Lead and mentor a team of 8–12 Account Executives; drive their career progression
Territory and account planning to generate revenue across a hybrid portfolio (hunting and farming)
Own relationships with a book of paying, active Strategic accounts and land new logos in named non-buying accounts
Create and execute strategies to identify growth areas, execute on growth, and win new logos; deliver quarterly and annual incremental revenue
Partner with customer champions to increase revenue, renewals, and retention year-on-year
Build account intelligence: stakeholder mapping and identifying new teams/business units to sell to
Prospect via cold calling, highly personalized emails, and LinkedIn to generate leads and pipeline
Employ a value-based solution-selling methodology and execute all phases of the pipeline to close deals
Run technical proofs-of-concept in collaboration with Solutions Engineers, handle price negotiations
Maintain hygiene on CRM tools like Salesforce.com to forecast with high accuracy
Hire, mentor, retain, motivate the team and manage conflicts; chart career progression and fill skill/culture gaps
Cross-collaborate with different functions to identify and resolve issues; act as source of industry know-how
Requirements
8 to 12 years of carrying quota & closing deals for technology products
At least 2+ years of people manager experience
Experience with the full lifecycle of outbound strategic sales from lead identification and qualification (cold calling, emails, LinkedIn) to solution definition, closing and account growth
Understanding the cloud computing business model and enjoy selling to a technical audience
End-to-end sales experience managing complex sales cycles requiring stakeholder mapping, running technical proofs-of-concept in collaboration with a Solutions Engineer, price negotiations
Key Account Management skills
Prior experience dealing with international markets and driving a portfolio of 6 million
Must be based in one of: Delhi NCR, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai
Experience using CRM tools like Salesforce.com and maintaining hygiene for accurate forecasting