Account Executive, Large Enterprise

Description

Sprout Social is looking to hire an Account Executive, Large Enterprise to the Sales & Success team.

Why join Sprout’s Sales & Success team?

At Sprout Social, our Sales and Customer Experience team is the driving force behind how today’s most innovative brands use Sprout to power the future of customer connection. We sell and support the leading social intelligence platform for businesses, helping organizations unlock the full value of social data to drive strategic decisions. Through powerful social intelligence and trusted partnership, we enable teams to build authentic relationships and drive meaningful business impact.

In this role, you will collaborate with the brightest minds in the industry to support global giants like PwC, Publicis Groupe, and Bank of Ireland. Just as importantly, we believe in the power of our people. You’ll find a culture that honors your ambition, encourages you to explore new horizons, and provides the framework for you to build a career that matters. If you’re ready to champion innovation and accelerate your impact, this is where you can do your best work.

What you’ll do

Prospect, develop and close sales opportunities with a focus on acquisition and new logos in the large enterprise segment.

Own your numbers - consistently meet and exceed your activity goals (prospecting and meetings completed) to build a fruitful pipeline that will provide consistent quota retirement.

Establish deep relationships within your book of business through multi-threading, achieving both executive or VP level and end user engagement.

What you’ll bring

Sprout Social is looking for a highly driven and tech-savvy Account Executive with strong business acumen to join our expanding Large Enterprise sales team. Ideally, you will be equally driven by a customer-centric mentality as well as a desire to find and close new business.

These are the minimum qualifications that our hiring team is looking for in this role:

5+ years of closing experience in B2B sales

Proven success selling/cross-selling to large enterprise organizations (5,000+ global employees)

Ability to manage a large number of prospective accounts and identify problems, opportunities and consultatively provide solutions for each of them

Additionally, these are the preferred qualifications that would indicate a particularly strong candidate:

Experience building relationships, presenting and selling to senior level decision makers across multiple functions

SaaS experience preferred

Experience working with internal partners and cross-functional stakeholders to increase deal momentum and exceed both prospects and customers expectations

How you’ll grow

Within 1 month, you’ll plant your roots, including:

Complete Sprout Social’s new hire training & onboarding program alongside other new Sprout team members. You’ll gain a broader understanding of our products and how your role fits into the organization.

Partner with Enterprise Leadership to define key success metrics for your role and how you will measure against them.

Meet with current members of the Enterprise Sales team individually to understand what’s working, what’s not, and gather learnings to implement into your role.