15Five US, Remote Full-time

ROLE OVERVIEW
As a Strategic Account Executive, you are responsible for engaging with our largest prospective customers and introducing them to 15Five. In this position you also play a large role in refining our Enterprise GTM strategy, helping lead the organization towards a team selling approach. On a regular basis you will be responsible for consulting with VPs and C-Level Executives and helping them solve their business challenges. 
AREAS OF FOCUS
Closing Strategic Deals 
Events and Partnerships Support 
Value Selling Sales Strategy
SCHEDULE / WORK LOCATION
Full-time, salaried exempt position Typical work week: Monday through Friday, 8 am to 6 pm Flexible schedule while working an expected 40+ hours/week Possible early-morning or after-hours requirements due to support across various time zones

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Closing Enterprise-level Deals 
  • Become an expert in the 15Five platform and services offering
  • Develop a strong understanding of key differentiators and the competitive landscape
  • Build relationships and sell consultatively to VP and C-Level within our ICP 
  • Bring in $800,000k of Revenue in the year
  • Act as a leader in our team selling environment. Strategic Sales is a team sport and each team needs a leader. You’ll be expected to liaise well with members across departments at 15Five
  • Consistently manage pipeline data and info, sales activity and ability to accurately forecast
  • Events and Partnerships Support 
  • Engage with marketing and events team members to achieve goals outlined above.
  • Value Selling Sales Strategy 
  • Strategically drive complex transactions involving multiple executive level budget holders and decision makers to closure
  • Engage in diligent prospecting by working with your BDR to develop a territory plan that ensures everyone in your region knows your name and how you can help them
  • Help the organization understand how to better move upstream

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE /COMPETENCIES / ATTRIBUTES

  • Intelligence and technical aptitude to position the benefits of our products
  • Strong background, or a willingness to quickly learn, the ins and outs of people and performance management
  • Strategic mindset to drive and execute complex enterprise sales processes
  • Proven success selling complex B2B SaaS solutions to C-level executives
  • Ability to navigate conversations around value, over features and functions
  • 5+ years experience in SaaS sales (preferably Enterprise Solutions)
  • Previous experience carrying and exceeded quotas of $1M+ (consistent earnings over-achievement in past roles)
  • Consultative sales style with the ability to thrive in a rapidly changing environment Consistent track record of success, closing complex and technical sales in highly competitive markets
  • Extraordinary commitment to accurately tracking all customer engagement and activity through the use of Salesforce
  • Strong project management and negotiation skills
  • Extreme comfort as a self-starter. Able to work independently, with minimal direct supervision while still driving results

DESIRED IMPACT

  • By 1 Month 
  • Complete the New Employee Onboarding Experience
  • Successfully complete Product & Pitch Certification
  • Gain a full understanding of our sales process
  • Ready to take a prospect facing call in month two
  • Start to develop competency in competitive landscape, HR industry, and business use case
  • Setting up to hit a ramping quota by month 3 
  • By 3 Months
  • You’ve hit your stride with the sales process and can explain the purchasing process to a prospect
  • Active participation in our weekly deal syncs
  • Ability to lead a sales training on areas of the sales process (Discovery, Demo, Negotiation, etc)
  • Ability to run an ABM campaign for a set of target accounts
  • You’re tracking toward hitting a fully ramped quarterly quota
  • By 6 Months
  • You are an integral part of the New Business Sales team and you lead by exampleSuccessfully articulate software and services value with target accounts
  • Comfortable and confident engaging with VPs and C-Level Executives to help them solve key business problems
  • Successfully connected with roughly 30% ABM campaign for a set of target accounts with the help of your BDR
  • Actively leveraging SLT, management, and other department leaders in customer conversations
  • Leveraged Deal Review Boards and several active conversations also leverage executives
  • You’re tracking to hit your annual quota and commensurate pipeline coverage (4x)