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Account Director
Location
United States
Posted
173 days ago
Salary
$230 - $270 / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Account Director
Relationship One
• Execute an effective sales plan to achieve territory revenue targets and Relationship One product and segment revenue growth priorities • Develop strong channel partner relationships as the primary source of new sales opportunities and collaborate in pursuing and closing those opportunities • Identify and pursue additional opportunities through a combination of inbound lead follow-up, outbound campaigns, outbound contacts, and contact and reference selling • Coordinate with marketing on lead management and follow-up • Identify and qualify all assigned leads and business opportunities • Cultivate VP and CXO level prospect and client relationships, and develop a detailed understanding of prospect and client business goals and objectives • Lead dialogue with prospects and clients to discover and define business needs and objectives • Coordinate with Solution Leads to develop and define comprehensive, programmatic prospect and client solutions • Develop and present proposals to succinctly demonstrate how Relationship One will deliver the desired solutions and outcomes • Lead and manage the negotiation and contracting work streams and activities • Faithfully model Relationship One sales management and forecasting processes • Embrace and model Relationship One solution selling best practices • Lead the Relationship One account teams in Account Planning and Account Management activities, consistent with Relationship One processes • Collaborate with the internal account team to ensure effective exchange of information and execution of sold projects
Job Requirements
- 5-10 years demonstrated success selling consulting services and/or cloud-based products with professional services to upper-level and C-suite leaders
- Demonstrated track record of consistently meeting and exceeding sales targets
- Experience selling to marketing professionals/executives preferred
- Experience selling marketing automation, customer experience, or CRM software a plus
- Familiarity with solution/value selling models
- Proven ability to manage multiple complex sales streams through the full sales cycle
- Experience successfully managing RFP responses and winning business by RFP
- Familiarity with Salesforce CRM and it’s related capabilities
- Working knowledge of marketing cloud applications, especially Adobe Experience Platform (e.g., Marketo Engage, Campaign, Journey Optimizer, Real-Time CDP, etc.), Braze, Oracle Marketing (e.g. Eloqua, Responsys, Unity, etc.), and/or Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
- Demonstrable customer service skills and customer-centric selling style required
- Strong interpersonal and presentation skills
- Strong organizational skills and experience managing project-based sales
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrable resourcefulness, motivation, initiative, and a start-up mentality
- Aptitude for working both independently and collaboratively and the ability to lead collaborative teams
- Must reside and be eligible to work in the United States
Benefits
- Enjoy our collaborative, supportive culture
- A flexible schedule that works for you
- Work remotely
- 100% company paid short & long term disability, AD&D, and basic life insurance
- Choice of health insurance plans (company subsidized)
- Dental & vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Universal PTO (no set limit)
- Paid parental leave (for birth or adoption)
- Service PTO - take paid time off to give back
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