The posting
Acronis is a global leader in cyber protection, delivering AI-powered protection for productive MSPs in a single, natively integrated platform that unifies operations management, cybersecurity, and data protection. Driven by our mission to protect, manage and automate every workload, we’ve built the industry’s only all-in-one solution.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior OEM and OT Enterprise Account Executive to drive growth in the industrial cybersecurity sector in India. In this role, you will be responsible for building and nurturing strategic relationships with OEMs, integrators, and end customers to expand our market presence. As a senior individual contributor, you will focus on identifying opportunities, enabling partners, and driving sales of our innovative cybersecurity solutions tailored for industrial environments. Every member of our “A-Team” has an instrumental role and impact on the success of Acronis’ business, so we are looking for a highly-motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced and high-volume, work environment.
The ideal candidate for this position will not only possess the skills and experience required but will also possess a positive attitude and ability to solve complex problems and work in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment. And just like every position at Acronis, the ideal candidate will embody all of our company values: responsive, alert, detail-oriented, makes decisions, and never gives up
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Revenue Generation: Drive sales growth by actively engaging with partners and end customers in complex industrial environments, ensuring sales targets are consistently met or exceeded.
- Channel Development: Establish and manage relationships with key channel partners, with heavy focus on the industrial automation channel including ICS manufacturers and their control system integrator channel.
- Sales Enablement: Provide partners with the training, tools, and resources they need to effectively position and sell our industrial cybersecurity solutions.
- Strategic Planning: Collaborate with partners to develop joint business plans, set revenue targets, and identify new market opportunities.
- Market Insight: Stay abreast of industry trends, competitive landscape, and emerging threats in industrial cybersecurity, and use this knowledge to inform go-to-market strategies.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams, including product management, marketing, and engineering, to align solutions with customer and partner needs.
- Metrics and Reporting: Monitor and report on key performance indicators, such as partner sales pipeline, revenue contributions, and program effectiveness.
WHAT YOU BRING
- Experience: 5+ years in channel sales, business development, or a related role, preferably in the industrial cybersecurity or technology sector.
- Proven experience in a cyber security company demonstrating a strong understanding of industry practices and protocols is required.
- Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of industrial cybersecurity, including key technologies, market challenges, and regulatory requirements (e.g., NIST, IEC 62443).
- Sales Skills: Proven track record of achieving or exceeding sales targets through channel strategies.
- Relationship Management: Strong ability to develop and maintain long-term professional relationships with partners and customers.
- Technical Acumen: Familiarity with cybersecurity solutions, OT/IT convergence, and industrial control systems (ICS).
- Communication: Excellent presentation, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
- Education: Bachelor’s or equivalent preferred
*Please submit your resume and application in English
WHO WE ARE
Acronis is revolutionizing cyber protection by unifying backup, disaster recovery, storage, next-generation anti-malware, and protection management into one solution. This all-in-one integration removes the complexity and risks associated with non-integrated solutions and offers easy, complete and reliable data protection for all workloads, applications, and systems across any environment—all at a low and predictable cost.
Founded in Singapore in 2003 and incorporated in Switzerland in 2008, Acronis now has more than 2,000 employees and offices in 34 locations worldwide. Its solutions are trusted by more than 5.5 million home users and 500,000 companies, and top-tier professional sports teams. Acronis products are available through over 50,000 partners and service providers in over 150 countries and 26 languages.
Our corporate culture is focused on making a positive impact on the lives of each employee and the communities in which we live. Mutual trust, respect, personal achievement, individual leadership, and a belief that we can contribute to the world everyday are the cornerstones of the Acronis Team.
Acronis is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
Our Interview Practices
To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process.
Use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during live interviews may be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process and a full criminal, education and identification background check is required for all new hires.
