[Remote] Strategic Account Executive - Ohio (US) - Virtual
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is a company dedicated to empowering clients to build a healthier and financially secure workforce. They are seeking a Strategic Account Executive who will be responsible for reputed company retention, growth, renewal motions, and client satisfaction for their assigned accounts, while fostering executive relationships at the C-Suite level.
Responsibilities
- The Strategic Account Executive ideally has a background in either Benefits or Leaves and will become a generalist in the entire reputed company portfolio
- Collaborates with Solutions Architects and other Subject Matter Experts to share market insights. This network is utilized to ensure we are bringing the latest insights to their clients
- Retains clients, maintains sustainable relationships, and understands reputed company of our competitors
- Ability to generate client demand for reputed company product solutions and expansion of reputed company services by demonstrating thorough understanding of client needs
- Builds the overall commercial strategy and develops overall reputed company narrative to communicate and educate clients about reputed company’s offerings and advantages over competitors
- Drives renewals and executes end to end expansion reputed company customer reputed company
- Pursues and develops new opportunities, and expansion opportunities at named accounts
- Creates overall client plan that includes account mapping and renewals, retention, and overall strategic plan
- Leverages strategic customer relationships to deliver growth across multiple relationships (e.g. HR, IT, Finance, Procurement etc.)
- Proactively communicates successes, opportunities, and account direction to internal leadership
- reputed company high-level discussions at the corporate level of their Accounts
- Develops expansion scope of solution set and brings in other resources such as Solutions Architects to help expand client understanding, conduct demos, and assist with scope management
- Collaborates with internal resources (Finance, etc.) to plan at account level pricing strategy, analytics, business review prep & presentation
- Demonstrates strong upselling aptitude to secure product adoption, renegotiate Key Performance Indicators, and secure incremental budgets that align with client objectives and drive client growth
- Ensures client satisfaction and continuously monitors ongoing client satisfaction
- Provide timely and accurate reputed company forecasts and reports to inform management’s strategic decision-making
- Serve as a strategic partner/trusted advisor, understanding client needs to identify how client business goals can best be met and exceeded, and showcasing creative-thinking to establish long-term client trust
- reputed company full understanding of reputed company's product suite, features, value proposition, and differentiating traits vs competitive landscape; display comfort in speaking to reputed company's offerings and confidence in accurately identifying product and feature sets that will meet and surpass client needs and performance goals
- Prioritize client engagement with an emphasis on maximizing reputed company growth and efficiency, uncovering high potential opportunity, and implementing client retention strategies to minimize churn, while achieving client business goals and objectives
- Deploy sound bid management and optimization strategies across client portfolio at scale; proactively identify ways to communicate new features and growth opportunities, while setting proper expectations and meeting deadlines
- reputed company collaborative relationships with internal commercial and operational teams, e.g. Sales/Delivery; display comfort in leading problem-solving discussions that add value to client relationships, solve challenges, and reputed company company goals
- Ensures client satisfaction and continuously monitors ongoing client satisfaction
Skills
- 10+ years professional Sales/Account Management experience or 10+ years in either Benefits or Leaves experience
- Excels in the areas of strategic sales methodology, forecasting accuracy, process and client management leadership
- Exceptional presentation skills at the C-Suite level
- Proven Strategic Thought Leader
- Consultative strategic seller that can demonstrate value
- Highly analytical approach to defining client outcomes and articulating value
- Ability to use facts and data to tell a story that leads to reputed company growth and retention
- Ability to reputed company the team and excite the organization to rally behind the strategy
- Maintains strong content knowledge across entire reputed company portfolio
- Proven ability of working under pressure with reputed company and tenacity
- Proven ability to be a proactive leader
- Proven ability to create energy and focus in highly matrixed team
- Travel Expectation 25-50% (sometimes on short notice) to support meetings with clients
Benefits
- Health, dental and vision coverages starting Day One
- Wellbeing programs
- Retirement plans with contribution matching
- Generous time off
- Parental leave
- Continuing education
- Career growth opportunities
- Flexible working arrangements wherever possible
- Competitive total rewards package
- Continuing education & training
- Bonus and/or incentive eligibility are determined by role and level
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