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