Account Executive
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
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Job Category
Sales
Job Details
About Salesforce
We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good – you’ve come to the right place.
About Salesforce
We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good – you’ve come to the right place.
Our up-market Commercial team focuses on working with exciting growing organizations of 1,000-10,000 employees. You will have the opportunity to work in a fast paced team with varied communications, media, and technology customers and receive personalized training and career opportunities.
Sales Organization Description
Our Sales Organization is made up of the business segments below. Within these business segments, the teams sell across multiple verticals and there are teams that sell specifically into one industry or vertical.
Commercial Business Unit
Mid Commercial (201 - 1000 employees)
General Commercial (1001 - 4500 employees)
Day to Day
Selling a specific cloud across a set of Salesforce customers
They do this by...
Having a deep understanding of the way businesses operate, and the priorities that drive decisions from the C-levelCreating demand by uncovering business problems and matching them to our solutionUncovering business initiatives and pain points to map back our solutions across multiple lines of businessBuilding credibility and trust while influencing buying decisionsSelling on value and return on investment vs. technical functionalityGenerating pipeline that leads to closed revenue and quota attainmentPartnering with internal resources in order to drive additional value and expertise
Preferred Qualifications
Average of 5-15 years of experience preferred of full cycle sales experience, with at least 3 in the fieldExperience managing a list of 2-20 accounts, 100% existing customers OR 50-200 accounts, 100% New LogoExperience selling to the C-suiteAbility to build and deliver presentations to your customersDegree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)
Our investment in you
World class enablement and on-demand training - check out Trailhead.com for a sneak peek!
Sandler Sales TrainingWeek-long product bootcampFast Ramp mentorship programWeekly 1:1 coaching with your leadershipClear path to promotion with accelerated leadership development programs
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