Strategic Account Executive, Salesforce

• At least 5 years of quota carrying software or technology sales and account management experience; ideally passionate about data & analytics technology; ideally worked with Public Sector customers
• Work well within a team of various partners within a matrix environment (client directors, solution engineers, executives, etc.)
• Highly driven individual with a focus on execution, strong sense of urgency and a belief in our Tableau mission
• A mix of business curiosity combined with a technical ability to truly address customer data challenges and earn trust
• Solution selling mentality: develop a plan and solution, articulate value, and navigate complexities of our customers to drive revenue
• Fluent in Dutch and English

Desirable

• Our Business team focuses on developing Tableau in Public Sector customers across the EMEA North region
• As the market-leading choice for modern business intelligence, our analytics platform makes it easier for people to explore and manage data, and faster to discover and share insights that can change businesses and the world
• Everything we do is driven by our mission to help people see and understand data, which is why our products are designed to put the user first—whether they’re an analyst, data scientist, student, teacher, executive, or business user
• From connection through collaboration, Tableau is the most powerful, secure, and flexible end-to-end analytics platform
• You will be in charge of developing and growing the Local and Central Public Sector customers across The Netherlands
• The Account Executives plan and engage with prospects, customers and new leads to sell the entire Tableau platform
• They build positive, trusted relationships with both key team members and c-suite decision makers within their patch, and become naturals at helping customers realize value from their Salesforce investments, particularly on the analytics
• You will use your skills to develop opportunities, through both warm leads, existing customers and whitespace prospecting:
• Develop and manage sales pipeline, prospect and assess sales and move a large number of transactions simultaneously through the sales pipeline
• Engage the partner network throughout the global ecosystem
• Develop key customer stakeholder relationships and drive customer satisfaction
• Assist with the development and execution of overall long-term strategy for the account, aligned to customer business objectives
• Coordinate internal resources including product support, customer success, and sales engineering to meet customer business needs
• Assist with account planning at assigned accounts, coordinating with other sales resources (Salesforce Core AE’s, Prime AE’s, Cloud AE’s, etc.) to ensure strategic alignment
• Manage sophisticated sales-cycles and present to C-level executives the value proposition of Tableau platform
• Define and complete territory / account sales plans for assigned territory and then meet and exceed sales goals (quotas) through prospecting, qualifying, managing and closing sales opportunities