Growth Account Executive, Pluralsight
$108-130k
OTE
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Technology workforce development company
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Technology workforce development company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$108-130k
OTE
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To inspire and empower the tech workforce to achieve their goals.
Role
Who you are
- You enjoy learning and are open to new ways of doing things
- You are not afraid to be yourself, experiment, make mistakes and learn from them, ask questions, or voice your concerns
- When communicating you are self-aware, insightful, and proactive
- You are a team member first and individual contributor second. You are aware that high-performing teams are only as strong as their weakest link
- You believe in continuous improvement and request frequent feedback from others
- A collaborative, not cut-throat sales environment
- Self motivated, goal and detail oriented, persistent and dependable
- Sold SaaS into a C-Suite and with customers through all phases of the life cycle
- Track record of exceeding quota
- Building your large network/connections of IT leaders
- Experienced in negotiating multi-year recurring revenue contracts, and sales cycles with varying durations
- Solution sales experience in identifying market size and focus
- Developing sales pipelines, accurately forecasting penetrating new accounts, driving the sales process within a relationship selling environment
- Sales cycle expertise - sales process planning, forecasting, prospecting, communication, negotiation, presentation
- 3+ years B2B SaaS experience
What the job involves
- The Growth Account Executive (AE) is responsible for revenue growth in existing accounts within an assigned territory and ensuring all key metrics are delivered
- With identified accounts, the incumbent will ensure revenue growth, customer success and long term partnership with assigned customers
- You will also work closely with and provide direction to the extended account team (solution engineers, business development reps and customer success managers), to identify the best 'plan of attack', increase efficiencies, and develop winning tactics and strategies for your accounts
- Meet and exceed sales quotas - Close customer contracts ranging in size up to $1MM, build and grow pipeline, accurately forecast, cold call and prospect account base for new opportunities
- Understand the quote to cash process (Quote, PO, Invoice, Payment)
- Travel up to 25%
- Own your business: Increase sales, develop leads, and close opportunities - Develop territory strategy plan and specific account plans, expand install base, create and implement demand generation plans within territory, be accountable for all aspects of taking down the number, as if you truly owned Pluralsight
- Use proven negotiation skills to close all assigned opportunities with the ability to upsell additional revenue opportunities
- Deliver compelling presentations to senior executives and decision makers
- Establish yourself as a trusted advisor through being assertive, present, and relevant - Build relationships with customers through all phases of the life cycle, identify and care for customer needs, maintain accuracy in Salesforce, develop process for a meaningful customer experience, prospecting, developing, managing, and driving a territory plan to support lead generation, full sales cycle management
- Leverage internal and external tools to improve customer information - Enhance success with world class SaaS toolkit (access to Salesforce, Outreach, Sales Navigator, Discover.org, CPQ), provide feedback on pre-sales issues and competitive trends, use sales tools to identify and profile, quote, invoice, and collect revenue from customers, curate customer testimonials
- Plus, organize your daily execution while balancing multiple priorities simultaneously
- Strong collaboration with the Customer Success team to ensure client relationships are strengthened, and joint action plans are developed and optimized for account growth to improve gross and net retention
- Forecasting - Ability to consistently deliver accurate, scalable, and predictable revenue to the business
Application process
- Applications must be submitted within 90 days after the initial posting date to be considered
Our take
Pluralsight is dedicated to closing the global tech skills gap, a mission that has become increasingly urgent as industries worldwide face a growing shortage of IT talent. This high demand for upskilling makes Pluralsight's online training services more relevant than ever.
Founded in 2004, Pluralsight has matured into a prominent player in the online upskilling industry. The company has seen significant growth in recent years, capitalising on the surge in demand before many competing startups emerged. Despite facing competition from major players like Grow with Google and Udemy, Pluralsight has maintained its strong position.
Though Vista Equity Partners' 2021 acquisition has brought some challenges, Pluralsight, once a unicorn startup now a public company, continues to thrive. With numerous partnerships with NGOs, educational institutions, and corporations, Pluralsight remains a key player in tackling the tech skills shortage.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2016
$30m
SERIES C
Aug 2014
$135m
SERIES B
Total funding: $195m
Company benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Summer Fridays
- Holidays
- Parental Leave
- Medical, Dental and Vision
Company HQ
Draper, UT
Leadership
Aaron Skonnard
(Co-Founder & CEO)Worked as a DevelopMentor Author, and was President of Skonnard Consulting. In 2004, left a Neumont University Associate Professorship to co-found Pluralsight.
Fritz Onion
(Co-Founder & Content Advisor)Started as an Oracle Software Engineer after a degree at Harvard, and then spent 10 years as a DevelopMentor Instructor. Subsequently co-founded Pluralsight in April 2004, serving as Content Advisor.
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