Commercial Account Executive

Box Box · Enterprise · Chicago, IL · AMS SMB AEs

Commercial Account Executive role at Box, an AI-first company focused on Intelligent Content Management. The role involves managing the full sales cycle for net new business in the SMB segment, including prospecting, demos, negotiation, and closing. Requires identifying customer challenges and demonstrating Box's value. The company emphasizes leveraging AI for decision-making.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage the entire sales cycle, which includes prospecting, conducting discovery calls and demos, negotiating deals, and closing net new business across all industries in the Small Medium Business segment (1-500 employees).
  2. Thoroughly research your customers and prospects to gain insight into their specific business challenges, and demonstrate how Box can add value
  3. Drive the sales process by influencing key stakeholders both internally and externally.
  4. Develop a comprehensive territory plan that covers all aspects of your target market.
  5. Schedule visits to meet customers face-to-face within your assigned territory.

Skills

Required

  • 1 year experience in sales
  • Prior closing experience required
  • Experience in outbound prospecting and ability to build and manage a pipeline
  • Proven success meeting KPIs
  • Able to consistently identify opportunities for growth in new territories using a proven method
  • Previous experience in building relationships and selling to executives at all levels

Nice to have

  • Prior experience in B2B or technology sales is preferred but not required
  • Openness to learning about Box’s product, new technologies, the industry, and our customers' businesses

What the JD emphasized

  • Prior closing experience required
  • Proven success meeting KPIs