Account Executive Virtual Field Sales)

Commvault; Elm (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESPP

Career development

Sales training in MEDDIC and Command

Competitive benefits

High income potential

Job summary

Commvault is seeking a high‑performing SLED Account Executive to drive revenue growth within a defined list of government and education accounts. You will lead face‑to‑face engagements with customers and partners, building strategic plans and campaigns to penetrate target accounts.

You will articulate the financial and strategic value of Commvault solutions, coordinate a cross‑functional team, and manage a multi‑quarter growth strategy to achieve quotas and maximize customer success.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable success in software sales at the enterprise level with multi‑million deals.
• Experience selling to SLED accounts with matrixed teams and complex cycles.
• Ability to articulate financial value propositions (ROI/TCO) and strategic benefits.
• Proven track record building relationships and driving account penetration.

Responsibilities

• Achieve quarterly and annual quotas by selling to new and established large, complex prospects and customers.
• Develop and implement strategic account plans for target account expansion and new account acquisition.
• Create sales campaigns and coordinate executive involvement with client leadership.
• Coordinate resources across teams to meet objectives and customer expectations.
• Lead a matrixed sales team and manage internal partners to close opportunities.
• Deliver tangible business cases at the CXO level and present proposals to clients.

Skills

Enterprise sales

SLED experience

ROI & TCO

Stakeholder mgmt

Strategic accounts

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

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The SLED Account Executive is responsible for achieving quota by selling solutions into a defined account list that may include current Commvault SLED customers and high value prospects. The position is a field sales role where the AE will engage in face-to-face sales with customers and prospects either directly or through partners. The Account Executive plans, organizes, leads and controls balanced sales growth, account penetration and customer satisfaction on a long-term multi-quarter basis. This individual may lead a cross-functional sales team and is responsible for creating sales campaigns to penetrate/expand his/her target accounts. The AE must have the ability to articulate an in-depth understanding of the customers’ environment, current challenges/goals and have the ability to align Commvault solutions to those challenges/goals including a financial and strategic value proposition. The candidate must have a history of success in selling complex software platforms (vs. IT component or narrow focused tools) and should have some level of prior engagement with the target account set.

• Achieve quarterly and annual quotas by selling to new and established – large, complex prospects and customer.
• Develop and implement Strategic account plans for target account expansion and new account acquisition including performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones for a one and three-year period.
• Create sale campaigns into target accounts and closely coordinate company executive involvement with customer/prospect leadership.
• Coordinate the involvement of company personnel, including support, service, and management resources, in order to meet account performance objectives and customers’ expectations.
• Manage a matrixed sales team; liaison with clients, Deal Desk, inside sales, partners, channels, sales engineers, professional services, finance and legal to drive a prospect to close.
• Establish and maintain a productive, professional relationship with key personnel in assigned customer/prospect accounts.
• Construct and deliver tangible business cases at the CXO level including financial (ROI & TCO), technical and strategic value propositions.
• Prepare and present sales proposals and presentations to new and existing clients.
• Identify and build strategic relationships with partners and alliances that have existing relationships with the assigned target accounts.
• Ensure orders meet all legal and financial requirements.
• Leverage internal sales tools and processes to drive opportunities to a successful close.
• Bachelor’s degree and proven sales experience.
• Demonstrable success in software sales at the enterprise level; selling six-and-seven figure deals and managing an integrated selling team.
• Experience in the storage management industry within SLED.
• Deep understanding of the storage management or data management industry, products, competitors, history, emerging trends and changing marketplace.
• Minimum of two years success in identifying, building relationships and selling directly or with partners.

Meet the Hiring Manager:

Brittany Crawford, Sales Director - SLED

Benefits:

• High income earning opportunities based on self-performance
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message
• Generous competitive benefits supporting your health, financial security, and work-life balance

We are always committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status and we will not discriminate against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we work.