Key Account Director, Core & Emerging Markets - LinkedIn Sales Solutions

Linkedin3; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 350,000; Full time

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Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a results-driven Key Account Manager within LinkedIn Sales Solutions to lead strategic engagements with large, complex enterprise accounts. You will build account plans, drive renewals and upsell, and coordinate across Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, and Insights to grow revenue.

You will use your proven enterprise SaaS experience to educate buyers, develop business cases, and negotiate multi-million dollar deals, while guiding teams to align on client initiatives and

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in Enterprise Sales.
• 5+ years managing Enterprise accounts in net new and expansion environment.
• Proven experience selling to EVP/C-Level clients and end-users.

Responsibilities

• Understand how LinkedIn Sales Navigator can be used by large, complex organizations and recommend investments.
• Build account plans for ~12 named accounts with key decision makers and growth opportunities.
• Coordinate a strategy across clients and internal partners to expand revenue.
• Lead quarterly business reviews with key clients to align on initiatives and product utilization.
• Grow revenue from named accounts by 50-100% through upsell and renewals.
• Forecast activities using CRM and communicate market feedback to leadership.

Skills

Selling

Executive communications

Problem-solving

Negotiating

Education

BA/BS or MBA

Job description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

LinkedIn's Sales Solutions team is dedicated to improving the world of sales and business development with Sales Navigator, our flagship product that connects and builds mutually beneficial relationships between buyers and sellers.

As a Key Account Manager, you are the go-to business sponsor at LinkedIn Sales Solutions to some of the world's most important and complex companies and use your strategic selling skills to consult and educate prospective buyers on the benefits and value of these platforms for their client-facing and revenue organizations. In this role, you will focus on our Core and Emerging Markets customers, helping some of the world's largest organizations grow their revenue through the power of the Sales Solutions offerings. You will work to establish yourself and the broader LinkedIn team as a trusted advisor to these firms, sharing insights, building business cases, developing deep relationships, and inspiring your clients to embrace new challenges and opportunities for growth. You will also work directly with multiple parts of LinkedIn's business including Sales leadership, Customer Success, Marketing, and Insights/Analytics.

Responsibilities:

• Understand how LinkedIn Sales Navigator can be used by large, complex organizations, and make compelling recommendations for additional investments in LinkedIn
• Build account plans for your named accounts (~12) to understand key decision makers, org charts, current investment, product utilization and new revenue opportunity
• Understand where the opportunity exists in each account and coordinate a strategy for expanding the account
• Inspire and coordinate across clients and internal partners to grow your accounts
• Plan out your activities and meetings to ensure you are focused on your largest opportunities
• Build and deliver product ROI analysis to your key clients with support from cross-functional teams
• Run a quarterly business review with all your key clients to understand their key company initiatives, review product utilization, provide key updates on LinkedIn and our expanding portfolio of solutions, and sell solutions that will address key corporate initiatives
• Grow the revenue from the named accounts by 50-100%, through upsell on renewals and by identifying and closing new multi-million dollar business/product contracts
• Use CRM every day for tracking activities and, most importantly, forecasting
• Communicate with the Executive and the Product team about what you are hearing from the market and, when appropriate, push the organization to think about what we need to develop to stay competitive

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years experience in Enterprise Sales
• 5+ years of experience managing Enterprise accounts in net new and expansion environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years in quota carrying roles working with large, complex client organizations
• Practical experience in Enterprise SaaS companies and/or enterprise level consulting
• BA/BS Degree or MBA degree in a related field
• Successful track record of reaching and/or exceeding goals
• Proven experience managing both directly and indirectly through influence and alignment
• Experience working in high-growth, performance-focused environments
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute on account strategy plans, structure complex deals, manage multiple strategic partnerships and develop business to support growth
• Proven track record of exceeding quota and sales targets in a high-growth/fast-paced environment
• Experience selling, presenting to and influencing EVPs, C-Level clients and end-users (in the same sales cycle) in both individual and team sale environments
• Superior strategic and analytical and negotiating skills and ability to present complex topics in a way that is simple and easy to understand
• Experience managing large, complex accounts in net new and renewal environment
• Proven success in selling brand new, disruptive technology
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Suggested Skills:

• Selling
• Executive communications
• Problem-solving
• Negotiating

The pay range for this role is $230,000 to $350,000 OTE. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits .

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