Account Executive, Enterprise - Slack

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About Slack Business Unit
Slack has transformed business communication. It’s the leading channel-based messaging platform, used by millions to align their teams, unify their systems, and drive their businesses forward. Only Slack offers a secure, enterprise-grade environment that can scale with the largest companies in the world. It is a new layer of the business technology stack where people can work together more effectively, connect all their other software tools and services, and find the information they need to do their best work. Slack is where work happens.

What you will be doing

• You will own the full sales cycle from lead to close

• Establish lasting relationships with senior executives and decision-makers across Canada

• You will foster new relationships for Slack through outbound efforts

• Help educate customers on the value of Slack throughout the adoption cycle

• You navigate key decision-makers to build Slack awareness within organizations

• Identify customer needs and collaborate with Slack teammates to ensure customer success with special emphasis on signup, upgrade, and renewal

• You will initiate, negotiate and close new and renewal contracts with customers

• You will communicate and organize/escalate issues appropriately including billing, legal, security, onboarding, and technical inquiries

• You will collaborate and work with different members of the Accounts team (Technical Account Managers, Customer Success Managers, Leadership, etc.) to build strategic adoption plans for customers

• You will prepare and educate customers on new features and releases

• You will monitor and identify adoption and utilization trends

• Provide recommendations based on customer’s business needs and usage patterns

• You will conduct periodic customer health checks with an emphasis on customer happiness

• You will serve as the voice of the customer and collect feedback to drive continuous improvement across all areas including product

   

What you should have

• 8+ years of Enterprise Account Executive experience

• Relevant sales experience, preferably in a SaaS organization

• Experience managing a pipeline and closing large contracts with large enterprise organizations (5k+ employees)

• Excellent communication skills both with customers and within an organization

• Shown negotiation and closing skills

• Consistent track record of navigating within large organizations

• Ability to develop senior-level relationships quickly and effectively

• Experience presenting to senior managers and the C-suite

• Ability to handle multiple opportunities simultaneously at various stages of the buying process

• Takes an active interest in increasing customer satisfaction and deepening customer relationships

• Ability to be flexible and adaptive

• Experience with enterprise SaaS vendors preferred

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

• Some travel required

   

Competencies you will be evaluated in the interview process:

• Business Acumen

• Grit

• Track Record of Success

• Learner

• Coachable

• Executive presence

• Team player

• Inclusion

• Resourceful

   

Our investment in you:

• World-class enablement and on-demand training - check out Trailhead.com for a sneak peek!

• Sandler Sales Training

• Week-long product bootcamp

• Fast Ramp mentorship program

• Weekly 1:1 coaching with your leadership

• Clear path to promotion with accelerated leadership development programs

• Exposure to executive thought leaders with a passion for living our values

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