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Senior Enterprise Account Executive - Higher Education
Location
Northern America
Posted
9 days ago
Salary
$145.2K - $215K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Enterprise Account Executive - Higher Education
ServiceNow
Role Description You will produce new business sales revenue from a SaaS license model. You will accomplish this through account planning, territory planning, researching prospect customers, using business development strategies and completing field-based sales activities within a defined set of prospects, territory or vertical. What you get to do in this role: - Develop relationships with multiple C-suite personas (e.g., CFO, CIO, COO, CDO) across all product sales - Oversee client relationship mapping to the account team, orchestrating an account strategy while leading across a broad virtual team (Solutions Consultants, Solutions Specialist, Success resources, Partners and Marketing, etc.) - Be a trusted advisor to your customers by understanding their business and advising on how ServiceNow can help their IT roadmap - Identify the right specialist/support resources to bring into a deal, at the right time Qualifications - Experience and success selling software to Higher Education vertical - 10+ years of sales experience within software OR solutions sales organization - Experience establishing trusted relationships with current and prospective clients and other teams - Experience producing new business, negotiate deals, and maintain healthy C-Level relationships - Experience achieving sales targets - Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving - The ability to understand the "bigger picture" and our plans around IT - Experience promoting a customer success focus in a "win as a team" environment - Willingness to travel up to 50% Requirements - For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $145,150 - $215,000, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. - Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. - Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location. Benefits - Health plans, including flexible spending accounts - 401(k) Plan with company match - ESPP - Matching donations - Flexible time away plan - Family leave programs
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