About The Role
The Account Executive will lead the got-to-market activities for ThousandEyes in Spain supporting both existing and prospective customers, working closely with our channel partners. They will deliver growth in new business across the assigned territory through the development of strategic relationships with private and public sector accounts. A ThousandEyes Account Executive is responsible for the creation and execution of a well-defined territory plan, driving success in the following areas: territory planning, pipeline development, presentation and delivery, trial process management, pricing, negotiation, and the closing process. This is an individual contributor and quota carrying position.
What You’ll Do
- Define go-to-market sales strategy for your defined territory (existing and prospect accounts), including account tiering according to propensity for solution value and product adoption
- Identify and source sales opportunities that align with the ideal customer profile for ThousandEyes, maintaining a qualified opportunity pipeline at 3x quota coverage
- Meet or exceed quarterly / yearly bookings targets, while delivering consistent and reliable forecasting
- Work closely and collaboratively with Cisco peers (Account Team’s and other Architecture Specialists) to help drive ThousandEyes revenue growth, driving Cisco’s “Better Together” sales motion
- Work closely and collaboratively with ThousandEyes post sales teams (Customer Success, Delivery, Technical Account Management) to drive product adoption and usage
- Foster strategic relationships with ThousandEyes customers and partners in a consistent, effective and professional manner
- Leverage MEDDPICC sales process on all strategic customer engagement's
- Conduct 3-5 new business meetings and 10-15 customer meetings per week
- Deliver customer (sales) demonstrations, addressing customer questions / concerns in the process
- Lead commercial discussions and contract negotiations, collaborating with supporting services (Finance, Legal, Operations etc)
- Responsible for complete and accurate ongoing maintenance of account activity in Salesforce.com, opportunities, forecasts, proposals etc
Who You Are
- Competency in the following sales skills: account research, prospecting, discovery, qualification, presenting, communication, active listening, objection handling, negotiating, relationship management, and deal management
- Ability to demo solution, define use-cases, test types and explain the advantages of each with respect to the customer's requirements
- Minimum 10 years of sales territory management experience working for a technology vendor selling enterprise software. SaaS sales experience strongly preferred
- A proven track record of consistently exceeding quota
- Must be comfortable working in a high growth environment, be self-motivated, able to solve problems and work with purpose and commitment
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills, fluency in Spanish & English
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