Commercial Account Executive - Tech & Media

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Job Category

Sales

Job Details

About Salesforce

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Note: By applying to the Commercial Account Executive posting, Recruiters and Hiring Managers who support multiple cloud offerings across the organization hiring Commercial Account Executives will review your resume. Our goal is for you to apply once and have your resume reviewed by multiple hiring teams. Please note some of these positions may be office-based, office-flexible, or remote depending on the team.

Description

Our up-market Commercial team focuses on working with exciting growing organizations of 250-10,000 employees. You will have the opportunity to work in a fast paced team with various customers and receive personalized training and career opportunities.

Commercial Business Unit

Mid-Commercial (201 - 1000 employees)
General Commercial (1001 - 5000 employees)

Enterprise Corporate Sales (5000+ employees)​

Vertical 

This role will be specifically selling into accounts within the Telecommunications, Media, and Technology Industries.

We have Core Teams that sell the entire Salesforce Platform, and Prime teams that specialize in a specific cloud solution. You may be aligned to, but not limited to, the following clouds:

• Slack

• NetZero Cloud

• Tableau

• Marketing Cloud

• Service Cloud

• Specialization Cloud

• Digital

Day to Day

Our Commercial Account Executives engage with existing customers and new leads to sell the Salesforce Customer 360 platform. They build positive, trusted relationships with both key team members and C-suite decision makers within their patch, helping customers realize value from their Salesforce investments. You will use your skills to develop opportunities through both warm leads and whitespace prospecting.

Responsibilities

• Develop key customer stakeholder relationships and drive customer satisfaction at assigned accounts

• Develop and drive the overall long-term strategy for the account, aligned to customer business objectives

• Coordinate internal Salesforce resources to meet customer business needs

• Perform account planning at assigned accounts, coordinating with Prime and Cloud sales resources to ensure strategic alignment

• Share Salesforce value proposition for existing and/or new customers

• Drive growth within an existing assigned account

Preferred Qualifications 

• Average of 5-10 years of full cycle sales experience, with at least 3 in the field 

• Proven experience in managing existing customer accounts to drive upsell/cross-sell opportunities, as well as acquiring new logo accounts OR focusing exclusively on new logos (Hunter role)

• Ability to build and deliver presentations to your customers

• Ability to strategize with a large extended team

• Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g., extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

Working at Salesforce
Working at Salesforce isn’t all about selling. It’s also about learning, and we heavily invest in you with a month-long immersion and onboarding, including: a week-long product bootcamp, mentorship program, weekly coaching and development programs.
Benefits
We are pioneers of the Pledge 1% model, providing product, grants and community service to those in need. We are proud to be#1 in PEOPLE’s Top 50 Companies that Care, and are on Fortune’s Change the World list.
We provide every employee with 7 paid volunteer days off a year, and donation matching for all approved charitable donations.
We provide other world-leading benefits to all our employees, including;

• Health, life insurance, retirement saving plan

• Monthly wellness allowance

• Flexible time off & leave policies

• Parental benefits

• Perks and discounts

Accommodations

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Posting Statement

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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For New York-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $85,300 to $177,450.For Colorado-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $77,550 to $161,600.For Washington-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $85,300 to $177,450.

For California-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $85,300 to $177,450.

For Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $77,550 to $177,450.

For New Jersey based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $85,300 to $177,450.