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Cloud Account Executive

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Cloud Account Executive

Stockholm, Sweden

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Sales

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We're Salesforce , the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+Data+CRM+Trust. Leading with our core values, we help the public sector blaze new trails and connect with citizens in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too - driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good- you've come to the right place.Salesforce is looking for an outgoing Account Executive - Public Sector with an entrepreneurial spirit. Think of yourself as an important client lead and facilitator in this role, selling the full Salesforce 360 platform to drive positive change for citizens.

You will utilize the current and prospective new customers, act as a trusted digital advisor to understand their challenges and goals. You will collaborate with new customers on the Salesforce Platform to evangelize solutions that will help them reach their business goals, and blaze new trails within their organizations.Support it there: You will work closely with peers and a highly skilled team of product specialists to help map out the best strategy for your customer and will have technical support from solutions architects and sales engineers.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Build and execute effective territory and account plans for the Public Sector in Spain and Portugal to deliver sales objectives considering overall opportunities, customer business priorities, anticipated business changes, and our unique product capabilities and value proposition.
  • Meet and exceed sales goals (quotas) through prospecting, qualifying, managing, and closing sales opportunities within the assigned territory.
  • Lead and leverage a matrix account team of Sales Consultants, Business Development Representatives, Services Practice Managers, Marketing, and Customer Success Professionals to develop and manage the sales pipeline and improve customer relationships and value.
  • Manage re-sell partners, holding them accountable for delivering their expected sales and demand generation objectives.
  • Manage and supervise customer and transactional information in a CRM system.
  • Provide regular and accurate reporting of pipeline and forecast through the CRM system.
  • Nurture and expand the company's relationship with customer accounts of various sizes and industries.
  • Drive customer success by developing and maintaining a deep understanding of customers' business and industry challenges, market competition, competitive issues, and products.
  • Practice effective, excellent communication with leadership, customers, and extended team and partners.
  • Participate in team-building and company-growth activities including strategic planning, sales training, customer marketing efforts, and customer care.
  • Travel to customer locations in support of sales efforts.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

  • Sales carrying quota experience, with a proven track record of delivering results.
  • Experience with selling Tableau or other data analytics solutions is an advantage. Experience with data, databases, predictive modeling, or business intelligence appreciated.
  • Highly driven individual with a focus on execution, strong sense of urgency, and a belief in our Tableau mission.
  • A mix of business curiosity combined with a technical ability to truly address customer data challenges and earn trust.
  • Solution selling mindset: develop a plan and solution, articulate value, and navigate complexities of our customers to drive revenue.
  • Demonstrable territory planning skills.
  • Demonstrable experience working with senior decision-makers and stakeholders.
  • Excellent communication skills and a highly collaborative working style.
  • Adaptable, able to thrive in a fast-paced organization; reactive and open to new insights and challenges.
  • Strong commercial acumen.
  • Track record of delivering against sales targets.
  • Fluency in English and Danish or Swedish is an advantage.
  • Right to work in Denmark or Sweden.

Day to Day:

  • Engage with existing customers and new leads to sell the entire Tableau platform.
  • Build positive, trusted relationships with key team members and C-suite decision-makers within the Public Sector.
  • Drive the analytics discussion and identify use cases within your accounts.
  • Develop opportunities through both warm leads and whitespace prospecting.
  • Develop key customer stakeholder relationships and drive customer satisfaction at assigned accounts.
  • Assist with the development and execution of overall long-term strategy for the account, aligned to customer business objectives.
  • Coordinate internal resources including product support, customer success, and sales engineering to meet customer business needs.
  • Assist with account planning at assigned accounts, coordinating with other sales resources to ensure strategic alignment.
  • Manage complex sales-cycles and present to C-level executives the value proposition of the Tableau platform.
  • Define and complete territory/account sales plans for the assigned territory and then meet and exceed sales goals (quotas) through prospecting, qualifying, managing, and closing sales opportunities.
  • Develop and manage the sales pipeline, prospect and assess sales, and move a large number of transactions simultaneously through the sales pipeline.

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Client-provided location(s): Stockholm, Sweden; Copenhagen, Denmark
Job ID: Salesforce-JR290633
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Adoption Leave
    • Return-to-Work Program
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Company Outings
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Sabbatical
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Professional Coaching
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Unconscious Bias Training
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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