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The ChallengeAdobe is looking for an Account Director who is responsible for achievingsales targets through the sale of Adobe's Digital Marketing product lines.As a part of our enterprise sales team, working with Adobe's largestcustomers across the CPG industry. This includes the development of long-termrelationships with customers as well as crafting strategic account plans. TheAccount Director will achieve this through software solution sellingcapabilities and direct, face-to-face contact with the customer.Responsibilities include building relationships at all levels with a focus onc-suite, and effectively navigating the customer's organization. You willguide and assist customers in achieving a successful start with Adobe and helpthem expand the value realized from our solution. This is a key role at one ofthe most respected technology companies in Silicon Valley - and the entire US.Successful candidates will be high energy, data-minded, naturallyinquisitive, and tech-savvy individual with prior senior level salesexperience. Do you value extraordinary benefits, and one of the best placesto work in the world?What you'll doAct as the CEO of your BusinessApproach the business strategically and set a multi-year north star vision andstrategy for your business grounded in value. Proactively identify and achievepath to sales plan.Be an innovative and resilient problem solver. Able to bring forward and takethe lead on solving ambitious and sophisticated problems that allow Adobe tobetter serve our customers.Communicate with customers effectively and persuasively to uncovercompany-viable solutions from their view.Build strong executive relationships across multiple fields (CIO, CTO,CMO, CDO).Identify and gain alignment from customer on compelling business issue to beaddressed.Demonstrate industry expertise, thought leadership, grasp ofmacro-economic environment and be a trusted advisor.Articulate the Adobe story, unique value proposition and how Adobe'ssolutions align with customer's vision and solve customer's business issue(e.g. return on investment of product).Lead, collaborate and orchestrate Adobe's entire Ecosystem and Partners todrive outcomes. Use Adobe's ecosystem to the fullest potential.Collaborate to drive consensus and action. Owner and driver of the territoryand account strategy and how the ecosystem will support.Manage large, sophisticated sales processes internally involving legal,deal desk, product marketing, product support& engineering and otherAdobe customers.Identify and lead collaboration with external 3rd parties including techpartners and system integrators.Meet sales quota and run efficient businessAdvance and close sales opportunities - through the successful execution ofthe sales strategy and roadmap.Build strong account plans at the beginning of the year and lead regularaccount planning meetings to keep team aligned.Follow a well-adapted approach to maintaining a rolling 4Q pipeline. Keeppipeline current and quickly qualify opportunities. Collaborate with supportorganizations including Marketing, Inside sales, Partners and channels tofunnel pipeline into your accounts.Ideal candidate will have:Minimum 5 to 7+ years with onsistent track record selling solutions toMarketing, IT, and brands or lines of business in large enterpriseorganizations;Ability to work effectively in a team environment, effectively partneringwith other Adobe teams including Sales, Support, Engineering, Product& Marketing;Strong understanding of digital experience technologies and SaaS within theCPG space;Validated Sales Excellence and creative, problem-solving approachOur compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographicmarkets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. payrange for this positionis $260,900 -- $392,500 annually. Paywithinthis range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-relatedknowledge, skills,and experience. Your recruiter can share more about thespecific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.
At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total targetcompensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentivesare in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salariesare expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of theAnnual Incentive Plan (AIP).
In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in theform of a new hire equity award.
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