Commercial Account Executive, Financial Services

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Requirements:

• Demonstrated progressive experience with Software sales through pitching on value
• Interest in GitLab, and open source software
• Ability to leverage established relationships and proven sales techniques for success
• Effective communicator, strong interpersonal skills
• Motivated, driven and results oriented
• Excellent negotiation, presentation and closing skills
• Preferred experience with Git, Software Development Tools, Application Lifecycle Management

Responsibilities:

• Meet or exceed quota while fostering strong customer relationships
• Articulate the value of GitLab to our Mid Market prospects and customers
• Take ownership of and act as the CEO for the book of business in your territory:
• Document the buying criteria & process, next steps & owners
• Build a strong pipeline through a healthy cadence of prospecting activity
• Prospect and close new business to expand your territory
• Ensure adoption of our solutions and do your best to avoid churn and contraction
• Work and collaborate with our Partner ecosystem to drive new business and value for our customers
• Create an accurate forecast for each quarter against your plan/budget
• Drive attendance to our events, which you will be part of to further network with current and prospective customers
• Contribute to root cause analyses on wins/losses.
• Communicate lessons learned to the team, including account managers, the marketing team, and the technical team.
• Contribute to documenting improvements in our sales handbook
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as Customer Success, Renewals, Sales Development, etc. to provide account leadership, ensuring a good outcome for our customers in the pre- and post-sales process
• Be the voice of the customer by contributing product ideas to our public issue tracker
• Master MEDPICC and Command of the Message on all opportunities