Strategic Account Executive, Key Accounts, In-store

DoorDash DoorDash · Consumer · San Francisco, CA · 534 In-Store Sales

Strategic Account Executive responsible for uncovering, driving, and closing new business within the hospitality industry, focusing on hotel and restaurant groups. This role involves consultative sales, relationship building, and managing the full sales lifecycle from lead generation to contract negotiation.

What you'd actually do

  1. Break into new logos within our largest customer segment of hotel and restaurant groups. Focus on restaurant and hotel acquisition while building strong relationships with partners and advocating for client success.
  2. Create demand by clearly articulating and educating prospects on our value proposition. Present products and services during in-person and virtual demonstrations using compelling sales methodologies.
  3. Be involved in all phases of the sales lifecycle. Handle everything from identifying and developing leads to meeting with clients, presentations, financial deal structuring, contract negotiation and closing.
  4. Build strong relationships with your partners and always advocate for client success. Act as a trusted advisor who ensures long-term partnership success and client satisfaction.
  5. Work with cross-functional teammates across Customer Success, Onboarding, Product, Sales, Engineering, Marketing, and more. Collaborate to drive comprehensive solutions for enterprise clients.

Skills

Required

  • B2B Enterprise SaaS sales experience
  • hospitality industry knowledge
  • complex sales experience
  • presentation skills
  • relationship building
  • deal structuring
  • negotiation skills
  • Salesforce
  • RFP management tools

Nice to have

  • technologically savvy
  • learning new tools and processes
  • organization and prioritization skills
  • strong written and verbal communication skills

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of B2B Enterprise SaaS sales experience
  • track record of sales success
  • deep understanding and/or relationships within the hotel and/or hospitality industry
  • selling complex, multifaceted platforms to mid-market and enterprise-level customers
  • structuring and negotiating complex, multi-year deals