Marketing Cloud Account Executive - Sports

Salesforce Salesforce · Enterprise · London, United Kingdom

Salesforce is seeking an Account Executive for their Marketing Cloud platform within the Sports industry. The role involves identifying, developing, and closing deals with new and existing customers to help them achieve agentic marketing transformation goals through the strategic implementation of Salesforce's Marketing Cloud solution. Responsibilities include building relationships, leading the sales cycle, and developing account strategies. The ideal candidate has proven SaaS sales success, strong stakeholder management, and a growth mindset.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders, including C-suite executives and IT leaders, ensuring long-term value and growth.
  2. Lead the end-to-end sales cycle, from prospecting to closing, while collaborating with internal teams, such as Sales Engineers, Partners, and Professional Services.
  3. Develop comprehensive account strategies aligned with customer business objectives, driving revenue and ensuring satisfaction.
  4. Represent Salesforce at industry events, showcasing our vision for the future of our agentic innovations.

Skills

Required

  • Proven success in SaaS sales
  • Excellent stakeholder management, both internally and externally
  • Expertise in managing complex sales cycles and crafting compelling value propositions.
  • Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, particularly with C-suite executives.

Nice to have

  • Continuous learning mindset, to stay ahead of the latest innovations
  • Growth mindset, demonstrated in both nurturing the install based customers and opening up new logos
  • Demonstrated ability to perform in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.
  • Passion for innovation, teamwork, and driving transformational change.

What the JD emphasized

  • SaaS sales
  • C-suite executives
  • complex sales cycles