Senior Account Executive, Enterprise Sales
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Senior Account Executives on our Enterprise Sales team sell to mid-size opportunities within Yexts Enterprise clients. We are committed to winning and taking advantage of the untapped customer base that could benefit from Yexts product offering.With a sales model that fosters collaboration and supports your success, this is a great opportunity to forge a successful sales career!
What Youll Do
Prospect and develop sales opportunities within Yexts mid-size corporate sales segment
Manage complete and complex sales-cycles often presenting to C-level executives the value of our full suite of applications
Forecast sales activity and revenue achievement, while creating satisfied customers
Evangelise the Yext vision through product demonstrations, in-market events, and account specific initiatives
Handle the entire sales process to ensure delivery against key performance metrics, with a strong emphasis on new business sales
Territory/Vertical identification and research, to formalise a go-to-market strategy and create qualified target accounts
Pipeline development through a combination of cold calling, email campaigns and market sector knowledge/intelligence
Manage the end-to-end sales process through engagement of appropriate resources such as Sales Engineers, Professional Services, Executives, Partners etc.
What You Have
BA/BS degree or similar university level education; in lieu of degree, relevant skills or equivalent experience
Several years of quota carrying software or technology solution sales and account management experience
Experience managing the sales cycle from business champion to the C-level
Track record of success in carrying a quota, closing Fortune 1000 deals and over-achieving quota (top 10-20% of company) in past positions
Experience managing and closing complex sales cycles
Successful history of net direct new business sales, with the ability to prove consistent delivery against targets
Strong and demonstrated written, verbal and presentation skills
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