Acquia
The Open Digital Experience Company
Account Executive
Location
United States
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$75K - $90K / year
Bachelor DegreeEnglishDrupal
Job Description
• Responsible for selling Acquia Source, our next generation, AI-powered SaaS CMS, powered by Drupal
• Identify new business opportunities, manage, and close deals in Acquia Mid-Market account and prospect base
• Engage with senior level executives within these organizations
• Develop positive relationships and identify prospect needs at all decision-making levels
• Stay current on competitor offerings and be able to identify their strengths and vulnerabilities
• Turn client feedback into meaningful strategies to drive new Acquia Source opportunities business and address competitive risks
• Influence client decisions and advocate for client needs to broker win-win solutions
• Work closely with various functional teams including Pre-Sales Solution Engineering, Product Development to ensure seamless implementation and product market fit for our solution
• Handle full-life cycle sales in an individual contributor environment
• Collaborate efficiently across internal teams and nurture an atmosphere of trust and open communication
• Engage with our channel partners and various subject matter specialists to drive sales opportunities
• Work cross-functionally with demand generation and marketing teams to cultivate pipeline
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Strong sales/client origination experience, preferably with CMS experience
- Experience negotiating large strategic deals including all phases of client development: prospecting, proposal development, negotiation and ongoing relationship management
- Experience and the know-how to work in a start-up, fast paced technology environment
- Strong understanding of the SaaS business model for solutions delivery
- Confident presentation skills, and must have 'presence' in front of the C-suite customer with the communications skills to articulate a value proposition to a wide range of organizational and functional levels
Benefits
- competitive healthcare coverage
- wellness programs
- take it when you need it time off
- parental leave
- recognition programs