Global Account Manager – Communications & Media - France

Salesforce Salesforce · Enterprise · Paris, France

Salesforce is seeking a Global Account Manager for Communications & Media in France. This role involves consultative selling of Salesforce's AI CRM solutions to C-level executives, managing complex sales cycles, and coordinating internal and external teams to drive customer success and achieve revenue goals. The position focuses on leveraging AI-powered solutions to help clients achieve their business objectives.

What you'd actually do

  1. Global responsibility for a multinational media group headquartered in France
  2. Coordinating a global team within a matrix organisation
  3. Engagements with C-Level decision makers to position Salesforce solutions through strategic value-based selling, business case definition, ROI analysis, references and analyst data
  4. Leading and inspiring a team of Account Executives, Named Account Managers (NAM), and virtual team members
  5. Driving significant coordination amongst internal groups such as Sales Engineers, Sales Specialists, Marketing, Business Development, Professional Services, Executives, Partners etc. to drive account strategy

Skills

Required

  • Proven senior business sales professional
  • Consultative selling skills
  • C-level engagement
  • Building and managing a customer-orientated team
  • Compelling communicator
  • Trusted advisor
  • Understanding of company challenges and goals
  • Evangelise AI-powered solutions
  • Consistent track record of selling complex enterprise software or technology to C-level
  • Strong POV of industry trends
  • Deep understanding of Communications & Media compliance challenges, digital transformation and impact of IA solutions
  • Leadership, authority and confidence
  • Experience in defining an Account Strategy and Execution Plan
  • Ability to map out and strategically define account plans
  • Accurately forecasts and achieves revenue goals
  • Ability to sell both an application and deployment of a platform
  • Effectively optimises internal and external networks
  • Evidence of relationship building skills
  • Excellent at leveraging C-level and LOB relationships
  • Ability to negotiate complex deals

Nice to have

  • French language proficiency

What the JD emphasized

  • Global Account setting
  • Communications & Media compliance challenges
  • complex Global Account