Slack Cloud Account Executive - French speaking

Salesforce; Ireland; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a talented sales professional in Ireland to navigate complex SaaS deals across multiple departments, translating client challenges into a compelling value proposition for Slack and related platforms. You will partner with Legal, IT, Security, Finance and Procurement to drive consensus and close deals.

You are a fluent communicator in French and English, with a proven track record of selling SaaS, building executive relationships, and guiding cross-functional teams from

Qualifications

• Proficient in French and English.
• You've sold SaaS software that can be used across multiple departments (preferably company-wide) and across every industry.
• You've engaged multiple stakeholders throughout the sales cycle including Legal, IT, Security, Finance, and Procurement.
• You have experience (and should enjoy!) collaborating with internal sales teams like Account Directors, Solutions Engineers and Custom Success Managers.
• You've built global engagement across multiple lines of business and broadened product support within an organization.
• You are an adept storyteller, effectively developing relationships with senior managers and the C-suite.
• Ability to collaborate across multiple teams to get things done.
• Understands what an account plan/mutual close plan and how it leads to success.
• Proven business acumen around forecasting.
• Track record of success.

Responsibilities

• Drive pipeline and revenue and both lead and assist in prospecting and selling and navigating the C-suite and business line owners.
• Collaborate with different members of the Sales team to build a vision and strategy as well as implement actions.
• Inspire and educate customers on the value of Slack.
• Serve as the voice of the customer and collect feedback to drive continuous improvement across all areas.

Skills

French language

English language

SaaS sales

Multistakeholder engagement

Storytelling

Collaboration

Forecasting

Job description

Job Category

Sales

Job Details

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn't a buzzword - it's a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You're in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Slack has transformed business communication. It's the leading AI-powered platform for work used by millions to align their teams, unify their systems, and drive their businesses forward. Slack offers a secure, enterprise-grade environment that can scale with the largest companies in the world. It is a new layer of the business technology stack that combines conversations, automation and AI for people to work together more effectively, connect all their other software tools and services, and find the information they need to do their best work. Slack is where work happens.

Role Description

You know how to navigate complex sales cycles in Tech. You're knowledgeable about your clients' specific challenges and business objectives and are able to translate these into a value-based proposition on both operational and executive level. You excel in collaborating with internal teams and are able to act as a guide in your domain (Slack). Your storytelling skills are unmatched so presenting to business line owners across multiple departments won't be a problem for you. You excel in dynamic environments so shifting gears at a moment's notice and providing excellent customer service is what you consistently deliver.

Your Impact

• Success will be measured by overall performance in bringing in net new clients and growing existing accounts, all while delivering an outstanding customer experience.


• Drive pipeline and revenue and both lead and assist in prospecting and selling and navigating the C-suite and business line owners.


• Encourage on the future of work as well as providing recommendations based on a customers' business needs.


• Collaborate with different members of the Sales team (Account Directors, Solutions Engineers, Customer Success Managers, Leadership, etc.) to build a vision and strategy as well as implement actions.


• Inspire and educate customers on the value of Slack.


• Serve as the voice of the customer and collect feedback to drive continuous improvement across all areas.

Your Experience

• Proficient in French and English


• You've sold SaaS software that can be used across multiple departments (preferably company-wide) and across every industry


• You've engaged multiple stakeholders throughout the sales cycle including Legal, IT, Security, Finance, and Procurement


• You have experience (and should enjoy!) collaborating with internal sales teams like Account Directors, Solutions Engineers and Custom Success Managers


• You've built global engagement across multiple lines of business and broadened product support within an organization


• You are an adept storyteller, effectively developing relationships with senior managers and the C-suite


• Ability to collaborate across multiple teams to get things done


• Understands what an account plan/mutual close plan and how it leads to success


• Proven business acumen around forecasting


• Track record of success

Across all sales teams, we are looking for the following attributes:

• Grit


• Business acumen


• Problem solver


• Humble


• Engaging communicator and inspiring storyteller


• Strategic customer influence


• Collaborative team seller


• Inclusion

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