Senior Account Executive (German) - LinkedIn Sales Navigator

LinkedIn; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional networking company in Dublin is seeking a Senior Account Executive. This hybrid role focuses on strategic selling, primarily in the DACH market. The ideal candidate must have a minimum of 3 years of sales experience, be fluent in English and German, and possess a track record in selling SaaS solutions. Responsibilities include developing strategic plans, meeting revenue goals, and building relationships with clients.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of applicable sales experience required.
• Proven ability to achieve results and work to quota.
• Experience with SaaS solutions or CRM platforms is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Inspire a new method of connecting value to customers.
• Develop and execute strategic plans for your territory.
• Meet and exceed business and revenue objectives.

Skills

Fluency in English and German

Sales experience

Analytical skills

Forecasting

Trust-based relationship building

Job description

• Full-time
• Workplace Type: Hybrid
• Department: GBO

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

This role will be based in Dublin.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

As aSenior Account Executive, you will use your strategic selling skills to educate prospective customers in the DACHmarket on the benefits and value of our two core solutions: Sales Navigator and Sales Insights. You will serve as a trusted adviser, share insights and continually seek opportunities for growth to make your customers as strong and successful as possible.

Responsibilities:

• Inspire yourself, our company and your customers to embrace a new method of connecting value to customers
• Leverage your skills and your customers’ experience to continually evolve our solution offerings and the sales process
• You will own a book-of-business, therefore you will need to create, develop and execute strategic plans for your territory and deliver reliable forecasts
• Consistently meet and exceed the business and revenue objectives set forth in your plan
• Drive revenue by connecting with customers and building opportunities that will make all parties more successful
• Adapt but also work to develop, apply and circulate a set of best practices that will be the foundation of this growing team

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Fluency in Englishand German
• 3+ years of applicable sales experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Track record selling SaaS solutions, CRM platforms or software platform solutions
• Proven ability to work to aquota andachieve results
• Demonstrated ability to find, manage and close high-level business sales
• Ability to assess business opportunities and read prospective buyers
• Ability to predictably forecast and execute on business goals
• Ability to use insights and data-driven decisions in the sales process
• Ability to effectively build trust-based relationships with senior-level sales professionals
• Ability to bring together multiple buyers in the same company to build groundswell while
• leveraging partners within LinkedIn to effectively evangelize the solution.
• Prospecting
• Analytical skills & Forecasting
• Multithreading

Additional Information

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