Remote Enterprise Account Executive
at Canonical

Summary

Join Canonical, a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source, as a Sales Professional. We are expanding our sales organisation globally and have open roles in every region. As a Sales Professional, you will represent the company, its solutions and software, in your territory, build and execute a territory plan to prioritize outreach and prospecting, develop new pipeline through outreach, prospecting, local marketing, and industry events, close contracts to meet and exceed quarterly and annual bookings targets, manage customer relationships and interactions through all stages of the sales cycle, work with field engineers to propose solutions that solve our customers' business problems, work with customer success to identify growth opportunities, maintain accurate pipeline data and forecasts within Salesforce, and establish productive professional relationships with key influencers and decision makers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's level degree, preferably in engineering or computer science
• Experience of open source technology and solutions
• Detail oriented with effective follow-up
• Experience in enterprise software or technology sales planning and execution
• Track record of achievement in sales targets and new account wins
• Self-discipline and motivation to be successful in a distributed team
• Professional written and spoken English, as well as any language that may be appropriate for your target market
• Ability to travel for customer engagements, industry events and company events

Responsibilities

• Represent the company, its solutions and software, in your territory
• Build and execute a territory plan to prioritize outreach and prospecting
• Develop new pipeline through outreach, prospecting, local marketing, and industry events
• Close contracts to meet and exceed quarterly and annual bookings targets
• Manage customer relationships and interactions through all stages of the sales cycle
• Work with field engineers to propose solutions that solve our customers' business problems
• Work with customer success to identify growth opportunities
• Maintain accurate pipeline data and forecasts within Salesforce
• Establish productive professional relationships with key influencers and decision makers

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events