Thomson Reuters · 6 hours ago
Senior Account Executive - Seattle
Thomson Reuters is a global company that provides trusted content and technology for professionals across various sectors. They are seeking a Senior Account Executive to develop account plans, prospect new business, and manage major accounts while exceeding revenue targets and collaborating with internal teams to tailor solutions for customers.
Responsibilities
Prospecting: Prospecting is a must. Actively seek out new business opportunities with both new and existing customers to build a strong sales pipeline. Keep your sales pipeline clean and up to date, aiming for 3-4 times coverage of your sales targets on a monthly and quarterly basis
Account Management: Handle a list of major accounts (companies with revenues of $500M+), leading the entire sales process through account planning, to include initial contact, account planning, deal closing to renewal
Sales Goals: Meet or exceed your revenue targets
Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with other teams within the organization to tailor our solutions to address the customer needs
Relationship Building: Establish and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders, understanding their challenges and demonstrating how our solutions can address them
Salesforce Maintenance: Regularly update our CRM system (salesforce.com) to maintain accurate records of your sales activities and to provide reliable sales forecasts. Engage in direct client meetings either in person or via platforms like MS Teams
Qualification
Required
Prospecting is a must. Actively seek out new business opportunities with both new and existing customers to build a strong sales pipeline
Keep your sales pipeline clean and up to date, aiming for 3-4 times coverage of your sales targets on a monthly and quarterly basis
Handle a list of major accounts (companies with revenues of $500M+), leading the entire sales process through account planning, to include initial contact, account planning, deal closing to renewal
Meet or exceed your revenue targets
Work closely with other teams within the organization to tailor our solutions to address the customer needs
Establish and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders, understanding their challenges and demonstrating how our solutions can address them
Regularly update our CRM system (salesforce.com) to maintain accurate records of your sales activities and to provide reliable sales forecasts
Engage in direct client meetings either in person or via platforms like MS Teams
Proven success selling complex, enterprise software (>$500M revenue targets) with a consultative, value-based approach
Experienced engaging C‑suite using solution selling to uncover business challenges and quantify impact of inaction
Skilled at leading multi-stakeholder, detailed sales processes and managing full-cycle deals from prospecting to close
Self-starter with a growth mindset, comfortable with ambiguity and driving change
Strong cross-functional collaborator with marketing, product, and legal to achieve shared outcomes
Deep understanding of AI and its application
Adept at developing and executing account plans; contributes to sales strategy, culture, value proposition, and tools
Preferred
College degree preferred with a minimum of 5 years direct field sales experience (sales experience in the corporate sector preferred) with proven, exemplary track record of sales quota over achievement
Benefits
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance
Career Development and Growth
Industry Competitive Benefits
Culture
Social Impact
Making a Real-World Impact
Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs
Competitive 401k plan with company match
Competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays
Parental leave
Sabbatical leave
Optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee
Optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
Fitness reimbursement
Access to Employee Assistance Program
Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee
Access to 529 Plan
Commuter benefits
Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance
Tuition Reimbursement
Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Company
Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters delivers critical information from the financial, legal, accounting, intellectual property, science, and media markets.
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