Description:
The Sr. Account Executive (Sr. AE) is responsible for hunting net new opportunities with some of the world’s leading technology companies and strategically selling sponsorships into Evanta program portfolios through the acquisition of new business.
What You’ll Do:
- Prospect and secure net new business to support the Evanta business through sponsorship sales; strategically building relationships with sales and marketing professionals at all levels of an organization
- Build and maintain a predictable sales pipeline to ensure quota attainment
- Develop strong, collaborative, relationships with internal sales teams to close multi-market account opportunities
- Clearly identify highest level decision makers in order to elevate influence and determine client's mission critical priorities and help execute on those priorities through sponsorship sales
- Travel monthly to meet on-site with prospects
What You’ll Need:
- Minimum 8+ years of business-to-business sales experience; preferably information technology sales experience
- Bachelor’s degree is preferred
- Proven ability to understand enterprise-wide issues and to structure innovative, integrated solutions that provide marketing decision support to global organizations in achieving their business goals
- Knowledge of the issues faced by C-level heads of Sales and Marketing
- Good understanding of business buying centers
- Solid industry-specific and account knowledge
- Ability to travel to Evanta programs, client meetings, and competitive conferences