Enterprise Account Executive (New Jersey - Muni)
Verkada · New Jersey, United States · 4 wk ago
Business Development$220k–$300k/yrFull-time
About the role
We are seeking a hardworking, driven individual with superb energy, passion and experience driving new business acquisition in the municipalities of 250k+ populace. This person will join a growing Public Sector Field Sales team and will cover Virginia/DC/Maryland region. The Enterprise Account Executive will play an integral role in developing the territory and will focus on formulating and executing a sales strategy within an assigned territory, resulting in new customer acquisition and revenue growth.
What You'll Do
- Develop and Implement a comprehensive territory plan
- Manage the entire sales process to ensure delivery against key performance metrics and quota, with a strong emphasis on net new business sales
- This includes prospecting and outreach to new SLED business opportunities providing product demos, product trials, and strategic negotiations with customers and channel partners
- Maintain and exceed individual targets and contribute to the overall team and company success
- Initiate and manage expansion discussions to drive customer retention
- Create effective presentations and proposals; create urgency to drive deal closure, negotiate pricing and contractual agreements
- Provide account analysis, quarterly business reviews, and accurate revenue forecasts
What You Bring
- 5-10+ years of quota-carrying software/hardware technology or channel sales with focus on building a greenfield territory and landing new business
- Proven track record of success in a sales-driven organization selling a highly complex technical solution (with the awards and references to prove it)
- Willingness to have a strong field presence multiple days per week; Must live in territory & willingness to travel up to 50%
- Customer-focused with extensive experience developing customer relationships within SLED accounts
- Experience managing longer, complex sales cycles
- Experience collaborating with an internal channel partner team to sell through and with channel partners is a plus
- Relevant software or hardware industry experience in any of the following domains; security software or hardware, computer networking and “how the internet works”, subscription, SaaS, or Cloud software is a plus
- Strong knowledge and execution of MEDDIC is highly preferred
- Self-motivated, tenacious, confident, with a willingness to engage in prospecting to maintain individual funnels as expected
- Intellectually curious
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with peers, customers, and partners
- Thrive working in a fast paced dynamic environment with a strong sense of urgency
- BS/BA degree strongly preferred