Senior Account Executive - Public Sector (sled East)

New Relic New Relic · Enterprise · New York, NY · Enterprise

This role is for a Senior Account Executive focused on the Public Sector (SLED East) market for New Relic, a company that provides an observability platform. The role involves growing an ambitious pipeline of business, managing existing accounts, and acquiring new logos within State, Local, and Education organizations. The primary focus is on selling enterprise software and SaaS deals related to application modernization, cloud adoption, and digital performance optimization.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop and manage Territory and Account Plans to expand existing accounts and win new logos to meet sales targets.
  2. Provide accurate forecasts in Salesforce and during sales meetings utilizing the MEDDPIC framework.
  3. Work with your New Relic sales team to identify sales plays, deliver product demonstrations, and participate in industry events to drive pipeline growth
  4. Engage senior government executives in order to close sales opportunities.
  5. Develop a network of FSIs and VARs to expand reach and growth.

Skills

Required

  • 8+ years field sales experience selling enterprise software or business technology products and services to the State and Local government agencies and Education institutions and agencies.
  • Technical acumen with the ability to relate it with business value and operational mission needs.
  • Experience in selling application, monitoring, or cloud related complex software solutions.
  • Demonstrated experience with data management and analysis.
  • Experience managing and growing existing SaaS Enterprise accounts.
  • Outstanding track record of exceeding sales goals through organic growth and winning new logos
  • Ability to forecast and manage sales expenses.
  • Exemplary written and oral communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal, planning, and organizational skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree

Nice to have

  • Previous experience selling Observability (APM, monitoring) solutions
  • Exposure to a consumption sales motion

What the JD emphasized

  • over-quota achievement
  • 8+ years field sales experience selling enterprise software or business technology products and services to the State and Local government agencies and Education institutions and agencies.
  • Exceeding sales goals