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LinkedIn’s Sales Solutions organization is dedicated to making Sales Professionals essential partners to Buyers. Our mission is to become the relationship-driven platform that connects sales organizations to buyers at scale. Our flagship product, Sales Navigator, is leveraged by hundreds of thousands of revenue-generating professionals around the world to better target, understand and engage their buyers, building more trust and growing their businesses. Our recently launched product, Sales Insights, provides smarter sales planning with real-time data from the world's largest professional network.
About the Strategic Account Manager Role:
You will be part of a newer team dedicated to working with our largest global Sales Navigator customers. These organizations have made significant investments in our technology. Some are ‘all-in,’ while many are in the midst of multi-year transformations of their salesforces, including the deployment of new CRMs, new sales methodologies, etc.
Success in this role will require you to inspire executives and help them navigate change, while also rolling up your sleeves with program managers to help them keep the Sales Navigator project humming. You will play a key role in leveraging cross-functional resources, including Customer Success and Insights, to make your customers successful. Lastly, you will work with your peers to co-architect the future of LinkedIn Sales Solutions’ Large Enterprise customer program and will be a key influencer in helping us further define the who/what/how to maximize value for our customers.
*Responsibilities: *
Become an expert in LinkedIn’s platform, products, and associated tools (e.g.SFDC)
Manage the cross-functional relationships with our largest Sales Navigator Enterprise customers (including Sales, Sales Operations, Sales Enablement, Marketing, Procurement, Finance, IT)
Effectively communicate the LinkedIn Sales Solutions value proposition to inspire your clients to embrace a modern approach to sales
Champion Sales Navigator and Sales Insights to guide consultative, forward-thinking conversations with the client about their business needs
Establish and nurture executive-level relationships to align on LinkedInvision
Partner with a customer success manager to develop enterprise-wide Sales Navigator programs to end-to-end drive organizational change
Navigate complex organizational structures to find and inspire customer advocates to champion Sales Navigator within their organizations
Identify opportunities to upsell and grow the Sales Navigator relationship
Develop and execute strategic plans for the territory that will evolve and improve our sales process
Listen to the needs of the market and educate the product and marketing team
Deliver, and preferably exceed, against quarterly and annual customer success and revenue targets
Lead through example setting; serve as role model, coach, advisor, & mentor to elevate the team
Basic Qualifications: * *
10+ years of relevant enterprise sales experience Preferred Qualifications: * *
BA/BS Degree, MBA degree
Experience with Enterprise level SaaS sales, technology sales, and/or consulting
Experience with business development across various geographies
Proven history of overachieving quota and driving results in a high-growth company environment
Strong program and project management skills
Strong design thinking and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication, negotiation, analytical, and forecasting skills
Track record of building and nurturing long-term relationships with executives and senior sales leaders
Ability to position company products against direct and indirect competitors
Ability to gather and use data to inform decision making and persuade others
Ability to assess business opportunities, read prospective buyers and develop compelling strategies
Suggested Skills:
Program Management
Project Management
Problem-solving
LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.
The pay range for this role is $210,000 - $320,000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.
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