
Account Executive
Upland Software
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Job Level
About the role
- Move into full‑cycle sales
- Own deals from sourcing through close, with coaching and support.
- Run discovery calls to understand customer challenges and goals.
- Build clear, simple business cases that show value and ROI.
- Present solutions to managers and executives in a confident, easy‑to‑understand way.
- Support pricing discussions and multi‑year SaaS agreements.
- Identify and develop new opportunities within assigned accounts and territories in a series of highly targeted sprints.
- Progress deals through a structured sales process.
- Maintain accurate pipeline, forecasts, and notes in CRM.
- Learn and apply enterprise qualification frameworks (e.g., MEDDICC / MEDDPICC).
Requirements
- 1–3+ years of experience as a BDR, SDR, or early‑career Account Executive in B2B SaaS.
- A strong desire to move into full‑cycle, quota‑carrying enterprise sales.
- Comfortable speaking with customers and asking thoughtful, business‑focused questions.
- Coachable, curious, and motivated to improve every quarter.
- Organized and able to manage multiple opportunities at once.
- Exposure to enterprise or mid‑market customers.
- Experience supporting longer or more complex sales cycles.
- Familiarity with professional services delivery, project management, or PMO environments.
- Interest in value‑based selling (business outcomes, ROI, efficiency).
- Completion of a structured sales certification program (e.g., MEDDICC, Challenger, SPIN, Sandler, or similar) is strongly encouraged.
Benefits
- Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
- Consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other legally protected status.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
full-cycle salesB2B SaaSsales processvalue-based sellingbusiness casespipeline managementforecastingdiscovery callsmulti-year agreementsenterprise qualification frameworks
Soft Skills
coachablecuriousmotivatedorganizedcommunicationcustomer engagementquestioningpresentationtime managementproblem-solving
Certifications
MEDDICCMEDDPICCChallengerSPINSandler