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Strategic Account Executive-Southern California

SailPoint · California, United States · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteBusiness Development$127k–$193k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, application instructions. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Content: Intro about SailPoint (company description) - could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" maybe includes description of role and company. The posting includes: "SailPoint is the leader in Identity Security..." etc. That's company overview. Then "The role: We are seeking an Strategic Account Executive, to sell our Identity Security Solution in Southern California". Then bullet-like paragraphs describing required skills/experience. Then "Responsibilities:" list. Then "The path to success:" with milestones (1-month, 2-month, etc). That could be considered part of responsibilities or maybe a separate section like "Expectations" but not in allowed headings. We could incorporate into Responsibilities or maybe a separate section like "Plan" but not allowed headings. Probably we should treat milestones as part of Responsibilities or maybe a separate section like "Expectations" but not allowed. Since only allowed headings are those listed, we should put milestones under Responsibilities (makes sense). Or we could create a separate section "Expectations" but not allowed. So we incorporate into Responsibilities. Then "Education: Preferred but not required: Bachelor's degree..." That's Qualifications/Education. Then "Travel: Business travel of approximately 50 percent yearly is expected for this position." That could be under Requirements or maybe a separate section but not allowed; we can put under Requirements. Then benefits and compensation: "Benefits and Compensation listed vary based on the location..." then list of benefits and salary range. So we need Benefits and Pay sections. We must not include sections with placeholder like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must not include duplicated lines. We must not include EEO etc. We must not include application instructions (like contact email etc). Remove those. We must not include "NOTE: Any unsolicited resumes..." etc. We must not include "Alternative methods of applying..." etc. We must not include "SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer..." repeated. We must keep substantive info: company description, role description, responsibilities, path to success milestones, education, travel, benefits overview, pay range. We need to use

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    for prose. We need to decide sections: - About the role (maybe includes company overview and role description). Could be "About the role". Provide prose. - Responsibilities: include responsibilities list and path to success milestones (maybe as sublist). Use

    • . - Requirements: include skills/competencies described earlier (the bullet-like paragraphs after "To excel, the position requires an account executive:"). Also travel requirement. - Qualifications: education. - Benefits: list of benefits. - Pay: salary range. We should not include Schedule heading because no schedule info. We must not create empty sections. Now we need to extract substantive content. Let's parse. Company description (first paragraph up to "We are proud of our team and the culture we have built which has led to our employees voting us “best places to work” – 15 years in a row.") That's about SailPoint. Then "The role: We are seeking an Strategic Account Executive, to sell our Identity Security Solution in Southern California". Then a paragraph describing what the role requires: "To excel, the position requires an account executive: Who is a skilled communicator...". That's a list of attributes each starting with "Who". Could be turned into
      • . We need to preserve all substantive info; we can convert each "Who ..." into list items. Let's extract those: - Who is a skilled communicator in first engagements and discovery calls analyzing the prospects needs to qualify an opportunity. - Who will be highly proficient in understanding and presenting the value of SailPoint solutions and how they compare to Microsoft, Okta, and Saviynt. - Who will provide a superior customer experience from the first discovery call and leverage their skills in competitively positioning our solutions and a broader value proposition including partner services. - Who can lead a virtual team of partner resources, presales, partner manager, deal desk, professional services, BVA team, and customer success to deliver sales wins and customer success. - Who does not operate independently, instead sells as a team. - Who can act as the quarterback; take initiative and prep the team on what is needed from them prior to calls. - Who can make good decisions about who should engage and when and make people accountable for following through. - Who can create a territory or opportunity plan, which includes the steps you believe are required to get from discovery to the next steps in the sales cycle. - Who will work closely with the leadership team to refine your ideas and make your sales strategy as effective as possible. That's a list of 10 items. Then "Responsibilities:" list: - Exceed revenue quota goals on a quarterly and yearly basis. - Effectively address each customer’s and partner’s unique inquiries by providing accurate information and tailored solutions that align with their specific needs and interests. - Develop business plans, which align to your assigned territory. - Strategically engage with customers and business partners to maintain a high level of customer service that aligns with SailPoint’s core values. - Collaborate with marketing to develop and execute marketing plans through/with partners and end users. - Pursue all leads supplied and ensure internal systems are updated. - Lead the appropriate technical resources to demonstrate SailPoint's advantages to the customer. - Follow-up with customers and partner with post-sale team to ensure consistent and ongoing coverage of account, including new sales opportunities. - Own and oversee all aspects of the sales cycle, including qualifying, presentations, demonstrations, RFP responses, negotiations, and the closing process. - Fosters a deep understanding of the territory, including customers, prospects, partners, influencers, and competitors. - Understand and communicate all product and technological strategies employed by competitive and complimentary organizations in the SailPoint market space. - Effectively initiate, navigate, and manage discussions across all levels of a customer’s organization, from business stakeholders to technical decision-makers. - Utilize all channel management and reporting tools, including accurate forecasting and Salesforce hygiene. That's many items. Then "The path to success:" with milestones: 1-month milestones: - Establish plan for existing customers clearly identifying opportunities for uplift over coming years and understanding account potential. - Segment account list into your top focused accounts & the Top 3 Big Bet accounts within this list. - Meet with old account managers to capture any history. - Meet with partners of existing accounts to understand their position and services offered. - Work with Marketing Manager on marketing plan. - Work with Channel Manager on channel plan. 2-month milestones: - Create a stakeholder map for key partners that are influencers in your Top 20 accounts and devise your approach to connect with them. - Demonstrate Salesforce hygiene with regular, accurate activity and updates. - Met weekly with sales management to keep Salesforce and Clari up to date. 3-month milestones: - Complete territory plan and present to Sales Management: Existing account overview and account potential Prioritized accounts with account potential Clean pipeline of potential 2027 opportunities to establish gap to target Marketing and channel engagement plans to close the Gap to target Customer references / case studies planned Pipeline growth plan Meet with all existing customers and identify opportunities to extend the value they are receiving from SailPoint. Lead an operating cadence with virtual team Achieve “1st Mate” enablement badge. 4-month milestones: - Create account plans for key accounts. - Create opportunity plans for key opportunities. - Present forecast for self-generated opportunity & expected time to 1st sale. - Develop strategies to approach Top accounts - present to management. - Relationship maps in Salesforce are completed - customers from Top 20 accounts know who you are. - Showing progress through sales stages for any inbound/inherited opportunities (sales cycle 5-40). - Present SailPoint value proposition in front of manager via either: customer / prospect or internally. 6-month milestones: - Built a Pipeline of 2 to 3 times target comprising. - Existing customer pipeline - Progress existing pipeline - New Pipeline - Refine “go to market” for this market segment highlighting key messaging when competing with Microsoft and Okta, benefits of working with partner, pricing challenges, etc. - Complete your Captains badge on HighSpot. We need to preserve all these. Could be included under Responsibilities as a sublist or separate section but we only have allowed headings. Could add a subsection under Responsibilities using
        • but we need to differentiate? Could embed as nested list? Probably okay to just include them as list items under Responsibilities. Then Education: "Preferred but not required: Bachelor's degree or global equivalent in an IT, business or sales related field." Travel: "Business travel of approximately 50 percent yearly is expected for this position." Benefits: list enumerated 1-13. Pay: "We estimate the base salary, for US-based employees, will be in this range from (min-max, USD): $127,400 - $192,920.00". Also note "Base salaries for employees based in other locations are competitive for the employee’s home location." That's also pay info. We should include that. Now we need to strip out boilerplate: EEO statements, application instructions, contact info, note about unsolicited resumes, alternative methods, etc. Also remove duplicated lines: there are two EEO statements; we remove both. Now produce HTML. Structure:

          About the role

          SailPoint is the leader in Identity Security. SailPoint customers represent half of the Fortune 500 and half of the ASX 50. This customer strength provides us with a great community of customers, partners and analysts who trust SailPoint and our team to solve complex challenges. SailPoint continues to grow globally and expanding our global presence creates opportunities for top salespeople to become a part of our awesome culture. We are recognized by analysts such as Gartner, Forester and Kuppinger Cole as the leader in the market and we continue to push ourselves to define the market rather than follow what the analysts or competitors are marketing. Organizations struggle to understand who has access to what applications and data, and we help them answer these key questions. Identity security is the central control point for risk management for the enterprise. We are proud of our team and the culture we have built which has led to our employees voting us “best places to work” – 15 years in a row.

          The role: We are seeking an Strategic Account Executive, to sell our Identity Security Solution in Southern California.

          Then maybe combine role description into same

          or separate. Better: After about the role, we can have a

          describing the role and then a

            for the skill requirements. But we have separate sections: Requirements (skills) and Responsibilities. Thus:

            About the role

            SailPoint is the leader in Identity Security.... (company description)

            The role: We are seeking an Strategic Account Executive, to sell our Identity Security Solution in Southern California.

            Then Requirements:

            Requirements

            • Who is a skilled communicator in first engagements and discovery calls analyzing the prospects needs to qualify an opportunity.
            • ...
            But note that the "Who" statements are phrased as descriptions; we keep them. Also include travel: maybe as a separate
          • under Requirements: "Business travel of approximately 50 percent yearly is expected for this position." Now Responsibilities:

            Responsibilities

            • Exceed revenue quota goals on a quarterly and yearly basis.
            • ...
            We also need to include the path to success milestones. Could be added as sub-items under Responsibilities

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