Major Account Manager, SLED
TLDR
Own multi-year strategies for approximately 20 State, Local Government, and Education accounts while orchestrating complex deals and virtual account teams.
What We Are Looking For
Check Point is looking for a high-impact Major Account Manager ready to win new strategic logos and unlock growth across a focused portfolio of approximately 20 existing customers and prospects. In this role, you will shape bold, multi-year account strategies, lead complex deals with senior decision-makers, and bring together a virtual account team to deliver meaningful outcomes for customers in a channel-friendly environment. This is an opportunity to own a critical territory, build trusted executive relationships, and help some of the world’s leading organizations stay secure as they accelerate their digital and AI transformation.
Key Responsibilities
Drive new, expansion and renewal opportunities across all accounts
Acquire new strategic logos while farming and expanding existing accounts
Build executive relationships and secure senior-level access
Develop and execute major account plans with multi-year view
Lead complex, multi-stakeholder deal orchestration
Lead contract and pricing negotiations
Prioritize effectively across a large book of business
Use Check Point tools to manage accounts, pipelines and forecast
Coordinate a virtual account team (specialists, SE, etc)
Qualifications
- 5+ years of direct sales experience in enterprise technology, preferably in cybersecurity, SaaS, networking, or infrastructure
- Proven success selling into State, Local Government, and/or Education accounts
- Strong understanding of State of Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Alabama procurement, budgeting cycles, and funding mechanisms
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex sales cycles and strategic accounts
- Self-starter with excellent communication, organization, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to travel regionally as needed (estimated 50%)
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Existing SLED customer base and state agencies and Higher Education Institutions relationships
- Experience working with or through public sector channels and distributors
- Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and compliance requirements in SLED
- Experience using Salesforce or similar CRM
EOE M/F/Veterans/Disabled
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Benefits
Remote-Friendly
Fully remote role
Check Point Software builds advanced cybersecurity solutions that protect over 100,000 organizations globally from sophisticated cyber and AI-driven threats. Their innovative platforms, including Agentic Network Security Orchestration, leverage AI to secure hybrid networks, cloud environments, and digital workspaces, enabling customers to navigate a complex digital landscape with confidence.
- Founded
- Founded 1993
- Employees
- 500+ employees
- Industry
- computer & network security
- Funding stage
- Public
- Stock ticker
- Publicly traded (CHKP)
- Total raised
- $1.8B raised
- Last funding
- Raised December 2025