About the Role
This Client Executive role is responsible for setting strategy for major regional accounts which are of substantial strategic and revenue generating importance. This position is typically focused on a small number of strategic accounts (large, multi-national companies) and is responsible for driving new business within these, carrying a sales quota aligned with the specific accounts.
Responsibilities
- Directing strategy for large, strategic accounts including driving and coordinating executed selling and relationship activities
- Understanding large account client business strategy, drivers, goals and initiatives and translating these into Gartner selling opportunities
- Establishing and maintaining executive relationships with clients to become the trusted advisor
- Account management with outcome of increased customer satisfaction and increase in retention & account growth
- Quota responsibility aligned to a specific strategic accounts
- Mastery and consistent execution of Gartner’s internal sales methodology
- Proficient in large account planning and understanding of territory management
- Managing forecast accuracy on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis
- Maintaining competitive knowledge & focus
- Fiscal responsibility with regards to expense management
- In-depth knowledge of Gartner’s products and services
Requirements
- 10-15 years external experience with proven success in consultative sales, preferably experience in high technology (services, software or hardware)
- Ability to prospect and manage C-level and senior level relationships within large multi-national companies
- Strong demonstration of intellect, drive, executive presence, sales acumen
- Proven experience building excellent client relationships, offering value added, insightful and strategic insight into their business
- Proven ability to understand enterprise-wide issues and to structure innovative, integrated solutions that provide IT decision support to global companies
- Comprehensive understanding of technology buying centers
- Extensive and relevant industry knowledge, specific to vertical markets per territory
- Strong computer proficiency
- Excellent written and oral/presentation skills
- Ability to develop and conduct effective presentations with contract decision makers (C-level)
- Knowledge of the full life cycle of the sales process from prospecting to close
- Language requirements as determined by territory needs
Skills
- Consultative sales
- High technology sales
- Relationship management
- Account planning
- Territory management
- Forecasting
- Competitive analysis
- Expense management
- Gartner products and services knowledge
- Presentation skills
- Sales process knowledge
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 10-15 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- 144,000 USD - 184,000 USD
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Generous paid time off policy
- Charity match program
- Medical, Dental & Vision Plans
- Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 401K matching
- Annual bonus plan or role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan
- Generous PTO
- 401k match up to $7,200 per year
- Opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
About the Company
- Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), guides the leaders who shape the world.
- Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.
- Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories.
- We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters.
- Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities for professional and personal growth.
- We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team.
- Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.
- We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company.
- Gartner is the world authority on AI.
- At Gartner, you’ll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution.
- Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients’ AI journeys.
- We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact.
- You’ll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes.
- It’s an exciting time to be at Gartner, with limitless opportunities to make a real impact, grow your skills, and build a lasting, meaningful career in a field that’s reshaping the way we operate.
- If you’re passionate about AI and want to be part of a team that’s guiding the leaders who shape the world, Gartner is the place for you.
Equal Opportunity
- The policy of Gartner is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.
- Gartner is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers, including job seekers with disabilities.
- If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Company’s career webpage as a result of your disability.
- You may request reasonable accommodations by calling Human Resources at +1 (203) 964-0096 or by sending an email to ApplicantAccommodations@gartner.com.
