Strategic Account Executive

Smartsheet Smartsheet · Seattle · Germany · Large Enterprise Reps

Strategic Account Executive for Smartsheet in Germany, responsible for increasing software and services sales by expanding existing customer adoption and acquiring new logos. This role involves leading account teams, developing growth strategies, executing complex sales processes, and accurately forecasting sales opportunities.

What you'd actually do

  1. Exceed quarterly and annual software and services sales quotas
  2. Lead primary and secondary account teams by partnering with Solution Engineering, Consulting, Customer Success, Customer Outcomes, Marketing and Sales Development
  3. Develop short and long-term growth and renewal strategies across your customer base
  4. Balance tactical execution whilst ultimately targeting complex, high-value solution-based deals
  5. Proactively develop unsolicited proposals that align with customer initiatives and position Smartsheet as an enterprise software solution provider

Skills

Required

  • Enterprise software sales
  • Account management
  • Sales strategy development
  • Pipeline management
  • Forecasting
  • Relationship building with senior stakeholders
  • Go-to-market strategy
  • Complex sales process execution
  • English fluency
  • German fluency

Nice to have

  • Experience selling through partners
  • Solution-based selling

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of experience selling enterprise software or services
  • Fluency in English & German is required
  • Demonstrable track record of exceeding assigned quotas and receiving recognition for high-performance
  • Demonstrable experience building relationships with senior line-of-business leaders, IT executives and operational managers within Enterprise organisations (>5,000 employees)
  • Proven ability to manage a large and diverse pipeline of sales opportunities
  • Proven experience in developing successful go-to-market strategies
  • Proven experience executing complex, solution-based strategic sales processes
  • World class sales basics in terms of pipe generation approaches, territory planning, account planning and deal execution
  • Legally eligible to work in Germany on an ongoing basis