Description
Account Executive - Slack
Industry: Financial Services
About Salesforce
Founded 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.
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About Slack Business Unit
Slack has transformed business communication. It’s the leading channel-based messaging platform, used by millions to align their teams, unify their systems, and drive their businesses forward. Only Slack offers a secure, enterprise-grade environment that can scale with the largest companies in the world. It is a new layer of the business technology stack where people can work together more effectively, connect all their other software tools and services, and find the information they need to do their best work. Slack is where work happens.
About Role:
You will own the full sales cycle from lead to close
Establish lasting relationships with senior executives and decision-makers
You will foster new relationships for Slack through outbound efforts
Help educate customers on the value of Slack throughout the adoption cycle
You navigate key decision makers to build Slack awareness within organizations
Identify customer needs and collaborate with Slack teammates to ensure customer success with special emphasis on signup, upgrade, and expansion
You will initiate, negotiate and close new and expansion contracts with customers
You will communicate and organize/escalate issues appropriately including billing, legal, security, onboarding, and technical inquiries
You will collaborate and work with different members of the Accounts team (Technical Account Managers, Customer Success Managers, Leadership, etc.) to build strategic adoption plans for customers
You will prepare and educate customers on new features and releases
You will monitor and identify adoption and utilization trends
Provide recommendations based on customer's business needs and usage patterns
You will conduct periodic customer health-checks with an emphasis on customer happiness
You will serve as the voice of the customer and collect feedback to drive continuous improvement across all areas including product
You will do this by:
Partnering with internal resources in order to drive additional value and expertise
Educating customers on the value of our products in a consultative way
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
What you should have:
5-8+ years of Enterprise Account Executive experience
Relevant sales experience, preferably in a SaaS organization
Experience managing a pipeline and closing large contracts
Excellent communication skills both with customers and within an organization
Shown negotiation and closing skills
Consistent track record of navigating within large and mid-market organizations
Ability to develop senior level relationships quickly and effectively
Experience presenting to senior managers and the C-suite
Ability to handle multiple opportunities simultaneously at various stages of the buying process
Takes an active interest in increasing customer satisfaction and deepening customer relationships
Ability to be flexible and adaptive
Experience with enterprise SaaS vendors preferred
Some travel required
Fluency in English
Our investment in you:
World class enablement and on-demand training - check out Trailhead.com for a sneak peek!
Sandler Sales Training
Week-long product bootcamp
Fast Ramp mentorship program
Weekly 1:1 coaching with your leadership
Clear path to promotion with accelerated leadership development programs
Exposure to executive thought leaders with a passion for living our values