Now Hiring - Salesforce - Information Technology Account Director- Strategic Comms & Media in Irvine, CA

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Job Category

Sales

Job Details

Salesforce, the Customer Success Platform and world's #1 CRM, empowers companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way. The company was founded on three disruptive ideas: a new technology model in cloud computing, a pay-as-you-go business model, and a new integrated corporate philanthropy model. These founding principles have taken our company to great heights, including being named one of Forbes’s “World’s Most Innovative Company” seven years in a row and #1 on the FORTUNE ‘100 Best Companies to Work For®’ List. We are the fastest growing of the top 10 enterprise software companies, and this level of growth equals incredible opportunities to grow a career at Salesforce. Together, with our whole Ohana (Hawaiian for "family") made up of our employees, customers, partners, and communities, we are working to improve the state of the world.

Our headcount demand is always changing as we grow; some of the locations listed here may or may not have an immediate opening at the time of your application.

Enterprise Account Director - Media

As an Account Director within the strategic enterprise media sales team, you would be responsible for selling the Customer Success Platform (#1 B2B and B2C platform) and all the amazing applications including Marketing, Commerce, Service, Communities, Sales, Collaboration, and Industries, which are all built on the Salesforce Platform. In other words, you would sell it all while leveraging internal resources from prospect to close.

Your Impact
You will work closely with current customers and prospective customers as a trusted advisor to deeply understand their unique company challenges and goals. You will consult with customers on the Salesforce Platform to evangelize solutions that will help them reach their business goals and blaze new trails within their organizations. You will contribute to our business growth in a fast-paced, collaborative and fun atmosphere, as a valued member of our Ohana.

Your Qualifications
For this role, the years of experience and skill set needed to be successful is a minimum of 10+ yrs, or more, of quota carrying software or technology sales and account management experience in addition to managing a list of 1 to 8 Enterprise customers or up to 10 new logos.

Across all sales teams, we are looking for the following attributes:

• Consultative selling experience
• Prospecting Skills
• Competitive Spirit
• Resourceful
• Coachable
• Drive for results
• Engagement
• Strong business acumen
• Articulate ROI
• Solution Selling Ability
• Discovery Skills
• Objection Handling Skills
• Planning and Closing Skills
• Courageous Communicator
• Can collaborate and influence in a “win as a team” environment
• Is a trusted advisor to the customers and colleagues
• Experience selling into a Canadian territory an asset
  

Our investment in you
World-class enablement and on-demand training - check out Trailhead.com for a sneak peek!

• Sandler Sales Training
• Week-long product bootcamp
• Fast Ramp mentorship program
• Weekly 1:1 coaching with your leadership
• A clear path to promotion with accelerated leadership development programs
• Exposure to executive thought leaders with a passion for living our values
  

Volunteer Opportunities:
Have you heard of our 1:1:1 model, focused on giving back to the community? The successes in giving back have helped us and our Trailblazer community become a leader in philanthropy, culture, and innovation. We are one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies , according to Forbes , we are #1 in PEOPLE 's Top 50 Companies that Care , and are on Fortune’s Change the World list. Values create value. Our values helped drive our revenue number to $21.25 billion dollars in the Fiscal Year 2021.

We have a public-facing website that explains our various benefits for:

• Health Benefits
• Financial Benefits and perks
• Time off & leave policies
• Parental benefits
• Perks and discounts
  

Visit [please apply online] for the full breakdown!

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At Salesforce we believe that the business of business is to improve the state of our world. Each of us has a responsibility to drive Equality in our communities and workplaces. We are committed to creating a workforce that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives such as equal pay, employee resource groups, inclusive benefits, and more. Learn more about Equality at Salesforce and explore our benefits.

Salesforce, Inc . and Salesforce.org are Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Salesforce, Inc . and Salesforce.org do not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Salesforce, Inc . and Salesforce.org will not pay any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Salesforce, Inc . or Salesforce.org .

Salesforce welcomes all.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For California-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $139,200 to $213,200.

Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: [please apply online]