Strategic Account Executive
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- Market p25–p75
- $55k–$140k
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Accountabilities:
- Drive new business acquisition: Own and execute a strategic business plan focused on identifying, pursuing, and closing new customer accounts within assigned market segments.
- Develop strategic accounts: Acquire new clients and expand relationships during their first 12 months, identifying opportunities to increase adoption and generate additional revenue.
- Generate new opportunities: Proactively prospect potential customers, develop targeted outreach strategies, and respond promptly to inbound leads to maximize conversion opportunities.
- Build and manage sales pipelines: Maintain a qualified sales pipeline equivalent to at least four times the annual sales quota, ensuring consistent opportunity generation and revenue forecasting.
- Manage the full sales cycle: Lead every stage of the sales process, including prospecting, discovery, solution presentations, negotiations, contract generation, and deal closure.
- Develop territory strategies: Create and execute comprehensive territory plans that identify priority accounts, market opportunities, customer needs, and strategies for achieving sales objectives.
- Engage senior decision-makers: Build relationships with C-suite executives and other key stakeholders, understanding their operational challenges and demonstrating the strategic value of proposed solutions.
- Deliver compelling product presentations: Develop strong expertise in the software portfolio and communicate its value effectively through in-person meetings, virtual presentations, webinars, and phone conversations.
- Coordinate internal resources: Prioritize opportunities and collaborate with sales engineers, EHS specialists, implementation teams, and client success professionals to deliver a seamless customer experience.
- Maintain accurate sales reporting: Use Salesforce to manage opportunities, document daily sales activities, monitor pipeline development, and provide reliable sales forecasts.
- Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with Marketing, Sales Development Representatives (SDRs), Product, Implementation, and executive leadership to improve pipeline generation, increase bookings, and contribute to long-term business strategy.
- Share best practices: Participate actively in sales meetings, exchange successful strategies, support colleagues, and contribute to a collaborative, high-performance team environment.
- Drive continuous improvement: Identify challenges throughout the sales process, develop effective solutions, and use customer and market insights to refine sales approaches and improve results.
Requirements
- 5+ years of quota-carrying sales experience, preferably in a Business-to-Business (B2B) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) environment.
- Experience selling into manufacturing, construction, transportation, energy, or other industrial sectors is considered a strong advantage.
- Proven experience managing complex, consultative sales cycles involving C-suite executives and multiple decision-makers.
- Demonstrated ability to consistently achieve and exceed ambitious sales quotas, generate new business, and close high-value opportunities.
- Strong understanding of enterprise sales processes, territory planning, pipeline management, forecasting, and strategic account development.
- Excellent prospecting and discovery skills, with the ability to uncover customer pain points, understand purchasing motivations, and identify opportunities for tailored solutions.
- Exceptional presentation and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex software capabilities into clear business benefits and measurable customer value.
- Strong negotiation and relationship-building abilities, with confidence engaging senior executives and establishing long-term strategic partnerships.
- Proficiency with Salesforce and modern sales prospecting and engagement tools, such as ZoomInfo and LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to overcome sales challenges, evaluate customer needs, and develop effective recommendations.
How Jobgether works
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
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