Senior Account Executive- Mid- Market Sales

Equinix; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Account Executive to drive sales initiatives and expand customer accounts. In this dynamic role, you will build strong relationships with clients, leverage internal resources, and lead negotiations to ensure customer satisfaction and retention. Your expertise in sales strategies and account management will be crucial as you collaborate with a talented team and utilize innovative solutions to meet client needs. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment while advancing your career in a supportive and diverse workplace.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related experience in sales or account management.
• Strong skills in building customer relationships and negotiation.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in assigned accounts.
• Lead sales pitch delivery and coordinate with internal teams.

Skills

Sales Skills

Customer Relationship Management

Negotiation Skills

Account Planning

Pipeline Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Salesforce (SFDC)

Job description

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Job Summary

The Senior Account Executive sells Equinix solutions to mid-market new accounts and/or expands existing accounts. Acts as Lead or SME resource for more junior members on the Corporate Sales team. Majority of interaction with customer via phone and email. Occasional travel to local accounts.

Responsibilities

Building Customer Relationships

• Builds and maintains relationships with key stakeholders in assigned accounts/prospects.
• Facilitates customer relationships to ensure timely resolution of customer issues.
• Conducts Quarterly Business Reviews and Leads Executive Briefings on occasion.

Leveraging Internal Partners & Channel

• Leads and drives coordinated sales approach with the extended sales team (Sales Engineers, Solutions Architect, Customer Care, SSA, Commercial Solutions, Sales Operations, etc.) and external partners (Reseller, Strategic Alliances, etc.).
• Leverages network of peer representatives in strategic alliance and reseller partners to map and penetrate accounts.
• Understands business drivers of accounts and leverages strategic alliances and reseller partners to penetrate accounts.

Account Planning

• Researches and documents detailed understanding of customer business and organizational landscape on select accounts as needed.
• Develops account plans focused on maintaining/growing accounts on occasion.
• Drives coordinated selling approach and account planning with global counterparts.

Solution Selling

• Identifies customer’s business needs, challenges, and technical requirements and recommends to Equinix solutions.
• Leads sales pitch delivery, leveraging SEs where appropriate; adapts pitch to customer needs and persona.
• Sells full suite of Equinix offerings to include global footprint.
• Leverages external partners to drive solution development in new areas/prospects.

Contract Renewals

• Addresses high churn risk customers leveraging internal resources and external partners.
• Facilitates customer contract renewals and negotiations to protect revenue.
• Leverages internal resources to understand customers contractual obligations around notice periods, renew terms, Equinix exposure.

Pipeline Management

• Monitors and maintains status of opportunities in SFDC, following the principles of forecasting.
• Identifies at risk accounts, expiring contracts and forecast churn.

Territory Planning

• Prioritizes list of accounts/prospects for short and long-term pursuit to achieve assigned sales objectives and provide accurate forecasts.

Prospecting

• Coordinates with Opportunity Development Team on a strategy for lead & sales opportunity qualification.
• Pursues highest propensity prospects, fills the funnel with opportunities; pitching prospects and leveraging industry contacts and partners.
• Prospects account base to sell global platform and exporting outside of country.

Negotiation

• Leads commercial offer and contract negotiations, leveraging internal resources as needed to obtain best commercial terms possible.
• Understands commercial levers and problem solves to make initial recommendations on deal structure.

Team Lead

• Provides guidance and subject matter expertise to more junior team members.
• Assists with onboarding and training new team members on occasion.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of related experience or equivalent work experience.

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