Account Executive Emerging Enterprise

Braze Braze · Enterprise · London, United Kingdom · Sales

Account Executive for Braze's Emerging Enterprise General Business team, managing the full sales cycle for companies with 1,000-2,000 employees. Requires 5+ years of SaaS sales experience and familiarity with analytics, CRM, and marketing automation solutions.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage the full sales cycle from prospecting to close.
  2. Manage a customer portfolio of 12 - 15 accounts, proactively identifying expansion opportunities and churn risks, collaborating closely with internal customer success, product, and technology teams.
  3. A proven track record of forecasting accuracy, including operational rigor in ensuring forecasts and opportunity details are kept up to date on a regular basis.
  4. Exemplify operational excellence and organization, including but not limited to: keeping internal stakeholders appropriately informed on deal progress via Slack updates and/or internal notes documents; leading productive deal reviews; keeping MEDDPICC scorecards updated regularly.
  5. A proven ability to lead and strategically manage a group of internal cross-functional stakeholders as part of a complex sales motion (Solutions Consulting, executive alignment, Value Consulting, Customer Success, etc.)

Skills

Required

  • SaaS Sales
  • Prospecting
  • Business Development
  • Enterprise Sales
  • Salesforce.com CRM
  • MEDDPICC framework

Nice to have

  • Marketing Technology
  • Analytics
  • CRM
  • Marketing Automation
  • Digital Media Publishing
  • Content Marketing
  • Command of the Message

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of experience selling SaaS solutions to enterprise clients
  • at least 5 years of overall industry experience
  • Experience selling solutions that engage stakeholders across IT and business departments is highly valued
  • Experience with Salesforce.com CRM or other CRM systems is required
  • Knowledge of the MEDDPICC framework