Growth Business Account Executive, Slack

Salesforce; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Growth Account Executive for Slack, focusing on companies with 46–200 employees. You’ll sell Slack and Salesforce solutions, uncover executive-level business challenges, and drive revenue by mapping multiple lines of business to value.

You will build relationships with business leaders, manage complex sales cycles, and collaborate with a large internal team to deliver measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of full-cycle sales experience with a year in field sales.
• Experience managing existing accounts and acquiring new logos.
• Experience selling to C-suite executives.
• Ability to build a business case and deliver ROI narratives.

Responsibilities

• Sell the Slack platform to new and existing customers across assigned accounts.
• Develop understanding of business drivers at executive level.
• Uncover challenges and map Salesforce solutions to create demand and revenue.
• Build trust as a strategic partner and sell on value.

Skills

Full-cycle sales

C-suite selling

Existing account management

New logo acquisition

ROI storytelling

Executive presentations

Slack UX

Tools

Slack

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

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.

Applications for this position will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

The Slack Growth Business Account Executive role is part of the broader Salesforce ecosystem, where humans and agents work together to help customers succeed. As a Slack AE, you’ll do more than sell a collaboration platform—you’ll help growing businesses transform how their people, agents, apps, and data work together in the flow of work.

Focused on companies with 46–200 employees, you’ll partner with customers to understand their unique business challenges and show how Slack, Salesforce, Agentforce, and the broader Salesforce platform can help them move faster, improve productivity, and drive growth. You’ll build relationships with business leaders, uncover new opportunities, and lead complex sales cycles from prospecting through close.

We’re looking for a proven sales professional who thrives in a fast-moving, high-growth environment; is energized by solving real customer problems; and can earn trust with decision-makers while consistently delivering measurable business value.

As part of Salesforce, you’ll have the opportunity to bring the power of the agentic enterprise to growing businesses—with Slack serving as the System of Engagement that connects people, agents, apps, and data in the flow of work.

Responsibilities:

• Sell the Slack platform to both new and existing customers across assigned accounts.
• Develop a deep understanding of how businesses operate and what drives decisions at the executive level.
• Uncover customer challenges and map Salesforce solutions across multiple lines of business to create demand and close revenue.
• Build trust and credibility with customers as a strategic partner, selling on value and delivering measurable business outcomes.

Required Qualifications:

• 2–5 years of full-cycle sales experience, with at least 1 year in a field sales role and a track record of meeting or exceeding quota.
• Experience managing and growing existing accounts and acquiring net new logo accounts.
• Experience selling to C-suite executives.
• Ability to build a business case and deliver a compelling return on investment narrative.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to craft a clear point of view and position yourself as a trusted adviser to customers.
• Experience building and delivering presentations tailored to executive audiences.
• Ability to collaborate and strategize across a large, extended internal team.
• Slack User Experience
• Experience will be evaluated based on core competencies for the role, including extracurricular leadership, military experience, volunteer work, and professional experience.

Required Qualifications:

• 2–5 years of full-cycle sales experience, with at least 1 year in a field sales role and a track record of meeting or exceeding quota.
• Experience managing and growing existing accounts and acquiring net new logo accounts.
• Experience selling to C-suite executives.
• Ability to build a business case and deliver a compelling ROI narrative.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to craft a clear point of view and position yourself as a trusted advisor to customers.
• Experience building and delivering presentations tailored to executive audiences.
• Ability to collaborate and strategize across a large, extended internal team.

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), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.The typical base salary range for this position is $54,500 - $103,750 annuallyThere 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 $60,000 - $114,100 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.