Innovation for Freedom
Account Manager
Location
United States
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$60K - $75K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Account Manager
OVHcloud
• Proactively develop a robust sales pipeline with your assigned accounts to ensure consistent attainment of monthly, quarterly and annual sales goals. • Develop a prospecting plan that engages new contacts on existing accounts to expand wallet share and consistently ask for referrals. • Ensure full understanding of our products to be an effective and valued expert to internal and external customers. • Develop long-term strategic relationships with customers by maintaining regular interactions, ensuring satisfaction with current products, and recommending additional solutions as needed. • Commit to providing management with constructive feedback. • Leverage our CRM to maintain an accurate sales forecast, account growth strategies, document contact information, and log activities. • Develop presentations of OVHcloud products that demonstrate effective understanding of the issues and pain points experienced by cloud customers and propose solutions to support their business objectives. • Manage existing accounts with the objective to drive renewals prior to expiration and identify upsell opportunities. • Handle all escalations, such as billing or support issues that are not resolved through normal channels, for assigned accounts. • Maintain knowledge and insight of competitive cloud solution providers and their capabilities from both a commercial and solution perspective including their value proposition. • Collaborate with key internal stakeholders to develop sales strategies and account plans.
Job Requirements
- 3+ years of demonstrated experience in an enterprise sales environment, consistently achieving or exceeding quota using a consultative/solution-based sales approach.
- Ability to present to and work with senior business partners.
- Successful selling of at least one of the following services: Colocation, Infrastructure as-a-Service, Backup & Disaster Recovery Services or, Private and Hybrid Cloud Solutions.
- Strong knowledge of backup and replication technologies.
- Excellent communication skills to include verbal, written, and presentation.
- Ability to quickly master technical concepts, processes, details, and skills, and be able to effectively communicate them to a wide variety of audiences.
- Experience using Salesforce; Zendesk.
- Some travel may be required.
Benefits
- Flexible Work Options - Based on your location you will qualify for hybrid or fully remote work.
- Work/Life Balance - Recharge with generous paid time off, sick leave, and flexible hours designed to support your personal and professional life.
- Continuous Learning & Growth - Take advantage of OVHcloud’s extensive training programs and professional development opportunities to expand your skills and advance your career.
- Comprehensive Benefits - Access top-tier health, dental, vision, and 401(k) plans, plus a range of additional perks to support your overall well-being.
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