Account Executive
Digital Native & Growth Businesses, Remote Boston
Posted on 12/19/2022
INACTIVE
Confluent

1,001-5,000 employees

Full-scale data streaming platform
Company Overview
Confluent's mission is to create a new paradigm for real-time data streaming to help organizations set data in motion. The company builds tech-enables data manipulation tools.
Data & Analytics

Company Stage

Private

Total Funding

$464M

Founded

2014

Headquarters

Mountain View, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

4%

2 year growth

30%
Locations
Dorchester, Boston, MA, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Sales
Salesforce
Communications
CategoriesNew
Sales & Account Management
Requirements
  • 5+ years experience growing pipeline and selling enterprise IT solutions
  • Consistent track record of success and history of quota attainment in consultative sales environments
  • Adept at using Salesforce.com or other CRM tools to manage accounts, contacts, and opportunities throughout the sales process
  • Outstanding communication skills - written and oral including strong presentation skills
  • Exceptional time management skills
  • High-integrity, intelligence, and self-driven
  • Highly developed selling, customer relations, and negotiation skills
  • Ability to penetrate accounts and meet with stakeholders within accounts
  • Team player
  • Open to Travel to customer locations as needed
  • BS/BA degree or equivalent preferred
Responsibilities
  • Works to achieve maximum sales profitability, growth, and account penetration within an assigned territory. Territory may be a combination of geographic, product, industry, and other customers/market dimensions
  • Sells to the territory directly or via partners
  • Manages accounts throughout the entire sales process, and collaborates with team members in business development, customer success, and support to uncover all customer needs
  • Responsible for understanding product offerings and competitive issues to develop solution proposals encompassing all aspects of the sale
  • Travels to customer sites to identify/develop sales opportunities when required
  • Participates in the development, presentation, and sales of a value proposition
  • Onsite customer presentation with C-levels (as required) to negotiate and close strategic and complex deals
  • Liaises with customer contacts for the purpose of managing the customer relationship, identifying new opportunities, and maximizing sales
  • Comfortable negotiating SaaS/cloud/software contracts
Desired Qualifications
  • Knowledge of Open Source, Big Data, Cloud, Systems Infrastructure, Enterprise Application Integration, Database and/or Data warehouse concepts and products preferred