Senior Account Executive

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Senior Account Executive

Job Summary

Sells Equinix solutions to new accounts and/or expands existing accounts. Focus on largest global accounts in region. Facilitate strategic account planning, leads negotiation process, and leads extended sales team on complex multi-region / multi-metro sales.

Responsibilities
Build Customer Relationships

• Plans, builds, and maintains relationships with key stakeholders in assigned accounts/prospects

• Facilitates customer relationships to ensure timely resolution of customer issues

• Conducts quarterly business reviews with customers to identify and develop new selling opportunities

• Leads Executive Briefings

Leverage Internal & External Partners

• Leads and drives coordinated sales approach with the extended sales team (Sales Engineers, Solutions Architect, Customer Care, SSA, Commercial Solutions, Sales Operations, etc.) and external partners (Reseller, Strategic Alliance, etc.)

• Collaborates with global sales team to sell global Equinix platform

• Demonstrates consistent cross region exports

• Understands business drivers of accounts and leverages strategic alliances and reseller partners to penetrate accounts

Account Planning

• Researches and documents detailed understanding of customer business and organizational landscape

• Drives strategic, global, multi-line of business global account plans with Equinix top customers globally

• Drives coordinated selling approach and account planning with global counterparts

Solution Selling

• Identifies customer’s business needs, challenges, and technical requirements to match to Equinix solutions in partnership with SEs/SAs

• Leads delivery of expert, compelling pitch, leveraging SE/SAs where appropriate; customizes pitch to customer and persona

• Proven proficiency of Equinix product set and solutions

• Sells full suite of Equinix offerings to include global footprint and achieves exports

• Leverages external partners to drive solution development in new areas/prospects

Contract Renewals

• Proactively addresses high churn risk customers leveraging internal resources and external partners

• Facilitates customer contract renewals and negotiations to protect revenue

• Leverages internal resources to understand customers contractual obligations around notice periods, renew terms, Equinix exposure

Pipeline Management

• Actively monitors and maintains status of opportunities in SFDC, following the principles of forecasting

• Identify at risk accounts, expiring contracts and forecasts churn

Territory Planning

• Prioritizes list of accounts/prospects for short and long-term pursuit to achieve assigned sales objectives

• Provides accurate forecasts

• May focus on particular vertical or sub-vertical within a dedicated sector

Prospecting

• Coordinates with Opportunity Development Team to strategize lead & sales opportunity qualification

• Pursues highest propensity prospects, fills the funnel with opportunities; pitching prospects primarily at C-level; leveraging industry contacts and partners

• Actively prospects account base to sell global platform and achieves outside of country · Utilizes available tools to prospect and leverage account strategy plans

Negotiation

• Leads commercial offer and contract negotiations, leveraging internal resources as needed to obtain best commercial terms possible

• Understands commercial levers and problem solves to make initial recommendations on deal structure; overcome objections and position and engage and senior levels in account

• Partners with sales leadership to present at regional deal review

Mentorship/Lead

• Mentors Account Executives or other sales professionals; leads special projects, provides guidance to team on new products/processes/best practices

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience preferred

• Bachelor's Degree required

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