Hybrid Account Executive, Defence & Intelligence

at Planet

• Job title: Account Executive, Defence & Intelligence
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: SFDC
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Japan

About the role

• Account Executive managing government sales for Planet's geospatial solutions in Japan. Expanding the sales pipeline and collaborating with government institutions to drive revenue.

Responsibilities

• Develop the sales pipeline needed to achieve or exceed your sales targets and goals.
• Collaborate with the Government Sales team and Leadership.
• Work with Planet’s marketing team to run campaigns to attract and identify new opportunities.
• Work with Business Development to grow a pipeline of opportunities with strategic accounts.
• Prospect and develop business relationships, close sales, and manage customer expectations as the company grows.
• Collaborate with the whole commercial organisation to foster close customer relationships based on trust and integrity.
• Engage qualified prospects and take them through the journey of identifying the value proposition for Planet solutions and negotiating through agreement/contract/procurement obstacles to achieve an ultimate win.
• Manage the contracting and Government procurement process.
• Work closely with pre-sales/solution architect staff to ensure technical validation of the Planet solution and achieve a technical win.
• Work closely with our post-sales organization and Customer Success team to ensure a successful onboarding for new customers and maintain/grow a relationship.
• Work strategically to develop the pipeline of qualified opportunities needed to achieve or exceed your sales targets and goals.
• Maintain an extensive level of pipeline hygiene using Salesforce.com.
• Collaborate and innovate as needed to create customer-facing presentations and proposals unique to the prospect and situation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or commensurate professional experience
• Experience successfully finding and winning business with Government customers, such as the Military of Defense, an Intelligence account, or similar
• Excellent relationships across Japanese Government and the partner ecosystem
• 6+ years of related experience in Enterprise Solution Sales required along with a successful track record
• 6+ years of experience selling to government customers, including understanding the nuances of Government sales cycles and how to navigate through the process
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to be self-motivated and work independently under tight deadlines in a dynamic environment
• Excellent judgment and decision-making skills
• Negotiation and persuasion skills
• Critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills
• Experience with Salesforce.com or a similar CRM System
• Fluent in English, the working language of the company and Japanese
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the year

Benefits

• Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off
• Employee Wellness Program
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity
• Volunteering Paid Time Off