Senior Account Executive, Enterprise Sales(expansion)

New Relic New Relic · Enterprise · India · Enterprise

New Relic is seeking a Senior Account Executive for Enterprise Sales in India. The role involves building client relationships, prospecting, developing, and closing business within existing accounts. The AE will act as a trusted advisor, understand client roadmaps, and drive the New Relic solution. Responsibilities include achieving sales quotas, developing marketing plans, arranging executive discussions, and managing ongoing account relationships to drive revenue growth. The role requires extensive full-cycle sales experience in software/cloud applications to the enterprise segment, with a focus on expansion sales and farming accounts. A technical background with an understanding of infrastructures and the SaaS industry is preferred, along with strong consultative sales skills and the ability to sell a platform.

What you'd actually do

  1. Achieve sales quotas for allocated accounts on a quarterly and annual basis by developing a sales and engagement strategy in the allocated territory with a target prospect list, and an assigned sales plan.
  2. Be the trusted advisor to the customer by understanding their existing and future IT roadmap to drive the New Relic solution within the marketplace.
  3. Prospect qualification and the development of new sales opportunities within expansion accounts and ongoing revenue streams.
  4. Arrange and conduct initial Executive and CxO discussions and positioning meetings, sales process management and opportunity closure.
  5. Ongoing account management to ensure customer satisfaction and drive additional revenue streams.

Skills

Required

  • Full-cycle sales experience
  • Expansion sales
  • Farming accounts
  • Upselling
  • Cross-selling
  • Selling six-and-seven figure deals
  • Leading a coordinated selling team
  • Enterprise sales
  • Technical background
  • Understanding of infrastructures
  • SaaS industry knowledge
  • SFDC experience
  • Software business tools experience
  • Selling to C-Level
  • Consultative sales solution skills
  • Time management skills
  • Ability to sell a platform

Nice to have

  • Experience selling to North India Enterprise Customers
  • Strong technical aptitude
  • Passion and commitment for customer success
  • Ability to maintain a high level of productivity
  • Manage multiple competing priorities
  • Work effectively under the pressure of time constraints
  • Fast-paced, complex, collaborative, and team-oriented environment

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years of full-cycle sales experience selling software or cloud-based applications to the enterprise segment.
  • 5+ year of experience into expansion sales and farming accounts.
  • 7 years of demonstrated success in upselling and cross-selling within expansion accounts at the enterprise level; selling six-and-seven figure deals and leading a coordinated selling team