About the Role
We are looking for an Enterprise Account Director to join our team as a trusted adviser with a relentless focus on bringing value to our customers within the Enterprise sector. You will be responsible for helping our customers effectively engage with our solutions (Talent & Learning). You will be dedicated to making our customers stronger and seeking out opportunities for growth. You possess a strategic approach to selling and strive to meet/exceed revenue goals, will always have your clients’ best interest in mind and act as their internal advocate to ensure they are set up for success.
Responsibilities
- Research customer business and prepare thoughtful questions and insights in advance of customer meetings.
- Understand and clarify customer objectives and challenges by asking layered, open-ended questions.
- Build relationships with multiple stakeholders across the customer's organization.
- Adapt communication style and content to suit different stakeholders.
- Lead with solutions, not products, when making recommendations aligned to customer objectives.
- Sell with integrity.
- Drive customer decision-making by achieving a shared vision and proactively considering value propositions.
- Apply business acumen when crafting and negotiating commercial agreements.
- Use data and insights to support investment recommendations or overcome customer objections.
- Proactively mitigate churn risk with a customer-centric approach.
- Engage customers to confirm and clarify value, adapting strategy to optimize ROI.
- Drive customer growth by identifying opportunities to deliver greater value.
- Apply business acumen in account planning by considering economic, industry, and company factors.
- Map key stakeholders to assess relationship strength and create outreach strategy.
- Agree to joint accountability with colleagues and cross-functional teams for customer success.
- Practice humility and seek help from colleagues when facing challenges.
- Maintain discipline in territory and account planning, forecasting, and quota attainment.
- Follow best practices when using CRM and other sales tools to manage sales and buyer cycles.
Requirements
- 5+ years of applicable sales experience.
- Fluent in English.
- Experience with SaaS platform selling.
- Knowledge of software contract terms and conditions with the ability to create fair transactions.
- Strong negotiation and accurate forecasting skills.
- Experience carrying a revenue target with the ability to develop compelling strategies that deliver results.
- Demonstrated ability to find and manage high-level business in an evangelistic sales environment.
- Ability to gather and use data to inform decision making and persuade others.
- Ability to assess business opportunities and read prospective buyers.
- Ability to provide innovative solutions to complex problems in a high-octane environment.
- Demonstrated AI fluency and consistent use of AI tools in everyday work.
- Ability to include multiple partners and members of the company management team using competitive selling to position company products against direct and indirect competitors.
Skills
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Forecasting
- Pipelining
- Adaptability
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+ years
About the Company
- LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.
- Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day.
- We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth.
- We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.
- Join us to transform the way the world works.
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