Senior Account Manager (Northern California)
Taken at the midpoint of its range, $115,000/yr, this role pays less than the middle Account Management & Renewals opening on the board today ($135k/yr); the usual band for that kind of seat is $99k–$269k/yr.
Against the 5,513 open roles on Industrial and distribution sales jobs (typical pay $89.8k/yr, band $59.5k–$189k/yr), this one's $115,000/yr sits above the middle. How posted pay is measured.
The posting
Company Overview
At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.
Department Overview
Motorola Solutions is a world leader in the field of professional mobile communications systems with an impressive heritage of technological innovations and a global base of installed systems. This Department is responsible for selling Motorola Solutions public safety applications to city, county and state agencies within the assigned territory.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for sales, strategic account planning and overall relationship management for a number of “target” customers within the assigned territory.
- Develop and implement a comprehensive sales plan for each “target” account and or geography and their buying centers covering the full portfolio of Motorola products and services (core and emerging technologies)
- Assemble and coordinate a diverse team of internal & external sales resources to assess customer’s needs and address their requirements
- Act as a trusted advisor to influence customer’s technology platform decisions and develop preference and loyalty for Motorola Solutions
- Proactively develop large project opportunities encompassing a wide range of products and services while forecasting future business out eight quarters.
- Proactively engage and lead channel partners in selling Motorola products and services to customers buying centers where appropriate
- Develop strong relationships with key decision makers and influencers within and outside of public safety; Sheriff, Mayor, CIO, Police Chief, Fire Chief and other officials in order to understand and influence technology and funding priorities
- Proactively engage Motorola executive sponsors to build a strategic relationship to position long term opportunities for Motorola
- Develop Motorola procurement vehicles for multiple solutions to be leveraged across customer base
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree with 4+ years of sales, sales engineering, public safety experience
- OR 8 years of sales, sales engineering, public safety experience
- Seeking previous outside sales experience selling solutions into government organizations preferred
- Strong relationship development and management skills
- Ability to quickly learn new key characteristics of products/solutions and communicate the value of those solutions to customers
- Ability to develop and maintain relationships with a C-Level executives
- Ability to lead a diverse group in addressing customer requirements
- Experience utilizing channel partners to address customer requirements
- Ability to quickly learn Salesforce as the project reporting tool and forecast method
Travel
- Must be willing to travel 50% throughout Northern California territories
Target Base Salary Range: $105,000 to $125,000 USD
Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.
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Basic Requirements
- Bachelors Degree with 4+ years of sales, sales engineering, public safety experience
- OR 8+ years of sales, sales engineering, public safety experience
Travel Requirements
Over 50%
Relocation Provided
None
Position Type
Experienced
Referral Payment Plan
Yes
Our U.S. Benefits include
- Incentive Bonus Plans
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
- 401K with Company Match
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Generous Paid Time Off Packages
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid Parental & Family Leave
- and more!
EEO Statement
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.
We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.
We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.
Where you can sell from
Fully remote, for people based in United States.
Taken from Motorola Solutions's own posting, last seen live on 4 Nov 2026.
About Motorola Solutions
P25 and DMR radios, push-to-talk, dispatch, records and evidence software, body and in-car video, and Avigilon, Pelco and Alta video security and access control, sold to police, fire and emergency agencies, armed forces and businesses.
Pay schedule: US sellers get a target base plus an incentive bonus plan, with OTE printed on quota roles; the Canadian Pelco role pays commission monthly, and the UK CRFS posting lists a bonus scheme and two weeks' extra pay a year as a holiday bonus.
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