Slack Cloud Account Executive

Salesforce Salesforce · Enterprise · London, United Kingdom

Salesforce is seeking a Cloud Account Executive for Slack, focusing on driving new and existing business within specific verticals. The role involves building relationships with senior leaders, co-selling with Salesforce Core Account Executives, navigating complex sales cycles, and developing business cases to showcase Slack's impact on collaboration and productivity. Success is measured by achieving sales targets and demonstrating clear ROI to customers.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build trusted relationships with senior business leaders in the Healthcare & LifeSciences or Financial Services or Commercial sectors, identifying critical challenges and positioning Slack as the solution to drive transformation
  2. Partner closely with Salesforce Core Account Executives to co-sell and unlock new Slack opportunities across your territory
  3. Navigate complex sales cycles with multi-stakeholder buying groups, including C-suite executives and technical decision-makers
  4. Develop compelling business cases and customer narratives that showcase Slack's impact on collaboration, productivity, and operational efficiency
  5. Create and execute strategic account plans to consistently achieve and exceed your sales targets

Skills

Required

  • Proven success as a quota-carrying SaaS sales professional with experience meeting and exceeding targets
  • Experience in complex, multi-stakeholder sales with a focus on strategic account management
  • Strong ability to articulate value propositions tailored to enterprise customer needs
  • A track record of engaging C-level executives and leading discovery conversations that drive outcomes
  • Pipeline generation expertise, leveraging existing relationships and building new connections to drive opportunities
  • Familiarity with team-selling environments, aligning with Salesforce core AEs and Partners
  • Exceptional negotiation, communication, and presentation skills

Nice to have

  • Experience selling collaboration, productivity, or enterprise software solutions is highly preferred.
  • Experience selling into the HLS or FS industries is highly valued and will set you apart!

What the JD emphasized

  • quota-carrying SaaS sales professional
  • complex, multi-stakeholder sales
  • C-level executives
  • Pipeline generation expertise
  • Achieving an annual quota of $600k-$1M