Business Account Specialist - Sled Sales

Verizon Verizon · Telecom · Irvine, CA +2

This role is for a Business Account Specialist focused on State, Local, and Education (SLED) Public Sector sales. The primary responsibilities include prospecting new customers, supporting sales teams, resolving customer issues, and driving adoption of Verizon's services and tools. While the role mentions leveraging AI and advanced CRM tools within the Velocity Selling methodology, the core function is sales and customer relationship management, not direct AI/ML development or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Prospect for new customers while partnering with the sales team to close opportunities.
  2. Support account strategy with sales.
  3. Support "success plans' with customers.
  4. New and existing customer contract implementation, migration, and onboarding support.
  5. Drive and train online self-service, My Business, adoption of features and users to SLED customers.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree or one or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through work experience and/or military experience.
  • A valid driver's license.
  • Eligibility to pass Motor Vehicle Record check.

Nice to have

  • A degree.
  • Proven ability to identify customer opportunities, communicate well with customers, take care of our customers, and support our SLED sales representatives.
  • Have been a part of working with customers to solve their problems and create sales – you can easily help multiple customers at the same time.
  • Experience prospecting, selling, sales support, and problem resolution for business accounts.
  • Experience in hunting for new business and partnering with the sales team to close the sale.
  • Have experience finding ways to grow the business with existing customers.
  • Familiarity with crafting programs with products that will wow our customers.
  • Experience in supporting the resolution of customer problems and recommending solutions.
  • Managed sales tracking and managed making appointments for a sales team.