Sr. Field Account Executive
Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solution are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships.
Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success.
Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better.
We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solution are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships.
Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success.
Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better.
We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.
We are seeking a Sr. Field Account Executive interested in outreach and prospecting to new and potential customers of Vertafore products and services. Sr. Field Account Executives own a specific territory and/or a customer segment and are responsible for winning new business and new logos.
Sr. Field Account Executives are on the front-line of our strategy to grow and gain market-share. AE's prospect and respond to qualified leads from Marketing to offer and position Vertafore solutions. They also advise and educate customers on how they can achieve key business goals through the use of our technologies. AE's are highly motivated, self-starters, are highly organized, and demonstrate fearless determination. AE's want to win and be a part of an established market-leader, knowing our products inside and out.
Core Requirements and Responsibilities:
Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:
• Execute the Vertafore Value Selling Process
• Work with a range of prospective customer accounts and organizations that do not yet own a Vertafore product or service
• Sell by phone with comfort making cold calls as well as leveraging email or other forms of outreach
• Respond to and position products to leads and opportunities
• Collaborate with marketing and other internal teams to execute campaigns that ensure lead quality and quantity with proper closed-loop metric reporting
• Regularly perform against individual monthly targets for calls made, opportunities generated and closed won business
• Sell and win new logos and new business in a defined territory
• Chart and deliver timely and accurate forecasting and pipeline management
• Ensure CRM tools and Vertafore value-selling methodologies are leveraged to process and track opportunities
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Demonstrated ability to follow sound business ethics when executing job responsibilities to build and maintain customer confidence
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills with an aptitude for building strong, meaningful client relationships
• Experience with Salesforce.com or other key sales technologies used for sales activity tracking
• Self-motivated and ability to work independently =
Qualifications:
· Minimum 5 years of related software sales experience
· Insurance industry knowledge or experience preferred
· Proven track record of achieving goals and quotas
· Bachelor's degree preferred
Additional Requirements and Details:
· Travel required up to 75% of the time.
· Ability to work remote with a stable internet connection on an as needed basis
· Located and working from an office location (when required)
· Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds.
· Frequent repetitive hand and arm movements required to operate a computer.
· Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (working on a computer, etc.).
· Frequent sitting and/or standing.
THE VERTAFORE STORY
Over the past 50 years, Vertafore has advanced the entire insurance distribution channel with the best software solutions in the industry. Today, we're proud to say hundreds of thousands of Vertafore users rely on our solutions to write business faster, reduce costs, and fuel growth by increasing collaboration and streamlining processes. Vertafore leads the industry with secure, cloud-based mobile products that provide superior reporting and analytics, delivering actionable insight- right when customers need it most. We partner with other leading technology companies to deliver comprehensive solutions to improve the way our customers do business and serve their customers.
The Vertafore Way
Insurance is about relationships, and technology should make those relationships stronger. That's why, at Vertafore, it's our mission to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers, becoming better every day, and delivering results you can see, we provide the level of trust and security that insurance is all about.
· Bias to Action: We're united by an innate drive to take action and make a difference in the technology and insurance spaces.
· Win Together: We work together as one team, showing empathy and respect along the way.
· Show Up Curious: We work to challenge one another to push boundaries and think beyond the box.
· Say It, Do It: We honor every one of our commitments because integrity is important to us.
· Customer Success is Our Success: We cultivate authentic relationships and follow up by actively listening to their needs.
· We Love Insurance: We appreciate the impact insurance has on the world.
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Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings.
The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In addition, this document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.
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