Senior Account Executive

The Role Strategy is seeking an Account Executive to drive strategic sales into enterprise accounts within his/her assigned territory. Responsibilities include prospecting, qualifying, selling, and closing new logo business into prospects and installed accounts. This is a new business hunter and individual contributor role with quota carrying responsibility. Whilst the focus is on new business development, there will be a split of approximately 70% new logo business together with 30% account development for existing customers. Hunter mentality, robust Pipeline Generation approach, experience with MEDDIC and Command of the Message. Your Focus • Drive complex, enterprise-wide sales cycles and effectively present Strategy’s value proposition to both C-level business and IT stakeholders through strategic value-led engagements • Prospect, develop and close new business while creating satisfied and referenceable customers • Research the customer environment to create effective business impact models, account plans and win plans; and create business cases, ROI and TCO models • Manage all aspects of the sales process including lead generation, qualification, evaluation, close and account care, collaborating cross-functionally with Sales (Inside Sales, Sales Engineering), Marketing and Professional Services • Work strategically with Inside Sales to develop a territory and target account plan to create a healthy pipeline that will yield overachievement in booking targets • Manage an individual sales pipeline to ensure an appropriate mix of prospects, new business opportunities and firm proposals • Balance long-term objectives with short term results to maximise overall revenue generation • Meet and exceed direct sales goals within assigned territory • Acquire and maintain a thorough working knowledge of Strategy’s Business Intelligence software products and services and a deep understanding of their applications • Position Strategy’s solutions through strategic value-based selling, business case definition, return on investment analysis, customer references and analyst data • Coordinate and manage industry events and user groups to generate market interest • Ensure that all stages of the sales cycle are undertaken effectively to achieve the required results whilst adhering to Strategy’s chosen sales methodology - MEDDPICC • Identify and manage risk in his/her business activities and take responsibility for reporting risks in a timely, open, and appropriate manner • Prepare accurate sales forecasts and sales cycle reporting using Strategy’s CRM tool • Leverage and enhance partner relationships to drive additional value and revenue Qualifications Required Experience and Skills • 7+ years' experience of quota-carrying sales of software products and services into large enterprises • Demonstrable track record of consistent over-quota sales performance • Hunter mentality • Strong Pipeline Generation (PG) approach • Experience with MEDDIC and Command of the Message • Hungry for success and driven to achieve high financial rewards • Proven track record of senior level stakeholder engagement on complex IT and Business-led opportunities with referenceable client wins • Extensive experience in prospecting, driving, and closing complex enterprise sales cycles • Experience in areas such as Business Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, CRM, ERP, Cloud enterprise software sales • Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively, network internally to get things done and be accountable for their decisions; ensuring all stages of sales cycle are running concurrently; opening pipe; progressing; closing deals; prioritizing tasks • Demonstrable knowledge of key Return on Investment and Total Cost of Ownership principles • A creative self-starter who can work effectively within a supportive team culture whilst independently managing their own business • Ability to work in a fast paced, open, collaborative, and success-driven environment • A strong storyteller with a customer-centric approach who can quickly build rapport • German and English language skills • Degree educated or equivalent academic/work experience Desirable Experience and Skills • Working knowledge of Business Intelligence competitor products, Data Preparation, ETL, Databases, Analytics and Enterprise Data Warehouses. Understanding of Big Data is preferred