Account Executive

**Description**:
**About the role**:
The Account Executive role is a sales role responsible for contract value retention as well as growth through contract expansion by introducing new products and services. The territory for this role includes specific mid-sized client accounts with revenue targets between $50 million -$750 million per annum.

**What you’ll do**:

- Act as a strategic partner with C-level and senior executives across various organizations within an assigned territory of mid-sized organizations
- Manage and renew member research contracts
- Develop new business alongside existing accounts, owning the full sales cycle from prospecting through to close
- Consistently exceed your sales quota by growing, retaining and prospecting clients within your sales territory.
- Ensure contract value retention as well as growth through contract expansion by introducing new products and services.
- Collaborate with other sales associates to continue the development of best practice and new prospecting techniques.

**What you’ll need**:

- Bachelor’s degree highly preferred
- Between 2-6 years of sales experience with a strong track record of success, preferably in consultative, senior-level B2B sales or similar
- Experience selling IT, staffing/recruiting or professional services solutions highly preferred
- Demonstrable ability to navigate complex conversations with C-level executives to uncover explicit needs and value
- A high level of commercial intellect, executive presence and sales acumen.
- Competitive drive with a collaborative approach. You aspire to be the best and inspires those around you. You challenge yourself by setting goals, crushing them, and helping your teammates do the same.

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**What we offer**:
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Job Requisition ID:79455