Principal Account Executive

OhioX; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyland is seeking a Principal Account Executive to manage strategic accounts across industries from a remote US location. You will develop sales plans, forecast accurately in real time, and partner with engineers to demonstrate solutions while guiding large deals through the contracting process.

You will travel up to 50% as needed, engage executive stakeholders, and mentor the sales team to drive sustained revenue growth for Hyland's Content Innovation Cloud platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with significant experience in a complex sales environment.
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales quotas and generating year-over-year revenue growth.
• Strong ability to forecast and manage opportunities with real-time CRM updates.
• Excellent communication and executive-level relationship-building skills.
• Ability to lead negotiations, contracting processes, and close deals as forecasted; travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Develop a comprehensive sales plan to meet or exceed quota and build a trusted advisor relationship with senior leadership.
• Develop and communicate accurate real-time sales forecasts; log opportunities and interactions in the CRM.
• Collaborate with sales engineers to deliver software demonstrations and respond to RFPs.
• Create closing plans and negotiate to ensure deals close on time as forecasted.
• Represent the company at trade shows and educate executives on future business needs.
• Mentor and coach sales team members while sharing market trends and best practices.

Skills

Account management

Sales forecasting

Executive communication

Negotiation & influence

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

CRM Platforms

Opportunity Management & Account Planning Tools

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Office

Job description

Principal Account Executive

Job ID: 2026-14470

# of Openings: 1

Job Locations: Remote - U.S.

Category: Sales - Account/Territory Management

Hiring Range: 150,000.00/Yr. To 165,000.00/Yr.

Overview

Principal Account Executive - Cross Industry

Location: California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, or Utah Preferred Work Arrangement: Remote

About the Role

The Principal Account Executive is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with new and existing customers or partners — with the objective of consistently meeting or exceeding assigned sales goals.

Technology Tools

• CRM Platforms
• Opportunity Management & Account Planning Tools
• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Office

Your Role Responsibilities? Here's What You'll Do.

• Develop a comprehensive sales plan to meet or exceed quota — identifying and prioritizing opportunities for assigned high-risk, high-impact existing or potential customers or partners while operating as a trusted advisor to senior and executive-level leadership, leveraging long-term vision, strategy, and roadmaps to generate and maintain consistent pipeline.
• Develop and communicate accurate sales forecasting on a real-time basis — recording all customer account information in the CRM, including opportunities, commitments, meaningful conversations, customer visits, and sales calls while leveraging expertise and best practice knowledge to educate customers on the benefits of the company's solutions and create new opportunities.
• Partner with sales solution engineers in the development and delivery of software demonstrations — actively contributing to the demonstration process while engaging company specialists and support resources to advance opportunities and determining the viability of RFP requests to directly influence the development of responses.
• Develop the closing plan and strategy for accounts — leading negotiation and contracting processes to ensure deals close on time as forecasted while building and maintaining strategic internal working relationships to enhance sales execution across key stakeholders and leadership levels.
• Attend and actively contribute to trade shows — ensuring customers or potential customers are engaged in company marketing efforts, tailoring plans to meet customer needs, and proactively educating and influencing key executives on future business and technical needs to pursue opportunities for company expansion and integration.
• Operate as an innovative thought leader and subject matter expert for the sales team — mentoring, coaching, and influencing team members while contributing to the overall growth and quality of sales processes and consulting on market trends, best practices, and industry insights.

Role Essentials

You'll be set up for success if you have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience — with significant experience as an Account Manager in a complex environment and a proven track record of year-over-year sales generation success
• Deep knowledge and expertise in sales, a relevant industry, or technology solutions — with a comprehensive understanding of best practices and market trends and the ability to proactively educate and influence key executives on future business and technical needs
• Proficiency in opportunity management and account planning tools — with the ability to develop comprehensive sales plans, manage high-risk, high-impact accounts, and deliver accurate real-time sales forecasting
• Excellent ability to establish rapport and gain the trust of others — with strong oral and written communication skills that demonstrate a professional demeanor and the ability to engage executive-level stakeholders with discretion and tact
• Excellent negotiating and influencing skills — with the ability to gain consensus across multiple departments and leadership levels, lead negotiation and contracting processes, and close deals on time as forecasted; up to 50% travel time required

What We'd Like to See

Bonus points if you bring:

• Demonstrated experience operating as a trusted advisor to senior and executive-level leadership — with a track record of developing strategic working relationships that support long-term pipeline generation and sustained revenue growth
• Proven ability to leverage deep industry expertise to educate customers on the value of company solutions — with experience driving customer need, creating opportunities, and pursuing company expansion and integration
• Experience determining the viability of RFP requests and directly influencing the appropriate development of responses — with strong ability to develop and execute closing strategies aligned to customer needs and internal revenue goals
• Experience operating as an innovative thought leader within a sales organization — with a track record of mentoring, coaching, and influencing team members while contributing to the overall growth and quality of the sales team and processes
• Experience attending and actively contributing to trade shows and industry events — with the ability to tailor engagement plans to meet customer needs and ensure meaningful participation in company marketing efforts

About Hyland

Hyland is the pioneer of the Content Innovation Cloud™, delivering ubiquitous enterprise intelligence to organizations with solutions that unlock actionable insights and drive automation.

Trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide, including many of the Fortune 100, Hyland's solutions create the foundation for a connected, agentic enterprise, where teams harness the power of AI to redefine how they operate and engage with those they serve. For additional information on Hyland's platform and services, please visit Hyland.com.

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