Strategic Account Executive, Insurance

Company Description

Company Description

Nearmap is unique. A global technology company with incredible people; a market-leader with energy and spirit. Nearmap has won several awards including was named 10 Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company magazine – and we are growing!
What we do

We provide easy, instant access to high-resolution aerial imagery, city-scale 3D content, AI datasets and integrated geospatial tools, with wide-scale coverage across the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. At the core of it, we are a SaaS and a location and visual analytics company that leverages AI. Innovation is weaved into our DNA.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Strategic Account Executive to join our growing Insurance Sales team. As the Strategic Account Executive, Insurance, you will be responsible for selling subscriptions of Nearmap’s enterprise SaaS insurance software platform to U.S. tier 1 property insurance carriers, both personal and commercial lines. You will strategically identify new opportunities for growth while prospecting into net new insurance accounts. You will manage complex buying centers and COG’s to deftly determine the mobilizers who will get your deal done, negotiate terms with legal departments and devise strategies that swiftly move through the procurement cycle. You will know the difference between someone with a title and a mobilizer, and your understanding of that difference influences how you find the right people that get your deals done.

Key Responsibilities

• Achieves sales targets
• Build an Insurance focused plan with measurable objectives – number of key targets, timetables to achieve success, etc…
• Initiating and developing new business through prospecting potential customers, ultimately moving them through the sales pipeline. 
• Identify key purchasing schedules and partnerships in current and target accounts to expedite and simplify purchasing
• Build account plans for your major accounts that include influence matrices, org structures, and document your strategy to succeed.
• Map your prospect influences to our key executives and know how and when to leverage them in your opportunity. 
• Understanding and effectively communicating the company’s value prop, technology, process, and any related partnerships. 
• Throughout the enterprise sales cycle, mapping out the customer’s internal business processes and working cross functionally if needed with internal resources to tailor a personalized solution for the customer. 
• Establishing and maintaining close relationships with leads and prospects throughout long enterprise sales processes. 
• You will be on-site with these prospects as needed, traveling sometimes up to 30-50%.
• Ensure high level of quality and timeliness in all reporting, forecasting and administration tasks.
• Ensures customer data in Salesforce is thoroughly and carefully maintained; including but not limited to customer info, opportunity info, and details of customer interactions.

Qualifications

Key Requirements

• 5+ years experience in a sales role with a proven track record of selling enterprise deals
• Proven B2B SaaS sales experience within the P&C insurtech or insurance industry
• Extensive new business generation experience, with a track record of closing tier 1 deals 
• Demonstrated strategic solution selling experience 
• High competence with CRM data hygiene (ideally Salesforce)
• Exceptional collaboration skills with a hunger to close deals
• Strong insurance acumen, proven ability to work with and sell to C Suite Executives
• Ability to coach and close at all levels, e.g. from subscription renewals to high value complex sales
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills... yes, words matter. 
• Exceptional presentation skills, including value selling and an organized approach to the market. 
• Bachelor’s Degree in a related business discipline or equivalent business experience 
• Ability and willingness to travel 30-50%. 

Additional Information

Some of our benefits
Nearmap takes a holistic approach to our employees’ emotional, physical and financial wellness. Our current benefits include access to the Nearmap employee share scheme, short and long-term financial incentives, flexible working options, paid volunteer days, gym and phone rebates, and lots of development opportunities including hack-a-thons and pitch-fests.
Working at Nearmap
We move fast and work smart; often wearing multiple hats. We adapted to remote working with ease and are continually looking at ways to improve. We’re proud of our inclusive, supportive culture, and maintain a safe environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and can be themselves.
If you can see yourself working at Nearmap and feel you have the right level of experience, we invite you to get in touch. 
Watch our culture video below to find out more about what a day in the life at Nearmap looks like.
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