Enterprise Account Executive, Pluralsight
DACH
Technology workforce development company
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Technology workforce development company
1001+ employees
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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
- 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
- Preferable experience selling in a SaaS organization, ideally with multi-year SaaS contracts into the C-Suite
- Expert on Solution-Selling, Customer-centric Selling, Strategic Selling, the Challenger sale, Business Impact Selling and/or Value Selling
- Proven successful track record selling to C-Suite personas
- Experience managing a pipeline and closing Enterprise contracts
- Excellent German verbal, written and presentation communication skills both with customers and within Pluralsight
- Proven strategic negotiation and closing skills with a successful track record of navigating stakeholders within large complex organizations and internally
- Requires a minimum of 8 years of related or equivalent experience; or 6+ years with an advanced degree
What the job involves
- As an Account Executive you will take responsibility for the revenue expansion of your accounts within the DACH territory
- With identified accounts, you will ensure revenue growth, customer success and long term partnership with assigned customers within the DACH territory
- 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
- Ownership of the full sales cycle from lead to close with DACH business customers
- Effectively build trust-based relationships with senior-level sales professionals
- Identify and understand the customer’s strategy and the related capability and skills requirements
- Help educate customers on the value of Pluralsight throughout the adoption cycle through jointly developed and agreed success criteria and provide recommendations based on customers’ business needs and usage patterns
- Develop and set a strategy aligned to the goals set that enables Pluralsight ’s growth within existing businesses and building new business opportunities
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 been significant growth in recent years, capitalizing on the surge in demandf fbefore many competiting startupos emerged. Depsite facing competition from major players like Grow with Google and UDemny, 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.
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Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-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 values
- Customer Obsessed: We understand our customers' needs, analyze market trends and competitors, and aim to exceed expectations to deliver exceptional value. Our commitment to customer satisfaction is the cornerstone of our success
- Aligned and Focused: We focus on quality execution of our strategic priorities, using our programs to stay coordinated and drive results. By setting aside lower-priority tasks, we ensure we follow through on our commitments
- Always Learning: We continuously improve our operations, expertise, and customer impact. We learn by studying both inside and outside the company, reviewing KPIs and data, reflecting on past experiences, and respectfully challenging each other
- Direct and Respectful: We provide honest, actionable, real-time feedback and hold each other accountable to deliver on our commitments in a constructive manner
Company HQ
Draper, UT
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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)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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