Account Manager, Commercial - Chicago

at Nutanix; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 245,000 - 369,000; Full time

Job summary

Nutanix is seeking an experienced Commercial Account Manager in Chicago to drive sales of innovative products and solutions. This role emphasizes relationship management, consultative sales, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to address customer needs. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of proven sales success and will enjoy a competitive compensation package, including bonuses and benefits.

Benefits

Sign-on bonus

Restricted stock units

Discretionary awards

401(k) eligibility

Paid time off benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years of sales experience.
• Proven track record of exceeding sales quotas.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Consultative sales approach to discuss business issues with prospects.
• Collaborate with sales and cross-functional teams.
• Develop sales opportunities within partner organizations.

Skills

Sales experience

Organizational skills

Client relationship management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SFDC or other CRM tools

Job description

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart. The Opportunity We are looking for an experienced, motivated, and creative sales professional to join our team in Chicago. As a Commercial Account Manager, you’ll be responsible for selling Nutanix products and solutions to Commercial customers in the market. But you won’t be on your own! Working through our established channel partner network, you’ll interact directly with Commercial customers in the region to help them address some of their most complex business issues with custom solutions built on a framework of simplicity. To support you, we’ll align you with a Sales Engineer in the region to collaborate on customized technical solutions to address our customer’s needs, and you’ll have access to our broader sales and field marketing teams for additional support around events and communications. We don’t let you down after the contracts are signed; our support team is second to none and our solid 7-year NPS average of 90 is why so many of our customers are delighted with their Nutanix offering and recommend it to their industry peers. We’re disrupting the tech landscape; think you’re up to the challenge? Keep reading. About the Team Our Commercial sales team at Nutanix is growing! We are a driven & passionate team of salespeople with a desire to disrupt the current state of the data center within Commercial accounts. We are looking to expand our team to include additional A-players who are looking to bring simplicity and efficiency to a complicated world. You will report to the Senior Regional Sales Manager and work in a remote setup, but it's required to live within the designated sales territory. Travel is a significant component of this role, as you will need to meet with customers and partners on a weekly basis. This aspect of the job allows for valuable face-to-face interactions, relationship building, and a deeper understanding of client needs. Your Role Essential to success in this role is a keen ability to break in and land new accounts and to expand your customer base. Nutanix provides unrivaled support and tools from the Engineering, Marketing, and Product Development departments for you to leverage to exceed sales performance goals.

• Utilizing a consultative sales approach, discuss business issues with prospects, provide demonstrations, and present a written sales proposal and sales presentation addressing their business needs.
• Work collaboratively with employees within the sales function, as well as cross-functional teams such as Marketing, Sales Operations, System Engineering, and Product Development.
• Effective relationship management. Develop sales opportunities within partner organizations and work closely with your channel sales executive to drive partner growth within new accounts and existing customers.
• Demonstrate experience with SFDCor other Customer Relationship Management tools in order to effectively provide sales leadership with weekly updates on sales forecast and pipeline information

What You Will Bring

• You have 5+ years of sales experience
• You have a track record of exceeding assigned sales quotas in multiple, continuous years.
• You are someone with an entrepreneurial spirit with an affinity for collaboration and teamwork.
• You come with a keen ability to land new accounts and expand your current customers within your assigned territory.
• You are extremely organized, with deep knowledge of territory planning and strategy.
• You have an aptitude for understanding how technology products and solutions solve business problems as well as the competitive landscape.
• Ability to communicate with senior managers about their business challenges and Nutanix data management storage solutions.
• You have strong verbal and written communications skills including presentation skills.
• You have a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between USD $ 245,680 and USD $ 368,520 per year. However, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. This position is primarily remote. There is no specific in-office requirement, however, there may be circumstances where you may be required to come into a local office for a specific purpose, and/or to travel to other locations based on business needs. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. Our application deadline is 40 days from the date of posting. In good faith, the posting may be removed prior to this date if the position is filled or extended in good faith.

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