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Strategic Account Executive
Location
Connecticut + 5 moreAll locations: Connecticut | Maine | New Hampshire | Massachusetts | Rhode Island | Vermont
Posted
62 days ago
Salary
$130K - $160K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Strategic Account Executive
Sweet Security
• Identify, develop, and close new business opportunities with strategic clients. • Build and maintain strong relationships with prospective and existing customers, acting as their trusted advisor. • Conduct detailed discovery meetings to understand customer needs and present tailored solutions. • Manage the entire sales cycle from prospecting to contract negotiation and deal closure. • Collaborate with the marketing, pre-sales, and product teams to ensure customer success and satisfaction. • Meet or exceed quarterly and annual sales targets.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as an Account Executive or similar sales role.
- Experience in the cloud domain.
- Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales quotas.
- Strong understanding of B2B sales processes and methodologies.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic start-up environment.
- Self-starter with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities
Benefits
- Remote work model
- Health insurance and wellness benefits
- Opportunity to shape the future of channel strategy at a high-growth security startup
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Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers. 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