Senior Account Executive - Enterprise Sales - New Business

New Relic New Relic · Enterprise · United Kingdom · Enterprise

Senior Account Executive for enterprise sales, focusing on new business acquisition in the Nordic region for New Relic's observability platform. The role involves building relationships with potential new clients, understanding their challenges, and demonstrating how New Relic's solutions can help their business succeed. It requires collaboration with internal teams and managing the sales cycle from initial conversation to close.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop Your Territory: Build meaningful relationships with key stakeholders in your target accounts for the Nordic region. Your goal will be to become a trusted advisor by understanding their needs and matching them with the right solutions from our portfolio.
  2. Create New Opportunities: Partner with our marketing and demand generation teams on campaigns, while also developing your own strategies to engage prospective customers. You'll connect with stakeholders at various levels to build trust and spark interest in New Relic.
  3. Manage Your Sales Cycle: Guide opportunities from initial conversation to close. You'll maintain accurate forecasts, keep your activities updated in Salesforce, and communicate your progress to the team.
  4. Stay Curious: Learn about your prospective customers' business goals and technology stacks. By staying informed about their industries, you can better identify opportunities where New Relic can provide significant value.
  5. Grow Your Product Knowledge: Develop a strong understanding of the New Relic platform. We are committed to your growth and will provide the resources you need to confidently demonstrate our products.

Skills

Required

  • B2B software or technology sales experience
  • Proven track record of acquiring new customers and logos
  • Motivated, hunter-first, and goal-oriented mindset
  • Passion for helping prospective customers solve problems
  • Familiarity with subscription-based or SaaS sales models
  • Strong relationship-building skills
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
  • Collaborative spirit for working with internal partners

Nice to have

  • Experience of the Nordic and Benelux markets

What the JD emphasized

  • exclusively
  • new customers
  • Nordic
  • potential new clients
  • acquire new customers
  • proven track record of acquiring new customers and logos
  • hunter-first