New Logo, Account Executive - Communications, Media & Technology Vertical
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Posted 18 months ago
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Job Description

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Job CategorySales

Job DetailsAbout SalesforceFounded in 1999, Salesforce is the global leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Companies of every size and industry are using Salesforce to transform their businesses, across sales, service, marketing, commerce, and more by connecting with customers in a whole new way. We harness technologies that can revolutionize companies, careers, and, hopefully, our world.Salesforce is built on a set of four core values: Trust, Customer Success, Innovation, and Equality. By making technology more accessible, we're helping create a future with greater opportunity and equality for all. This has taken our company to great heights, including being named one of the FORTUNE "100 Best Companies to Work For" 2020 - 12 years in a row.There are those who choose to work with the best and brightest. And then, there are those who want to do more than just a job. They are the ones improving lives, not only their careers. Having an impact now instead of later. Doing something that's so much bigger than themselves, an industry, and their company.We believe everyone can be a Trailblazer. Join Salesforce and discover a future of new opportunities.Our headcount demand is always changing as we grow; some of the locations listed here may or may not have an immediate opening at the time of your application.Navigate the Salesforce Hiring Process: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/trails/navigate-the-salesforce-hiring-process
  • About Team
    • GEN - Hunter Account Executive covering around 90 new logo prospect accounts between 1,001 - 4,500 employees
    • MID - Hunter Account Executive covering around 200 new logo prospect accounts between 250 - 1,000employees
    • Territory is aligned by local geography and region
  • About Role
    • Core Account Executive quarterbacking each deal and the main point of contact for your customers
    • Selling the entire Customer 360 Platform across a prospect account set (100% white space)
    • You will creatively break into net new logos in your assigned territory and introducing them to Salesforce
    • You will prospect into every line of business
    • You will be a true hunter, hungry to uncover new opportunity and connect it with a value adding solution
    • You will be a visionary helping prospects craft their digital transformation
    • You will map account strategies, aligning resources and uncovering which of our products best serve the Prospect's needs
    • After bringing in the initial deal you'll work to cross-sell/up-sell on accounts for the remainder of the fiscal year
  • They do this by...
    • Collaborative selling techniques and partnering with internal resources in order to drive additional value and expertise
    • Generating pipeline that leads to closed revenue and quota attainment
    • Selling on value and return on investment vs. technical functionality
    • Building credibility and trust while influencing buying decisions
    • Uncovering business initiatives and pain points to map back our solutions across multiple lines of business
    • Creating demand by uncovering business problems and matching them to our solution
    • Having a deep understanding of the way businesses operate, and the priorities that drive decisions from the C-level


Preferred Qualifications

- 7+ years of quota carrying, technology solution-based direct sales experience
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Strong business development skills with experience prospecting and bringing in new business
- Experience managing and closing complex sales-cycles across a variety of solutions
- Experience and success selling across lines of business

- Ability to align to business initiatives and solve business problems while using a consultative approach
- Ability to leverage the business initiatives to articulate an ROI and business impact on the organization
- Ability to accurately forecast your business monthly/quarterly/annually
- Ability to orchestrate multiple internal resources and extended team members including: solutions engineers, cloud account executives, and product specific specialists
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment
- Track record of consistently achieving or surpassing quota

- Plus if you have industry experience in Engineering, Construction, Real Estate or Professional Services
- 4-year BA/BS Degree encouraged but not required

Your Impact
You will play a critical role in ensuring Salesforce's future success. You will uncover new business by strategically navigating a vast account set to close initial opportunities converting our Prospects to Customers who will grow with Salesforce for years to come. By deeply understanding the Prospect's unique company challenges and goals, you will pair them with solutions that will help them reach their business goals and blaze new trails within their organizations. You will contribute to our business growth in a fast paced, collaborative and fun atmosphere, as a valued member of our family.

Across all sales teams, we are looking for the following attributes:

1. Business acumen
2. Consultative selling
3. Prospecting skills
4. Compelling communicator
5. Urgency
6. Competitive spirit
7. Collaborative, win-as-a-team attitude
8. Resourceful
9. Coachable
10. Drive for results
11. Trusted advisor


Benefits & Perks

We have a public-facing website that explains our various benefits for:

  • Health Benefits
  • Financial Benefits and perks
  • Time off & leave policies
  • Parental benefits
  • Perks and discounts

Visit for the full breakdown!

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Position No Longer Available
Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
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