Enterprise Account Executive UKI

Contentful; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Contentful, now part of Salesforce, is hiring an Enterprise Account Executive for the UKI region based in London. You will lead the full sales cycle, from prospecting to close, and partner with cross-functional teams to drive net new revenue and upsell opportunities with both new and existing customers.

You will communicate with technologists and business leaders, negotiate complex pricing, and develop account strategies to hit quarterly and annual targets while expanding Contentful's footprint

Qualifications

• Must have 4+ years of experience selling a technical platform.
• 4+ years quota carrying in the UKI market.
• 2+ years growing existing SaaS/PaaS accounts.
• Experience selling transactions of $150k+ to organizations with $1b+ in revenue.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end sales process from prospecting to close.
• Drive net new revenue and upsell with customers.
• Develop account strategy, manage pipeline, and present to customers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Customer Experience, Marketing, Partnerships).
• Negotiate contracts and pricing; close deals.
• Identify ROI and value-based selling opportunities.

Skills

Enterprise sales

Quota carrying

SaaS/PaaS selling

UKI market experience

Account management

Tools

CRM

Job description

Enterprise Account Executive UKI (f/m/d)

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Department: Sales

About the opportunity

As an Enterprise Account Executive (f/m/d) for UKI , you’ll drive Contentful’s growth by spearheading the end-to-end sales process from prospecting to close. You’ll be instrumental in driving net new revenue and uncovering upsell opportunities with existing and new Customers. You’ll drive Customer enablement initiatives and follow a consultative sales process by speaking the language of both professional technologists and business leaders. Working in partnership with our Customer Experience, BDR, Partnerships and Marketing teams, you’ll foster and grow a regional Customer base.

What to expect?

• Work with our cross-functional sales team to help drive new and existing Customers to different Contentful capabilities.
• Position, negotiate, and close expansion opportunities with existing customers.
• Meet quarterly and annual sales goals by developing an account strategy and pipeline, overseeing internal and client processes, maintaining sales reports, developing market and competitor knowledge, delivering presentations to Customers, and creating sales proposals.
• Collaborate with BDR to identify potential customers, qualify leads
• Prospect and develop new business opportunities across a dedicated territory. Conduct research, identify key players, and qualify inbound leads to drive new business relationships. Then sustain value-add relationships with key decision makers by becoming a trusted advisor.
• Oversee RFI/RFQ requests with Contentful internal and Customer teams.
• Refine and evolve our "land-and-expand" model in collaboration with Sales, Partnerships, Marketing, and Customer Experience teams.
• Seek to identify the digital experience problems of prospects and customers while aligning the ROI of Contentful with those difficulties to ensure a value based selling approach.
• Work closely with Solution Engineers to uncover technical problems and opportunities.
• Develop proposals, position complex pricing structures and negotiate contracts and deal-closing requirements efficiently.
• Work closely with Customer experience & marketing teams to ensure that best practices of Contentful are shared and implemented at the respective Customers.

What you need to be successful

• 4+ years of experience selling a technical platform
• 4+ years of quota carrying experience in the UKI market
• Working knowledge of selling and positioning to customers a technical SaaS and/or PaaS platform
• 2+ years of growing and expanding existing customer accounts in a SaaS and/or PaaS environment
• Demonstrated knowledge of how to sell transactions of $150k+ to organizations with $1b+ in revenue

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of API first, cloud native technologies
• Previous CMS (content management system) experience

More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.

Contentful is now officially part of Salesforce.

If you need reasonable accommodations at any point during the application or interview process, please let your Recruiter know.

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