Account Executive - Aerospace & Defense
Why We Have This Role
The Qualtrics Federal sales team is a group of highly driven individuals dedicated to closing experience gaps across U.S. Federal organizations and Aerospace & Defense contractors. The focus is on driving incremental revenue for Federal/GovCon product lines and buyer personas. As an Aerospace & Defense Account Executive, your overarching objective is to drive company revenue growth through net new customer acquisition and strategic expansion across the current customer base within the Aerospace & Defense portfolio.
How You’ll Find Success
- Takes the initiative to understand the customer mission, create a strategic plan, and execute
- Elevates customer relationships to the next level through dedicated account management
- Experience using enterprise sales processes such as MEDDICC
- Ability to learn and understand product solutions and features with excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong quantitative, analytical, and conflict resolution abilities
- Willingness for occasional travel and to conduct client-facing meetings
- Based out of the Washington D.C., Maryland, Northern-Virginia (DMV) area
- Aerospace & Defense/Public Sector experience strongly preferred
How You’ll Grow
- With a mission-first approach, the Qualtrics Aerospace & Defense team helps the largest and most impactful government contractors listen, understand, and take action on employee and customer data.
- You will sell technology to solve real problems and tackle challenges that directly impact the experiences of public sector employees and customers
- If you love a strategic, analytical sales process and working across diverse stakeholders in the Federal space, selling Qualtrics software will always keep you learning and growing.
Things You’ll Do
- Be a part of the Qualtrics Defense team, supporting Aerospace & Defense prospects and customers
- Develop a territory plan and specific account plans to drive usage of the Qualtrics platform across Aerospace and Defense and Government Contractor customers
- Become a trusted advisor to a variety of buyers in the A&D space
- Closely engage with clients at all points of the sales cycle - from prospecting, product demonstrations, onsite presentations, and contracting through close
- Drive net new revenue growth through new logo acquisition and expansion of current accounts
- Meet quarterly and annual sales targets
- Be a thought leader and customer advocate with partners to elevate the adoption of experience management (XM)
- Work closely with Qualtrics ecosystem resources and partners to identify and develop new strategic opportunities
What We’re Looking For On Your Resume
- 2-5 years of experience selling SaaS solutions
- Successful track record of achieving assigned targets within the A&D, Federal, or other regulated vertical
- Successful track record providing executive-level impact to clients and partners.
- Prior experience in building relationships with relevant Prime and Sub Federal contractors in the A&D ecosystem.
- Prior experience responding to and winning competitive RFx solicitations, including Requests for Proposals (RFPs) specific to A&D contracts.
- Prior experience in building relationships with relevant Federal contractors
What You Should Know About This Team
- The Qualtrics Federal team prides itself on a strong culture of collaboration, hard working mentality, and commitment to winning
- Qualtrics Federal is the fastest growing market unit within the company
- We are just getting started. Join a team that is defining the Experience Management category in the Federal space and making a difference for our customers
Our Team’s Favorite Perks and Benefits
- Quarterly in-person team activities
- Federal specific training and focused sales enablement sessions to support individual success and career growth
- Team celebrations to recognize shared success
- Annual company gatherings in Seattle, WA (X4) and Las Vegas, NV (Sales Kick Off)
For full-time positions, this pay range is for base per year; however, base pay offered within this range may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, education, skills, and experience. A sign-on bonus and restricted stock units may be included in an employment offer. Full-time employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, life and disability, 401(k) with match, paid time off, a wellness reimbursement, mental health benefits, and an experience bonus. For a detailed look at our benefits, visit Qualtrics US Benefits.
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Qualtrics Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
Boston, MA, United States
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