Looking to work for a fast growing SaaS company?
We are seeking a high-performing Senior Commercial Account Executive to join our India sales team, based in Mumbai / Bangalore, with a focus on key verticals of Technology, Retail, eCommerce & Travel. As a key member of Zendesk's sales team, you will provide sales leadership and creative direction to our key customers. This is a chance to grow with our dynamic sales teams at Zendesk!
As an Account Executive, you love hunting for new opportunities and are able to close new accounts while maintaining existing customer relationships. You have a passion for building and maintaining broad relationships, developing and managing opportunities, and leading a team of extended resources within Zendesk.
You are a creative, out of the box thinker, able to articulate Zendesk’s platform vision. You can sell at the most strategic level and form a broad strategy for winning customer buy-in and be a trusted advisor. You are also fun and love being part of a team that sells together!
What you’ll be doing
Build and Lead a high-volume sales pipeline
Work across teams with solution consultants, channel partners, marketing teams and business development to improve territory coverage
Become an authority on Zendesk's products and conduct discovery calls, presentations, and demos
Develop and manage relationships with prospects and accounts in your territory
Demonstrate and sell value to key customers within the accounts during fast paced as well as sophisticated sales cycles
Plan and execute on customer engagement and acquisition in the assigned territory
Track all opportunity and customer details including use case, purchase time frames, next steps, and forecasting in Salesforce
Exceed activity, pipeline, and revenue goals on a quarterly basis
Who we’re looking for
Have at least 5 years of relevant SaaS software selling experience and a Bachelors degree or its equivalent
Experience selling to C-Level executives
Proven track record of success against quota at the commercial/enterprise level
Demonstrate high ethics, integrity and be self-motivated
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Proficiency using Salesforce.com, Google Suite, Clari
Ability to travel domestically 50% of the time within the West region.
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Please note that Zendesk can only hire candidates who are physically located and plan to work from Karnataka or Maharashtra. Please refer to the location posted on the requisition for where this role is based.
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Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.
Zendesk believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working, enables us to purposefully come together in person, at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world, to connect, collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.
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