**Experienced Strategic Customer Engagements Specialist – Private Equity Industry**

At arenaflex, we're on a mission to empower our customers to innovate and succeed in the cloud. As a member of our Strategic Customer Engagements (SCE) team, you'll play a critical role in driving growth, adoption, and revenue for our Private Equity industry customers. If you're a strategic thinker, a skilled negotiator, and a passionate advocate for customer success, we want to hear from you. **About arenaflex** arenaflex is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating – that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Our Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) team is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest-growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers, including public sector. **About the Role** As an Experienced Strategic Customer Engagements Specialist, you'll be responsible for managing the end-to-end Deal Cycle for strategic, large, complex, or highly competitive deals within the Private Equity vertical. You'll focus on earning trust with customers by creating actionable strategies, developing and shaping opportunities, and leading deal engagements through negotiations and closure. This highly visible role will own alignment with C-level executives, IT teams, and multiple lines of business to achieve business outcomes, increase the adoption of arenaflex services, and to enable private pricing, go-to-market, pan-arenaflex, and other strategic relationships. **Key Responsibilities** * Lead negotiations and customer closure for strategic, large, complex, or highly competitive deals * Develop and shape the overall deal strategy and structure to meet customer business outcome and goals * Partner with Sales and PE BD to manage Success Criteria and KPIs of the PE Program * Contribute to developing arenaflex's value proposition and solutions * Drive revenue growth and Cloud adoption * Closely collaborate with key stakeholders across the organization for (Americas/EMEA/APJ) regional sales teams, and related regional and global stakeholders (Service Teams, Finance, Legal, etc.) * Act as a trusted advisor in the development of the commercial strategy of deals with arenaflex Field Sales Executives: partner in the execution of the sales cycle for strategic, complex, or highly competitive commercial opportunities * Inspire, influence, and facilitate alignment with internal stakeholders, experts, and other resources not under direct control, to remove obstacles and achieve desired business outcomes * Develop strategies for pricing and discounts; effectively communicate and identify deal blockers * Lead or support presentation of deal proposals to Customers * For key deals and escalations, take a leadership role in developing the winning strategy, coaching the field team, and managing the SCE deal team * Act as a trusted advisor to regional leadership to support arenaflex's strategy within the PE Vertical * Contribute to developing arenaflex's value proposition and solutions * Drive revenue growth and Cloud adoption * Closely collaborate with key stakeholders across the organization, including regional sales teams, and related regional and global stakeholders (Service Teams, Finance, Legal, PE BD etc.) **About the Team** Our SCE team is a diverse and dynamic group of professionals who are passionate about customer success. We value diverse experiences and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying. **Why arenaflex?** arenaflex is a place where innovation meets opportunity. We're committed to creating a culture of inclusion, where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empowers us to be proud of our differences. We offer ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, to inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. **Mentorship & Career Growth** We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. **Work/Life Balance** We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud. **What We Offer** * Competitive salary and bonus structure * Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance * 401(k) matching program * Flexible work arrangements, including remote work options * Ongoing training and development opportunities * Access to cutting-edge technology and tools * Collaborative and dynamic work environment * Recognition and rewards for outstanding performance **How to Apply** If you're a motivated and results-driven professional who is passionate about customer success, we want to hear from you. Please submit your resume and a cover letter explaining why you're the ideal candidate for this role. We can't wait to hear from you! Apply for this job