Enterprise Account Executive, Financial Services
Talkdesk · Chicago, IL · 2 wk ago
RemoteRemoteBusiness Development$330k–$360k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Responsible for new business development within large enterprise accounts and closing of opportunities within the Finance industry
- Foster and expand the company’s relationship with business units, divisions and the overall enterprise customers
- Create and cultivate a close relationship with strategic alliances
- Understand the customers’ business strategy and direction and manage a long term, sustainable business portfolio
- Manage the end to end sales process through engagement of appropriate resources such as Sales Engineers, Professional Services, Executives, Partners etc.
- Bring innovative ideas that showcase case Talkdesk’s competitive advantage and disruptive mindset
- Maintain and exceed quarterly and annual revenue/quota through the management and execution of the Talkdesk sales process
- Develop a comprehensive sales strategy and a sales plan that ensures consistent achievement of objectives over the short- and long-term for your coverage model
- Build lasting, meaningful relationships with other members of management, team, and prospect/customer community
- Build and align with the Talkdesk sales Go-to-Market plan to develop and own accountability for region’s market segmentation and targeted accounts
- Develop essential internal relationships to provide the support necessary to manage accounts and close deals
- Communicate accurate and realistic forecast information to the management team per our process and policy
- Communicate market reaction and needs back to headquarters in a productive manner
- Take an active role in solving problems, which involve other functional areas, instead of “dumping problems at the factory door”
- Take the lead in prioritizing the needs of customers so that engineering and other functional areas can focus on the right tasks and issues
Requirements
- Travel required: 50%+
- Previous experience in selling Enterprise software solutions into Financial Services related accounts
- 8+ years of outside/direct sales experience carrying / exceeding quota, preferably SaaS
- Experience positioning through strategic value based selling
- Experienced in selling SaaS-based solutions, managing complex sales practices and solution-based selling to CXO, senior management and director-level individuals
- Analytical, with strong business acumen
- Flexible personality, able to adapt to surroundings
- Analytical and business deal-making capability, ability to ferret out opportunities, create positive relationships, find the hidden issues during due diligence, and bring the transaction to closure successfully
- Demonstrated track record in the planning, development, and implementation of new business activity involving leading-edge technology
- Proven ability to grow revenues to a substantial level and scale bookings growth and net-new customers
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Extensive negotiation and contract development experience
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment
- CCaaS knowledge is a plus
- BA/BS degree
Pay
Pay Range (OTE): $330,000 - $360,000
Pay Type: Base Salary
Benefits
- Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) plan
- Paid Time Off: Uncapped paid time off for exempt employees and accrual-based program for non-exempt employees; both are subject to manager approval and consistent with business needs
- Paid Holidays: 14 paid holidays each year
- Paid Sick Leave: Uncapped paid time off for exempt employees and accrual standards for non-exempt employees; both are subject to manager approval and consistent with business needs
Contact
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The application window is expected to close at least 3 days from the posting date. The application was posted on 6/29/2026.
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