Contentful The Mid Market Account Executive drives new and expansion sales opportunities in North America for Contentful. This role manages the end-to-end sales process, including prospecting, negotiating, and closing deals.
Responsibilities
Position, negotiate, and close new logo and expansion business ($50-$500K ACV) in North America
Meet quarterly and annual sales goals by developing account strategy and pipeline
Prospect and develop new business opportunities with existing and prospective customers
Manage RFI/RFQ requests with internal and customer teams
Collaborate with Sales Engineers, Solution Architects, and other sales ecosystem members
Develop proposals, position pricing structures, and negotiate contracts
Qualification
MEDDPICCWillingness to travel (up to 25%)
Required
4+ years of B2B SaaS sales experience - a minimum of 2 years in a closing role, with individual quota carrying experience and a history of exceeding quota
2+ years of experience successfully selling Enterprise level, multi-product, or technical platform solutions
Working knowledge of selling and positioning a technical SaaS and/or PaaS platform to prospects and customers
Experience growing and expanding existing customer accounts in a SaaS and/or PaaS environment
MEDDPICC, Value Selling and Sandler Methodologies are a strong Bonus
Demonstrated ability to sell transactions of $250k+ to organizations across all Verticals, between $500M and $1B in annual revenue, by engaging VP and C-Level executives
You embody a true “hunter” mentality - you have experience generating net new pipeline and closing new business
History of selling complex technical solutions to customers who span distinct divisions (e.g. marketing, IT, sales leadership)
History of working closely with Partnerships to drive business
Ability to understand the Contentful API and discuss outcomes with multi-threaded relationships across C-level stakeholders highly technical individuals
Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills