Strategic Account Executive (Chicagoland)

What We Need

The NetBrain Field Sales team is looking for a proven Enterprise hunter with extensive software selling experience and a high EQ in Chicagoland to join our World Class sales organization. To be considered in this role you must have experience:

• Closing multi-year deals with long sale cycles worth upwards of $1mm
• Demonstrated history of working with BDRs on assigned prospect accounts to act on building a top-of-funnel pipeline, then actively driving it on through to close.
• Selling complex software solutions or services into IT (ie network ops, infosec)

The Strategic Account Executive will help GSI/MSP and Fortune 500 companies to transform their network operations using automation and dynamic mapping. Candidates will make a massive impact in NetBrain’s growth as a company as they look to close six and seven figure deals.

What You'll Do

• You will exceed assigned sales quotas and objectives.
• Define and execute a territory business plan that outlines the assigned target accounts, strategies for driving productivity, and high-quality pipeline that ultimately results in predictable outcomes and over achievement.
• Engage at all levels of a Global organization across IT and all other lines of business.
• Demonstrate an excellent understanding of key selling methodologies that focus on maximizing deal values and accelerating the customer buying process.
• Provide accurate forecasting and reporting of all sales activities through salesforce.com.
• Leverage an extended team of business development representatives and Sales Engineers to maximize coverage and technology evangelism within target accounts.
• Understand the balance of driving bookings for today and developing a long-term, healthy pipeline for tomorrow.
• Demonstrate an excellent understanding of the agenda of the CIO and the impact of Digital transformation across all lines of business.
• Construct complex technical and commercial proposals.
• Leverage partners to maximize penetration and scale within your target market.

What You Bring

• 5-10 years of technology/SaaS sales, selling into IT of large enterprise companies. 
• You’re a rainmaker in control.  You can work a deep list of assigned prospects, prioritize them, leverage industry-standard tools to build a target contact list (in partnership with BDRs), forge relationships with champions and buyers and translate this into big sales. 
• A demonstrated ability to work in a value-based sales environment with a long sales cycle.
• The ability to learn and explain technical concepts to technical teams .
• High emotional intelligence with exceptional problem-solving skills.
• A willingness to travel up to 50% within your territory.
• Manual Dexterity: Repetitive motion of wrists, hands and fingers for using a computer.

What We Offer

Our comprehensive compensation package is vital in how we recognize our people for the impact they make on us reaching our goals as a company.

For this role, the estimated OTE is $300,000 – $330,000 on a 50/50 base/variable split. The actual salary may vary based on a range of factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process.

The range listed above is a guideline and may be modified. People Experience offers a comprehensive benefits package in addition to cash compensation that includes but is not limited to 401k and medical/dental coverage. Speak with your Recruiter for more details on our Total Rewards philosophy.