet’s most complex technical challenges. By driving revenue through high-stakes enterprise partnerships, our team enables Cloudflare to provide free, secure services to millions of users worldwide.
The Role: Senior Majors Account Executive, Retail & Energy
As a Majors Account Executive, you will be the strategic lead for Cloudflare’s most significant opportunities within the Retail & Energy vertical. You are responsible for penetrating and expanding our footprint within the Retail & Energy vertical in Switzerland.
This is a "Hunter" role at its core, requiring a sophisticated approach to account planning, C-level relationship mapping, and the execution of complex sales cycles. You will act as the "CEO of your territory," orchestrating internal resources to deliver transformative value to the region’s most prestigious organizations.
Core Responsibilities
- Strategic Vertical Ownership: Develop and execute a comprehensive sales strategy, focusing on a curated list of high-value "Major" accounts.
- Complex Deal Orchestration: Lead multi-stakeholder sales campaigns, moving beyond transactional selling to deliver holistic, $1M+ ARR transformations.
- Relationship Excellence: Build and maintain deep-rooted relationships with CISOs, CTOs, and CIOs within the G2000, Swiss SMI, and Retail & Energy sectors.
- Pipeline & Forecast Accuracy: Maintain a disciplined and transparent sales pipeline, ensuring accurate forecasting and consistent over-achievement of revenue targets.
- Ecosystem Collaboration: Partner with the Channel/Alliances team to leverage local partners and integrators to scale your reach within the Swiss market.
Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience
- Industry Network: A robust, existing network of decision-makers within the Swiss Retail & Energy Enterprise landscape, ideally experience with Migros, COOP and/or Axpo
Closing Experience of large multi-million dollar transformation projects
- Linguistic Fluency: Native or bilingual proficiency in German and professional fluency in English are mandatory.
- Regional Expertise: 10+ years of direct B2B sales experience, with a minimum of 5+ years specifically managing Major/Strategic accounts in Switzerland.
- Technical Domain Authority: Proven track record selling complex SaaS, Cybersecurity (Zero Trust), Cloud Infrastructure, or Edge Computing solutions.
- Proven Methodology: Deep experience in structured sales methodologies (e.g., MEDDIC, Force Management, Challenger) to navigate long, complex procurement cycles.
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: Experience as an early-stage contributor for a US-based SaaS company in the Swiss market is highly preferred.
- Location: Must be based in Switzerland, with the mobility and willingness to travel extensively within the region.
Education & Aptitude
- Technical Acumen: Ability to articulate "how the internet works" and translate complex networking concepts into business outcomes.
- Academic Background: BA/BS degree required; a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an MBA is a significant advantage.
- Resilience: Thrives in a high-growth, fast-paced environment where change is the only constant.
What Makes Cloudflare Special?
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.
Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've 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.
Athenian Project: 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, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.
1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 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 privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!
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.
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