Forerunner · 13 hours ago
Account Executive Sales Manager
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Responsibilities
Manage and develop a dynamic team of Account Executives: We’re proud to have an inspiring, mission-aligned team and we’ll look to you to create a sales culture that is positive, motivating, and results driven. As we grow, you’ll partner with the Director of Sales to build high-performing individuals and work to provide them with actionable performance feedback. In your day-to-day, you’ll act as an escalation point for closing challenging deals and provide ongoing deal support to team members.
Support the team to close new deals: We are looking for someone with a player/coach mentality. You'll support your team's account list, help them reach their quotas and develop plans for winning and expanding business with our government customers.
Articulate the value of Forerunner: You’ll dazzle with demos and domain knowledge in front of our most high value prospects on a weekly basis.
Prioritize the sales pipeline to align with business goals: As a small startup we expect everyone to be adept at shifting priorities to meet changing goals.
Develop scalable sales strategies: As an early member of our sales team, your contribution will be crucial in setting our sales team up for ongoing success.
Contribute to product strategy: Help us drive product strategy by engaging with Product and Engineering teams based on your learnings in the field.
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Required
2+ years experience first-line managing high-performing SaaS sales teams.
5+ years of sales quota carrying experience selling software-led products.
Proven ability to consistently hit targets as the leader of a sales team.
Willing and able to support team members with critical deals by reflecting, coaching and strategizing with individual contributors.
Ability to accurately forecast sales results and build executive trust in owning a team’s quota.
Excellent communicator with great presentation skills.
Ability to effectively articulate and leverage the Forerunner value proposition to win the trust of customers and your team.
Preferred
Experience selling to the Public Sector.
Benefits
Health/vision/dental coverage
Commuter benefits
Quarterly wellness reimbursement
Company
Forerunner
Forerunner is software that empowers communities across the drive resilience and decrease flood risk.
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
XFactor Ventures
2020-01-01Seed· undefined
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