New Business Account Executive, Mid Market

ZoomInfo; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

ZoomInfo, a leading AI GTM platform, seeks a Mid Market New Business Account Executive to drive growth with medium-sized organizations. You will own full sales cycles, from discovery to close, engaging multiple stakeholders to craft tailored solutions that meet strategic goals.

You’ll collaborate with an SDR, maintain a strong pipeline, and use CRM tools to forecast outcomes and maximize revenue. Hybrid role with US office presence and competitive base plus OTE.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of prospecting and self-sourcing opportunities in similar markets.
• Experience managing complex mid-market sales cycles and closing high-value deals.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving in complex buying environments.
• Excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills to influence diverse stakeholders.
• Proficiency with CRM and sales forecasting tools.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and cultivate mid-market prospects (100–1000 employees).
• Understand mid-market go-to-market challenges and position ZoomInfo solutions.
• Manage multi-week to multi-month sales cycles with discovery, presentations, and proposals.
• Lead negotiations for deals from $15k to $100k+ and craft profitable proposals.
• Engage senior executives and align stakeholders to drive consensus and close deals.
• Maintain a robust pipeline and accurate forecast to meet targets.
• Collaborate with SDR on outbound strategy and best-practice sharing.
• Track activities in CRM and analyze pipeline health.

Skills

Prospecting

Complex sales cycles

Negotiation

CRM tools

Sales forecasting

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

CRM tools

Sales forecasting tools

Job description

ZoomInfo is where careers accelerate. We move fast, think boldly, and empower you to do the best work of your life. You’ll be surrounded by teammates who care deeply, challenge each other, and celebrate wins. With tools that amplify your impact and a culture that backs your ambition, you won’t just contribute. You’ll make things happen fast.

As a Mid Market New Business Account Executive, you will drive the company's growth through strategic engagement with medium-sized organizations, navigating their more complex decision-making structures to secure new business opportunities. In this role, you will focus on understanding the unique challenges and needs of mid-market clients, crafting customized solutions that deliver substantial value. Your success will be built on your ability to effectively manage full sales cycles, from initial contact through to deal closure, while orchestrating interactions with multiple stakeholders to achieve consensus and facilitate decision-making processes.

What You Will Do

• Proactively identify and cultivate relationships with potential clients within the mid-market space, focusing on organizations with 100 to 1000 employees.
• Develop a deep understanding of the specific challenges related to the prospects go-to-market efforts and effectively position ZoomInfo solutions to solve the customer challenges..
• Manage sophisticated sales cycles that range from two weeks to six months. This includes deep discovery discussions, rich presentations, managing proof of concept requests, multi-threading accounts and building custom proposals among other steps. Executing with precision and alignment to the client's needs is critical.
• Employ a structured yet flexible sales approach that can adapt to various buying processes and timelines.
• Lead negotiations for deals ranging from $15k to over $100k, crafting proposals that meet both client expectations and company profitability goals.
• Navigate contract complexities to close deals efficiently while maintaining a focus on long-term client relationships.
• Engage and align multiple stakeholders within client organizations, including senior executives, ensuring consensus and fostering strong partnerships.
• Utilize excellent communication skills to articulate the value of solutions in meeting the client's strategic goals.
• Maintain a robust sales pipeline, accurately forecasting sales outcomes to meet and exceed quarterly and annual targets.
• Prospect into key target accounts to create new opportunities through strategic email outreach, cold calling and social networking to enrich the pipeline on top of inbound leads.
• Partner with a paired SDR to develop an outbound prospecting strategy for target accounts and to re-engage stalled opportunities.
• Collaboratively share best practices across the team, enhancing the overall ZoomInfo selling strategy with your strengths.
• Leverage CRM tools to track and analyze sales activities, providing insights into pipeline health and operational effectiveness.
• Continuously gather intelligence on market trends, competitor activities, and potential opportunities within the mid-market sector.
• Contribute strategic insights to the sales and marketing teams to refine offerings and enhance go-to-market strategies.
• Performs other duties as required/assigned by manager.

What You Bring

• 3+ years of experience in prospecting and self-sourcing opportunities, with a proven track record of effectively identifying and engaging potential clients in similar markets
• Demonstrated experience in managing complex sales cycles within the mid-market sector, with a proven track record of closing high-value deals
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, capable of navigating complex buying environments
• Exceptional negotiation and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage and influence diverse stakeholder groups
• Proficiency in CRM and sales forecasting tools, with a strong analytical approach to sales management
• Dynamic, motivated individual with a persistent drive to achieve sales targets and contribute to company growth

This is a hybrid role, working a minimum of three days per week from one of our US offices.

The US base salary range for this position is $62,500 to $105,000 + variable compensation + benefits ($150,000 - $210,000 OTE (on target earnings)).

Actual compensation offered will be based on factors such as the candidate’s work location, qualifications, skills, experience and/or training. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific salary range for your desired work location during the hiring process.

We want our employees and their families to thrive. In addition to comprehensive benefits we offer holistic mind, body and lifestyle programs designed for overall well-being. Learn more about ZoomInfo benefits here.

Actual compensation offered will be based on factors such as the candidate’s work location, qualifications, skills, experience and/or training. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific salary range for your desired work location during the hiring process.

We want our employees and their families to thrive.

In addition to comprehensive benefits we offer holistic mind, body and lifestyle programs designed for overall well-being. Learn more about ZoomInfo benefits here.

Below is the US base salary for this position. Additional compensation such as Bonus, Commission, Equity and other benefits may also apply.

$55,000—$82,500 USD

About Us

ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: GTM), the all-in-one AI GTM platform, enables sales, marketing, and customer success teams to execute their go-to-market strategy with confidence. Powered by the industry's most comprehensive B2B data, including more than 100 million companies, 500 million contacts, and billions of signals, ZoomInfo delivers the intelligence, automation, and integrations that modern revenue teams need to identify, engage, and convert their best buyers.

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