Account Executive (Southeast)

Overview of Job Function

The Account Executive is responsible for driving business in assigned accounts (new and installed as assigned) with a concentration on new add-on business and product expansion across the Northeast Territory. The AE is expected to identify, drive, and sell Verint solutions and maintain effective account relationships within their assigned territory. The AE is responsible for owning and setting the account strategy and vision and developing a plan to execute the tactics and strategies necessary to hit both quarterly and annual sales objectives.

Principal Duties and Essential Responsibilities

• Execute the Company’s sales strategies and achieve established sales quota in the assigned territory by identifying business opportunities through territory management, target account prospecting, and profiling.
• Responsible to lead all regularly scheduled calls and assign tasks with accountability to the virtual team members.
• Owes the Executive relationships and is responsible for understanding the customers’ business needs and direction.
• Develops and owns the overall sales pipeline and is responsible for both closing and prospecting into Verint’s top accounts.
• Effectively conducts interaction with accounts at all levels; face-to-face calls, conference calls, WebEx, and email communications.
• Thoroughly assess the customer’s needs and present the appropriate solution, utilizing the region’s Solutions Engineer(s) as needed.
• Serves as a focal point for customer support issue escalation and maintains high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty with customers.
• Provide effective sales presentations and product demonstrations to assigned customers and prospects.
• Maintain effective relationships with established customers and develop strategies to maximize revenue opportunities through increased portfolio usage.
• Provide the sales management team with accurate and timely reporting of activities including weekly and monthly sales forecasts, the status of the sales pipeline, and results of prospecting activities.
• Maintain a comprehensive and ongoing knowledge of Verint products and technology, as well as industry trends.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
• Five (5) years of sales experience and success in selling high-value, complex, and long sales cycle enterprise software and/or high-value services
• Proven and successful sales track record of quota attainment
• Must be able to effectively prospect and identify business opportunities, conduct needs analysis, and present and close solutions sales to targeted accounts
• Effective and Professional presentation and communication skills, both written and verbal are required with the ability to penetrate and establish relationships with customer’s senior-level executives
• Must possess excellent negotiation and closing skills with the proven ability to qualify prospects from both an operational and financial standpoint
• Travel approximately 50-75%

About The Team

Verint Systems Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination, retaliation, and sexual and any other form of harassment. Verint has a zero-tolerance policy against any form of discrimination, retaliation, or harassment including sexual harassment or any other form of harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, and any other classification or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Verint operates in accordance with all anti-discrimination laws and affords equal opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic or protected class in our hiring, promotion and termination practices.