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Principal Account Executive

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of sales experience in solution software to Global 1000 clients
  • Impeccable honesty, integrity, and ethics
  • Ability to articulate a vision and influence others
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field

Responsibilities

  • Sell a portfolio of infrastructure and application software that optimizes and modernizes enterprise systems
  • Lead sales campaigns with the extended team of Rocket sales engineers, marketing and lab groups
  • Ensure best-in-class customer sales satisfaction and reference-ability with our customers
  • Advocate for customer needs during the sales cycle and in addressing any delivery issues

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Negotiation
  • Business Acumen
  • Problem Solving
  • Communication
  • Planning
  • Personal Integrity

About the company

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Rocket Software

Computer Software / SaaS

Rocket Software is the global technology leader and partner of choice empowering the world's leading businesses on their modernization journeys, spanning core systems to the cloud. Trusted by over 12,500 customers, 750 partners, and more than 3,000 employees around the world, Rocket Software empowers companies to maximize their data, applications, and infrastructure to deliver critical services that power our modern world. Rocket Software is a privately held U.S. corporation headquartered in the Boston area with centers of excellence strategically located throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Rocket Software is a portfolio company of Bain Capital Private Equity.

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryComputer Software / SaaS
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

Job Description Summary:

The Principal Account Executive is an enterprise software sales professional who sells a platform of software solutions to Global 1000 clients. This individual understands executive selling into large companies, outstanding communication skills and brings current relationships. Proactively prospecting and leading meetings with customers weekly.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Sell a portfolio of infrastructure and application software that optimizes and modernizes enterprise systems.
  • Work closely with Field Marketing to develop prospects and events.
  • Lead sales campaigns with the extended team of Rocket sales engineers, marketing and lab groups.
  • Ensure best-in-class customer sales satisfaction and reference-ability with our customers.
  • Meets revenue targets and strategic objectives, including growing the sales pipeline, creating territory plans.
  • Actively use Salesforce and maintain weekly, monthly and quarterly sales forecasts.
  • Work with management to negotiate pricing and contact terms.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to customer business and IT leaders, aggressively shape opportunities early in the sales cycle. Advance opportunities into profitable revenue growth for the company.
  • Demonstrate breadth and depth of knowledge in aligning the company's capabilities to business and IT priorities and positioning relative to competitors.
  • Advocate for customer needs during sales cycle and in addressing any delivery issues
  • Research and understand each customer's industry and business, strategies and challenges.

Required Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of sales experience in solution software to Global 1000 clients.
  • Ability to adapt to the situation, impeccable honesty, integrity, and ethics.
  • Work in a company with a sales culture that supports and rewards high achievers.
  • Proactively tackles difficult problems often with a new perspective.
  • Can articulate a vision, influence others, plan and organize resources and deliver the results.
  • Strive to exceed expectations and able to work independently.
  • Has the business acumen and experience to navigate large, complex customers with a portfolio product line.

 Preferred Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated history as a consistent top performer selling software solutions to senior executives with quotas in excess of 3M, selling large transactions.
  • Hunter who will proactively create and qualify new opportunities and meet customers in person every week.
  • Experience with complex, multi-year subscription and perpetual licenses sales.
  • Network of trusted relationships within designated region

 Education:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field 

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Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.


At Rocket Software, we believe AI is a critical enabler of innovation and productivity. All Rocketeers are expected to actively leverage AI-powered tools and technologies, where appropriate, to enhance efficiency, improve decision-making, and deliver greater impact in their roles. Embracing continuous learning and the responsible use of AI is an essential part of how we work.


As part of our commitment to a safe and trustworthy workplace, we include background and reference checks in our hiring process.


Rocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.  If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please call: 781-577-4321 or send an email to people@rocketsoftware.com.  We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

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