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BlackLine is seeking an energetic, self-starting, entrepreneurial Strategic Sales Executive. The BlackLine Strategic Sales Executive will be responsible for generating BlackLine's most strategic accounts. Through a strategic approach, this individual will establish sales priorities, action plans and deliver/exceed on sales goals. This person will be assigned accounts to target and market BlackLine's solutions in order to secure new subscription business in our Software-as-a-Service(SAAS) business model. They will develop high value relationships with key stakeholders and will be responsible for negotiating and managing large contracts. They will work on bringing in new large strategic accounts (i.e. Fortune 500 and Large Privately-held organizations, too).
Job Responsibility:
Utilize networking and prospecting skills to generate leads and identify strategic solution-based sales opportunities
Develop and manage high-value relationships with key stakeholders
Have a deep understanding of the way businesses operate, and the priorities that drive decisions from the C-level
Provide leadership and guidance to other team members on enterprise accounts and participate in providing input on sales and marketing collateral
Own entire sales process from prospecting to closing business
Coordinate and lead responses to RFIs/RFPs/RFQs
Present BlackLine's proposals in a professional manner to prospects
Provide feedback to management and Marketing teams on prospects reactions and questions about BlackLine's solutions
Collaborate with other BlackLine teams including pre-sales, product, value engineering, operations, finance, marketing, and legal
Travel to cultivate relationships with customers, partners, and related associations
Ensures opportunities are accurately reflected and maintained in Salesforce, providing weekly updates, monthly projections and quarterly committed forecasts of sales activity and volume to BlackLine NA Sales management team
Achieve annual sales targets and average monthly revenue quotas on a consistent basis
Collaborating with and leveraging Marketing & Business Development to maximize revenue production
Requirements:
10+ years of experience selling complex enterprise cloud software, working with large high-profile accounts
Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Economics, IT, Finance or MBA preferred
Exhibits hunter mentality and possesses outstanding ability to close sales
Proven record and strong capability to generate leads, pursue opportunities and sell
Experience selling business applications to business users - ERP, CRM, HCM solution knowledge
Strong background or experience selling to the CFO buying center is a big plus
Experience with comprehensive account planning, relationship mapping, and business strategy mapping following sales methodologies like Target Account Selling or similar
Possesses strong sensibility for technology
Ability to solve customer-related problems in a positive manner
Strong in consultative and insight-based selling
Experience articulating complex solutions to decision makers and executives
Proven ability to grow revenue and manage accounts
Knowledge of Cloud SaaS industry
Experience analyzing data trends
Strong time management skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to maintain a high level of productivity, manage multiple competing priorities, and work effectively under the pressure of time constraints in a fast-paced, complex, collaborative, and team-oriented environment
Adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professionalism
Willingness to travel up to 50 percent of the time
Nice to have:
Knowledge of cloud SaaS industry, accounting background a bonus
Proven, award-winning, closer of the largest companies globally
Independent personality, detail-oriented, clear communicator, and knows and meets deadlines inside of BlackLine as well as with/for our clientele