Named Account Executive, Higher Education

100 Salesforce, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Parental leave

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a high-energy Named Account Executive to manage large enterprise accounts in the US West region. You will develop opportunities, nurture C-suite relationships, and lead long-term account strategy aligned to customer business goals.

Use warm leads and whitespace prospecting to drive pipe generation and revenue growth, coordinating with Prime and Cloud sales resources for strategic alignment and outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full cycle sales experience, including Enterprise Sales.
• Experience in SLED (State, Local, Education) markets.
• Proven success hunting for new business and generating pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Develop opportunities through warm leads and whitespace prospecting.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with C-suite and key stakeholders.
• Drive account strategy, aligning Salesforce resources to customer business objectives.
• Perform account planning with cross-functional teams to ensure strategic alignment.
• Move opportunities through the sales cycle, focusing on revenue growth.

Skills

Full cycle sales

Relationship building

Strategic thinking

Communication

Tools

CRM software

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. We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good – you’ve come to the right place. Our Enterprise EDU team focuses on working with our most strategic customers and institutions generating over $200m in revenue annually. You will have the opportunity to work in a fast paced team with various customers and receive personalized training and career opportunities.

Day to Day

Our Named Account Executives drive business and engage with existing customers. They build positive, trusted relationships with both key team members and c-suite decision makers within their patch, and become naturals at helping customers realize value from their Salesforce investments. You will use your skills to develop opportunities, through both warm leads and whitespace prospecting. Persistent focus on pipe generation strategies and execution to seed, land and expand new and existing accounts Develop key customer stakeholder relationships and drive customer satisfaction at assigned accounts Develop and drive the overall long-term strategy for the account, aligned to customer business objectives Coordinate internal Salesforce resources to meet customer business needs Perform account planning at assigned accounts, coordinating with Prime and Cloud sales resources to ensure strategic alignment Share Salesforce value proposition for existing and/or new customers Drive growth within an existing assigned account Demonstrated focus on outcome over process

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications 8 years of full cycle sales experience, at least 2 years in Enterprise Sales Experience working in SLED Demonstrates success and enthusiasm in hunting for new business Experience working with a large extended team Experience working in high-growth, performance focused environments Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

Accommodations

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We're Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI + Data + CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good – you've come to the right place.