SLED Account Executive Tallahassee, FL

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Job Description

A SLED Account Executive Team is responsible for the revenue expansion of their accounts in the region. With identified accounts, the incumbent will ensure revenue growth, customer success and long-term partnership with assigned customers. You will also work closely with and provide direction to the extended account team (solution engineers, business development reps and customer success managers), to identify the best 'plan of attack', increase efficiencies, and develop winning tactics and strategies for your accounts.

Who youre committed to being:

• You enjoy learning and are open to new ways of doing things.
• You are not afraid to be yourself, experiment, make mistakes and learn from them, ask questions, or voice your concerns.
• When communicating you are self-aware, insightful, and proactive.
• You are a team member first and individual contributor second. You are aware that high-performing teams are only as strong as their weakest link.
• You believe in continuous improvement and request frequent feedback from others.

What youll do:

• Ownership of the full sales cycle from lead to close with State and Local business customers
• Effectively build trust-based relationships with senior-level sales professionals
• Identify and understand the customers strategy and the related capability and skills requirements
• Help educate customers on the value of Pluralsight throughout the adoption cycle through jointly developed and agreed success criteria and provide recommendations based on customers business needs and usage patterns
• Develop and set a strategy aligned to the goals set that enables Pluralsight s growth within existing businesses and building new business opportunities

Experience youll bring:

• Expert on Solution-Selling, Customer-centric Selling, Strategic Selling, the Challenger sale, Business Impact Selling and/or Value Selling.
• Experience managing a pipeline and closing SLED contracts.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills both with customers and within Pluralsight.
• Full sales cycle expertise with an emphasis on business development, heavy prospecting, building pipeline, pipeline management, developing mutual buying plans, and forecasting business.

Requirements:

• Preferable experience selling in a SaaS organization, ideally with multi-year SaaS contracts into the C-Suite.
• The ability to travel, while not required is encouraged
• Requires a minimum of 5 years of related or equivalent experience; or 3+ years with an advanced degree.
• Up to 40% of travel.

Why youll love working here:

• Were a blended workplace, where team members work remotely or in a hybrid setup depending on their role and location
• Were mission driven and guided by our culture pillars
• We have a strong commitment to diversity and belonging
• We cultivate a culture of trust, autonomy, and collaboration
• Were lifelong learners and champion team member growth and advancement
• Weve got you covered - team member benefits include competitive compensation packages, medical coverage, unlimited PTO and Summer Fridays, wellness reimbursements, Pluralsight subscription, professional development funds and more.

Physical and Mental Requirements:

Work is performed in an office (or home office) environment and requires the ability to operate office equipment and keyboards. Sedentary work. Repetitive work. Ability to perform tasks related to documentation, data analysis, transcription and extensive content analysis. Learn new tasks, remember processes, complete tasks independently, and make timely decisions in the context of a workflow.

Note: The annual base salary + variable for this role is $$228,000 - $254,200 USD. Pluralsight's pay ranges vary based on work location. Talent Acquisition can share more detail during the hiring process when applicable. Each candidates compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. In addition to the base salary and variable, this role may also be eligible for benefits and bonuses.

MUST HAVE:

• Expert on Solution-Selling, Customer-centric Selling, Strategic Selling, the Challenger sale, Business Impact Selling and/or Value Selling.
• Experience managing a pipeline and closing SLED contracts.
• Full sales cycle expertise with an emphasis on business development, heavy prospecting, building pipeline, pipeline management, developing mutual buying plans, and forecasting business.
• Preferable experience selling in a SaaS organization, ideally with multi-year SaaS contracts into the C-Suite.
• The ability to travel, while not required is encouraged.
• Requires a minimum of 5 years of related or equivalent experience; or 3+ years with an advanced degree.
• Up to 40% of travel.