The Senior Account Executive at Wallace Associates
Senior Account Executive
Los Angeles, CA or Seattle, WA
The Company
Our client is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology markets. Our client helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy. Our client has more than 1,100 analysts that provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries worldwide. For 50 years, our client has provided strategic insights to help their clients achieve their key business objectives.
The Job
Our client is seeking a sales professional with experience developing and managing a territory, cold calling, implementing solution selling techniques to identify clients’ and prospects needs’, aligning company services, creating urgency, navigating complex closing situations and managing six-figure annual renewals. She/he must be able to earn and secure C-level relationships and have an understanding of the business and IT environments at Fortune 1000 level organizations. This role will include a combination of individual work and team selling with analysts, consultants, and IDC sales leadership.
What it takes
The selected candidate will have:
- Ten years of demonstrated success in a quota carrying capacity
- A. or B.S. degree. An MBA is a plus.
- Experience selling consulting services and subscription based research
- Aptitude in building a territory
- Strong willingness to work collaboratively
- Proven written and oral presentation skills
- The ability to build relationships at senior levels within a company
- The ability to set a sales strategy to develop new business as well as incremental sales with existing clients
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint is required
- Willingness to travel 25% of the time
Why apply?
What we are about:
As the world’s leading provider of technology intelligence, industry analysis, market data, and strategic and tactical guidance, our client can’t afford to wait for things to happen. That’s why they hire the industry’s sharpest and most forward thinking people. Our client is connected to a rich web of resources, benefits, and people as a division of the world’s leading IT media, research, and exposition company.
Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, handicap, race, color, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, ancestry, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or other categories protected by law.
Wallace Associates: SENIOR NATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER (US)
Senior National Account Manager (US)
Waltham, MA
Our client is the world leader in solving critical documentation issues for enterprise-level organizations and governments, enabling them to operate more efficiently and profitably. The company offers a full suite of software, training and professional services based off their international content standard for creation, management and deployment of mission-critical content.
The Job
The Senior National Account Manager is responsible for selling the company’s integrated solution (software, training, and professional services) within the U.S. This position will not involve more than 30% travel.
The Senior National Account Manager’s duties will include:
- Achieving targeted monthly/annual booking goals by calling on C-level executives
- Working with senior management to build territory development plan and identify target accounts within verticals
- Working closely with the Inside Sales Representative to ensure smooth and timely follow-up on sales leads
- Closing business with targeted accounts that deliver blended solutions of IM’s core products (software, training, and professional services)
- Establishing successful client relationships with targeted accounts as a trusted advisor to generate new and residual sales
- Managing timely and accurate business updates utilizing our CRM, NetSuite
- Being a team player with a positive attitude and willingness to go the extra mile.
What It Takes:
The selected candidate will have:
- Bachelor’s degree in business/analytical discipline
- 5 years experience in solutions selling
- Ability to sell high level, leading edge concepts
- Proven sales track record designing and implementing customized solutions for clients within assigned territory
- Highly skilled in a solution selling environment
- Experience selling to executive level management in Fortune 1000 companies
- Strong business acumen or business development experience
- Enthusiastic and confident communicator with active listening skills, strong organization and time management skills with the ability to follow-through and prioritize multiple tasks
- Adept written and verbal communication skills
- Enjoys working in a team environment of sales professionals who are building their careers
- Proficient using Microsoft Office products and sales automation software
- Knowledge of Federal procurement regulations a plus
Why Apply?
Our client is an industry leader who helps enterprise-level organizations and governments operate more efficiently and profitably. Our client offers a challenging opportunity, and an excellent compensation and benefits package in a business casual environment. Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D.
Applicants should contact our search firm:
Wallace Associates
positions@wallaceassoc.com
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