High Velocity Sales Account Manager

Aspen Technology; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspen Technology seeks a High Velocity Sales Account Manager in Bedford, MA to rapidly build a pipeline and drive revenue in a quota-carrying territory. You will join a sales team with business consulting, customer support and sales operations, using proven methodologies learned in onboarding.

The role emphasizes understanding AspenTech's value to customers, mastering process industries terminology, and delivering compelling presentations while growing both new and existing business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 2-3 years in a lead development or sales role.
• A positive attitude, personal integrity, disciplined and organized, results-driven.
• Team-oriented, self-starter who can work alone and be coached.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with Aspen or similar products is a plus; process industry knowledge helps.
• Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, and CRM tools (Salesforce).

Responsibilities

• Consistently meet or exceed individual quota.
• Build a strong sales pipeline quickly as an energetic self-starter.
• Deliver new business and grow existing accounts.
• Communicate AspenTech's value with engineering/process manufacturing terms.
• Demonstrate effective selling and presentation techniques.
• Progress pipeline through proactive outbound calling and follow-ups.
• Develop relationships with new prospects and respond to inbound leads.
• Displace competitors by contacting customers with competing products.
• Renew and grow AspenTech footprint within existing accounts.
• Understand the customer's buying process and forecast sales accurately.
• Negotiate contracts and business terms.
• Develop and execute a territory plan to maximize revenue.
• Mentor junior teammates when needed.

Skills

Lead development

Sales experience

Positive attitude

Integrity

Results-driven

Team oriented

Self-starter

Excellent communication

Product familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

CRM Salesforce

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 High Velocity Sales Account Manager will develop 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 High Velocity Sales Account Manager role is directly responsible for generating revenue by selling AspenTech's products using proven sales methodologies taught in an onboarding program. The High Velocity Sales Account Manager 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

Responsibilities:

• Consistently meet or exceed individual quota
• 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 existing 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
• Assist in the mentoring and support of junior teammates

What You'll Need

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required
• 2-3 years in a lead development or sales 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)