Associate High Velocity Sales Account Manager

Aspen Technology, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AspenTech in Houston is seeking an Associate High Velocity Sales Account Manager to join a market-leading software team. You will generate revenue by selling AspenTech’s products using proven sales methodologies, building a strong pipeline, and collaborating with a cross-functional team.

The role emphasizes outbound prospecting, customer relationships, and negotiation of contracts, with 1–2 years in sales and a bachelor’s degree.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 1–2 years in a sales or lead development role.
• Positive attitude, integrity, disciplined and organized; results-driven.
• Team oriented; able to work alone and be coached to achieve goals.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with AspenTech or process industry knowledge is a plus.
• Proficient with Excel, PowerPoint and CRM tools (Salesforce).

Responsibilities

• Build and progress a sales pipeline through proactive outbound calling and inbound leads.
• Communicate AspenTech’s value proposition to customers at a high level.
• Demonstrate selling and presentation techniques to influence customers.
• Develop relationships with new prospects and renew/grow footprints in existing accounts.
• Accurately forecast sales achievement and negotiate contracts and terms.
• Develop and execute territory plans to maximize revenue.

Skills

Self-starter

Results-driven

Customer-facing

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Salesforce

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role

AspenTech is a market leader, providing software that optimizes process manufacturing – including oil and gas, petroleum, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and other industries that manufacture and produce products from a chemical process. The Associate High Velocity Sales Account Manager (HVSAM) an understanding of AspenTech’s value to customers to overachieve sales targets in an assigned, quota-carrying territory. This person will work as a member of a sales team which includes business consulting, customer support and sales operations. The Associate HVSAM role is directly responsible for generating revenue by selling AspenTech’s products using proven sales methodologies taught in an onboarding program. The Associate HVSAM role is an opportunity to join an industry-leading team while building a strong foundation of skills centered on our customer’s business goals, needs and value.

Your Impact

• An energetic self-starter who is capable of quickly building a strong pipeline
• Must be results-driven and capable of delivering consistent new business and able to grow existing business
• Communicate AspenTech’s value proposition by understanding, at a high level, engineering and process manufacturing terminology and concepts, and the business problems that AspenTech’s solutions solve
• Demonstrate effective selling and presentation techniques to influence the customer
• Successfully build and progress pipeline through proactive outbound calling efforts to existing customers and prospects: Develop relationships with new prospects by following up on inbound leads and online evaluations; proactive cold calling; following up on outbound marketing campaigns
• Displace competitors by calling out to customers that have competitive products currently installed
• Renew and grow AspenTech footprint within existing accounts
• Has an understanding of the customer’s buying process
• Accurately forecast sales achievement
• Negotiate contracts and business terms and conditions
• Develop and execute territory plan to maximize revenue

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 1-2 years in a sales or lead development role
• A positive attitude, personal integrity, highly disciplined and organized, a desire to win and results-driven
• Team oriented, self-starter who can work alone and is willing to be coached in a collaborative manner to achieve team goals
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Familiarity with Aspen or similar products a plus in addition to process industry knowledge
• Personal computer literacy including, Excel, PowerPoint and CRM tools (Salesforce)
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AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real-time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks. If you're looking to make a difference every day and push the limits of performance, AspenTech is doing things no one else thought was possible. As a leading industrial software partner, we help companies all over the world run safer, greener, longer and faster. With over 3700 employees and more than 60 global locations, AspenTech is meeting today's sustainability and business challenges head-on with unmatched expertise, cutting-edge AI-powered technology and a passion to innovate.

AspenTech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. AspenTech does not discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or related conditions, marital status, familial status, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, citizenship, military service or protected Veteran Status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Reasonable Accommodation: We will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals who have a disability or sincere religious reasons to request accommodation, when necessary to enable the individual to participate in the job application or interview process.

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