Account Executive role focused on mid-market sales at Equinix. Responsible for developing customer relationships and driving revenue growth through solution selling strategies.
Responsibilities
Responsible for new account development, and/or protect and expand revenue in established book of “high touch” mid-market / small-business accounts
Sales can be made through multichannel, inbound and/or outbound sales activities in a concerted effort with cross-functional partners (Marketing, Sales Engineers, Customer Care, Legal, etc)
Engage and influence a broad set of decision makers within prospects and clients
Build Customer Relationships
Establish a professional, working, and consultative, relationship with the key stakeholders in assigned accounts/prospects, by developing a basic understanding of the unique business needs of the customer within their industry
Develop a deep understanding of, and effectively articulate, the Equinix Platform offerings and value propositions in the market
Conduct quarterly business reviews with customers to identify and develop new selling opportunities
Coordinate sales approach with the extended sales team (Sales Engineers, Solutions Architect, Digital Sales Specialist, SSA, Commercial Solutions, Sales Operations, Customer Care, etc.) and external partners (Reseller, Strategic Alliance, etc.), targeting to improve sales velocity and sales pipeline growth
Demonstrates consistent intra-region selling and occasional cross region exports
Leverages network of peer representatives in strategic alliance and reseller partners to map and penetrate accounts
Facilitates customer relationships to ensure timely resolution of customer issues
Researches, and documents detailed understanding of customer business and organizational landscape on select accounts
Develops account plans focused on maintaining/growing accounts
Develops mechanism to track competitor landscape and build strategy to make in-roads
Identifies customer’s business needs, challenges, and technical requirements to match to Equinix solutions in partnership with SEs/SAs
Understands the role of each persona and how the company's solutions differentially address specific vertical industry challenges as well as their cross-segment capabilities
Delivers pitch in partnership with SE/SAs and tailors pitch to customer needs
Sells full suite of Equinix offerings to include global footprint
Facilitates customer contract renewals and negotiations to protect revenue
Provides updates on all active accounts and reports on activities and progress on a weekly basis
Actively monitors and maintains status of opportunities in SFDC, following the principles of forecasting
Drives proactive campaigns to build the sales pipeline, uses specialized knowledge and skills to prospect and qualify opportunities
Requirements
5+ years' experience of building strong multimillion-dollar business with SI, OEMs, Cloud / SaaS Service providers, Data center operators, Carriers
Exposure and strong business relationship with key decision makers from Mid-Market segments like Financial Services, Manufacturing, Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals, Information Technology & Software Services, Unicorn – FinTech, HealthTech, E-Comm, etc.
Strong concept and solution selling expertise to CIO, CTO/CDOs
Bachelor's Degree plus Full time Management Degree required
Demonstrated prior success in pipeline and lead generation through prospecting customers to ensure long-term success
Previous experience in Sales Development, Business Development or equivalent role with Mid-Market Enterprises - BFSI, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals promoting IT Infra, Data Center services, SaaS, Cloud, AI/ML, Data Science, or related products
Experience with the Challenger Sales Methodology and/or Outcome Based Selling significant plus
Good prioritization skills to focus on the key prospecting targets
Willingness to take ownership and execute with a positive, can-do, self-starter mentality in a highly collaborative atmosphere
Consistently achieves quarterly role metrics for booking and pipeline generation activities
Proven track record of quota, new logo and revenue achievement
Genuine desire to work to make a difference in a fast space, dynamic organization to create meaningful business and partnerships
Benefits
Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer
Consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy/ childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law
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