Account Executive (existing Business), Commercial

Intercom Intercom · Enterprise · San Francisco, CA · Sales

Account Executive role focused on growing existing business for Intercom, an AI Customer Service company. The role involves building relationships with small business customers, understanding their needs, providing solutions based on Intercom's platform (including their AI agent Fin), and driving revenue growth through upsell, cross-sell, and expansion. It requires collaboration with other teams, tracking metrics, and providing customer feedback for product innovation. The company emphasizes customer experience and AI-driven solutions.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build relationships with Intercom’s small business customers ensuring revenue growth and customer retention
  2. Work with current customers to understand their business pains, and provide solutions based on our platform to alleviate them
  3. Develop strategic territory plans outlining opportunities for upsell, cross-sell, expansion to new business units, and achieve business goals
  4. Develop advanced knowledge of your customers' businesses and goals while accurately forecasting sales pipeline
  5. Collaborate with Marketing, Product, and Customer Success by providing customer feedback to drive product innovation

Skills

Required

  • 2+ years managing a large book of business; 120 accounts (retention, renewals, & account growth)
  • 1+ years selling SaaS products
  • Experience managing procurement processes
  • Strong sales instincts and track record hitting and exceeding quota
  • Exceptional written and verbal communicator
  • Comfortable and energized operating and problem-solving in a fast-moving organization.
  • Ability to build and maintain deep client relationships across levels in complex organizations
  • Demonstrable history of leadership, with both immediate and cross-functional teammate

Nice to have

  • Exhibits a growth mindset, intellectual curiosity, and ambition

What the JD emphasized

  • AI Customer Service company
  • AI agent Fin
  • AI enhanced support