The Account Executive will sell Validity's SaaS products, manage sales forecasts using Salesforce, and achieve sales quotas through outbound prospecting and inbound inquiries.
Role Title: Account Executive (SaaS Experience Required)
LOCATION: We are focused on identifying local candidates who can work a hybrid office-based position (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) in the team’s Boston, Massachusetts location. This role is not eligible for remote work or relocation.
About the Role
Validity is looking for an experienced Software as a Service (SaaS) Account Executive to join our high-performing new business sales team. As an Account Executive, you will be responsible for selling Validity’s SaaS products within a designated territory and industry markets.
Team Dynamic
At Validity, we have worked hard to build a culture focused on individual accountability, driving towards a collective team goal. Above all else, we are a team that drives one another to be the very best we can be...with passion and a purpose.
Position Duties and Responsibilities
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LOCATION: We are focused on identifying local candidates who can work a hybrid office-based position (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) in the team’s Boston, Massachusetts location. This role is not eligible for remote work or relocation.
About the Role
Validity is looking for an experienced Software as a Service (SaaS) Account Executive to join our high-performing new business sales team. As an Account Executive, you will be responsible for selling Validity’s SaaS products within a designated territory and industry markets.
Team Dynamic
At Validity, we have worked hard to build a culture focused on individual accountability, driving towards a collective team goal. Above all else, we are a team that drives one another to be the very best we can be...with passion and a purpose.
Position Duties and Responsibilities
- Sell Validity’s SaaS products and services directly to targeted businesses across specific industries
- Consistently attain and exceed monthly sales quotas
- Drive new business opportunities by outbound prospecting
- Utilize Validity’s sales process to uncover prospect needs and correspondingly the value of the business problem we are attempting to solve
- Qualify and screen all inbound inquiries
- Accurately manage and forecast your business using Salesforce
- Become proficient with using the various sales tools for contact management, opportunity tracking, sales pipeline management, forecasting and sales reporting
- Minimum of 5 years of proven success selling SaaS/Marketing Technology products, platforms, or services, achieving 1M+ quotas and selling 50K+ deals within large enterprise accounts
- Skilled at navigating complex, matrixed environments and building multi-level relationships with strong executive presence and the ability to earn C-suite trust
- Demonstrated history of meeting monthly performance objectives, consistency, and accuracy of forecasting and commit
- Ability to self-source opportunities from cold outbound and warm/inbound leads
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-velocity new business sales environment
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience using Salesforce CRM tools to manage and accurately forecast sales opportunities
- Outstanding time management skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Proficient in Sales Stack of technologies; ZoomInfo, Outreach, LinkedIn Navigator and Gong
- Self-motivated with strong organizational/prioritization skills and the ability to multitask with close attention to detail
- Skilled at navigating complex, matrixed environments and building multi-level relationships
- Strong executive presence and ability to earn C-suite trust
- Successful quota carrying experience selling SaaS technology products or services, calling on business influencers and meeting monthly performance objectives
- Based in the Boston area with the ability to work a hybrid office schedule (minimum three days per week in our Boston office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) and travel up to 10%.
- College degree or equivalent work experience preferred
- Familiarity and comfort using MEDDPICC sales process
- Knowledge/Experience in Email Deliverability or Data Management Industry preferred
- Experience with in-person events is a bonus
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Top Skills
Gong
Linkedin Navigator
Microsoft Office Suite
Outreach
Salesforce
Zoominfo
Validity Inc. Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
100 Summer St, Suite 2900, Boston, MA, United States, 02110
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