Account Executive, Sales Performance Management - Commercial

Salesforce; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 11,000 - 13,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off programs

Medical

Dental

Vision

Mental health support

Paid parental leave

Life and disability insurance

401(k)

Employee stock purchasing program

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking an Account Executive for Sales Performance Management to drive growth within a designated territory, leveraging a scalable sales strategy and a robust, hybrid customer base.

The role requires leading full-lifecycle sales, engaging senior-level buyers, and delivering consultative demonstrations to enhance GO-TO-MARKET execution and incentive management solutions.

Qualifications

• Significant enterprise technology sales experience with a track record of managing complex sales cycles and exceeding quota.
• B2B SaaS or cloud enterprise sales experience with a consultative, solution-based selling approach.
• Deep understanding of sales operations, incentive compensation, and GTM strategy.

Responsibilities

• Manage a full-lifecycle sales process across a hybrid of existing Salesforce customers and net new prospects.
• Prospect, qualify, and engage senior stakeholders (Director, VP, C-suite) with product demos and presentations.
• Build long-term relationships to drive pipeline growth and future revenue opportunities.

Skills

Enterprise tech sales

B2B SaaS sales

GTM strategy

Consultative selling

Quota attainment

Tools

CRM (Salesforce)

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Sales

Job Details

About Salesforce

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Overview of the Role

Salesforce Sales Performance Management (SPM) is a strategic product suite within the Sales Cloud portfolio, helping the world's leading enterprises bridge the gap between strategy and execution through a unified platform for Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy, AI-powered coaching, and automated Incentive Compensation Management (ICM). As an Account Executive on this team, you formulate and execute a scalable sales strategy within a designated territory, driving growth by penetrating the existing Salesforce customer base and attracting new customers.

Responsibilities

You are at the forefront of helping customers transition from manual, fragmented processes to a sophisticated, tech-enabled sales culture that maximizes every seller's potential. You manage a full-lifecycle sales process across a hybrid of existing Salesforce customers and net new prospects.

Daily activities include

• Managing a full-lifecycle sales process, prospecting and engaging customers through phone, email, referrals, LinkedIn, and Salesforce relationships
• Identifying and qualifying leads, engaging Director, VP, and C-suite prospects through consultative product demonstrations and presentations
• Building and maintaining long-term customer relationships to drive pipeline growth and expand future revenue opportunities
• Traveling within territory one to two times per month to engage customers in person and advance strategic deals

Required Qualifications

• Significant enterprise technology sales experience with a track record of managing complex sales cycles and exceeding quota
• B2B SaaS or cloud enterprise sales experience with a consultative, solution-based selling approach
• Deep understanding of sales operations, incentive compensation, and GTM strategy

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience selling sales productivity, incentive compensation, or sales operations technology
• Salesforce experience or administrator certification
• Background in GTM strategy, sales operations, or revenue operations
• Experience will be evaluated based on core competencies for the role (e.g., extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

Unleash Your Potential

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Accommodations

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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)
• an employee stock purchasing program

The typical base salary range for this position is $62,250 - $189,350 annually.

There is a different range applicable to specific work locations. In California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range for this role in those locations is $68,150 - $208,300 per year. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.