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Strategic Account Executive

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💎 Seniority level: Executive, 10+ Years

📍 Location: United States

🔍 Industry: Chaos Engineering and reliability testing

🏢 Company: Gremlin👥 51-100💰 $18,000,000 Series B over 6 years agoSaaSPaaSSoftware

⏳ Experience: 10+ Years

🪄 Skills: LeadershipBusiness DevelopmentStrategyStrategic ManagementCommunication SkillsCollaborationNegotiationRelationship management

Requirements:
  • 10+ Years of experience in an Enterprise Field Role (or mix of mid-market and enterprise).
  • Recent experience working for an emerging tech company, including experience selling to mid-sized and large companies, with deal sizes ranging from $100k+ to $1m+.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, ability to represent the company and its products independently.
  • Collaborative team player who works well with the internal team and prioritizes both customer and company needs.
  • Proven experience in landing and expanding strategic accounts.
  • Demonstrated history of consistent goal achievement in a highly competitive environment, ideally being a top 10% performer.
Responsibilities:
  • Identify and prospect large-sized enterprises while maintaining an efficient sales process.
  • Negotiate favorable pricing and business terms by emphasizing the value and return on investment (ROI) that Gremlin's products and services offer.
  • Manage existing customer expectations while also expanding the company's reach and depth.
  • Self-directly navigate deals from prospecting to closure, while fostering strong relationships and gaining customer validation.
  • Identify a robust set of business drivers behind all opportunities.
  • Ensure high forecasting accuracy and consistency in reporting.
  • Maintain, build and manage specific relationship maps including existing relationships and aspirational contacts.
  • Have a thorough understanding of customer's business.
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