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Account Executive I, Corporate Accounts

Key Facts

Remote From: 
Full time
Junior (1-2 years)
English

Other Skills

  • Web Conferencing
  • Negotiation
  • Customer Service
  • Non-Verbal Communication
  • Adaptability
  • Time Management
  • Interpersonal Communications
  • Teamwork
  • Goal-Oriented
  • Curiosity
  • Problem Solving

Roles & Responsibilities

  • 1-2 years prior sales experience
  • Track record of sustained success/over-achievement in a sales role
  • Experience managing the entire sales cycle, from prospecting through negotiation and closing
  • Familiar or working knowledge of Salesforce.com

Requirements:

  • High volume prospecting and lead generation within assigned territory to identify new potential Smarsh customers in the Corporate Sales segment
  • Consistently meet or exceed quarterly bookings goals
  • Maintain accurate Salesforce records and timely forecast updates as opportunities progress through the sales cycle
  • Build and maintain positive relationships with customers and colleagues; effectively use sales tools (Salesforce, LISN, Outreach.io, Zoominfo)

Job description

Who are we?

Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications. Our growing community of over 6500 organizations in regulated industries counts on Smarsh every day to help them spot compliance, legal or reputational risks in 80+ communication channels before those risks become regulatory fines or headlines.  Relentless innovation has fueled our journey to consistent leadership recognition from analysts like Gartner and Forrester, and our sustained, aggressive growth has landed Smarsh in the annual Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing American companies since 2008.

Summary

Smarsh is seeking an Account Executive, Corporate Accounts to join our fast-growing Sales team. This candidate will actively engage with prospective new clients via phone, and web conference to introduce Smarsh products and value proposition. This is an early-career Sales opportunity for our “Small Business” team for someone with no more than 1-2 years of Sales experience in tech (or Sales experience elsewhere with a serious interest in tech) to deliver new business to small customers in a defined geographical territory by promoting our SaaS based compliance solutions. Smarsh partners with a wide breadth of mobile (i.e., AT&T, Verizon), social (i.e., LinkedIn, Facebook) and collaboration (i.e., Slack, Microsoft) partners to deliver vital governance and compliance solutions for companies in highly regulated industries. Someone who embraces new opportunities, is motivated by professional advancement, demonstrates curiosity, enjoys problem solving, delivers excellence, and thrives in a changing, fast-growth environment is the ideal candidate. The candidate will work cross-functionally with the larger Smarsh team on several high-impact and high-visibility projects. 
Account Executive, Corporate Accounts should possess a results-oriented mentality, have an energetic personality, know the value of being a good team player, and be driven in determining your own W2 at the end of the year!

How will you contribute?
  • High volume of prospecting activities and lead generation within your assigned territory to identify new potential Smarsh customers in the Corporate Sales segment
  • Consistently meet or exceed quarterly bookings goal
  • Interact with Management team in 1:1, team meetings and via forecasting and reporting to provide high quality service
  • Maintain accurate and timely forecast that is kept up to date as the opportunity progresses through the sales cycle
  • Maintain accurate system hygiene in Salesforce, including keeping notes in opportunities up to date
  • Establish and maintain a positive working relationship with all colleagues and customers
  • Provide industry regulation changes and updates to our client base, as and when implemented
  • Effectively use sales tools: Salesforce, LISN, Outreach.io, Zoominfo, and others to prospect
  • Maintain coverage of accounts in territory. Coverage defined by Sales Excellence Framework
  • Manages time effectively to hit quota, KPIs and continues education in sales skills or product knowledge
  • Focuses on Corporate Sales accounts 1-50 employees or threshold determined by management
  • Other duties as assigned 

  • What will you bring?
  • 1-2 years prior sales experience
  • Track record of sustained success/over-achievement in a sales role
  • Experience managing the entire sales cycle, from prospecting through negotiation and closing
  • Knowledge of financial markets and or hosted technology services is highly advantageous
  • Excellent customer service and telephone manner
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Familiar or working knowledge of Salesforce.com
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred
  • Passion for helping customers succeed
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Strong diagnosis and problem-solving abilities

  • What do we offer?
  • A monthly wellness allowance
  • Strong maternity and paternity scheme
  • A workplace pension scheme
  • Take what you need holiday package
  • Private medical insurance
  • Dental plan
  • Group life assurance
  • Group income protection
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Adoption assistance
  • Stock options
  • Don't meet every requirement? Apply anyway! We value diverse candidates and encourage applications, even if you don't perfectly match the job description. Studies have shown that some strong candidates may self-select out of the interview process prematurely, at Smarsh we encourage an inclusive, high-performing environment.

    Smarsh is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Smarsh invites all qualified interested applicants to apply for career opportunities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Including frequency of functions.

    About our culture

    Smarsh hires lifelong learners with a passion for innovating with purpose, humility and humor. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. We work closely with the most popular communications platforms and the world’s leading cloud infrastructure platforms. We use the latest in AI/ML technology to help our customers break new ground at scale. We are a global organization that values diversity, and we believe that providing opportunities for everyone to be their authentic self is key to our success. Smarsh leadership, culture, and commitment to developing our people have all garnered Comparably.com Best Places to Work Awards. Come join us and find out what the best work of your career looks like.

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