Named Account Executive, Higher Education (Texas)

Salesforce; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a seasoned Named Account Executive to drive revenue with key accounts in the enterprise education sector.

You will build trusted relationships with CIOs and business leaders, uncover opportunities through warm leads and whitespace, and orchestrate internal Salesforce resources to align with customer objectives. You will work within the Enterprise EDU team, focusing on high-growth environments and influencing cross-functional teams to maximize value from Salesforce

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full cycle sales experience, at least 5 years in Enterprise Sales.
• Experience working in Higher Education.
• Demonstrates success and enthusiasm in hunting for new business.
• Experience working with a large extended team.
• Experience working in high-growth, performance focused environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive business as a Named Account Executive and engage with existing customers.
• Build positive, trusted relationships with key team members and C-suite decision makers.
• Develop opportunities from warm leads and whitespace prospecting.
• Coordinate internal Salesforce resources to meet customer business needs.
• Perform account planning with Prime and Cloud sales resources to ensure strategic alignment.
• Share Salesforce value proposition for existing and/or new customers.
• Drive growth within assigned accounts and focus on outcomes over process.

Skills

Full cycle sales

Enterprise sales

Higher Education

New business hunting

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

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.

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

• 8+ years of full cycle sales experience, at least 5 years in Enterprise Sales
• Experience working in Higher Education
• 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.)

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.

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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.