Enterprise Account Director, Jira Align (Benelux & Nordics)
At Atlassian, we are on a mission to help our customers compete and win in the modern, digital economy. We have built a multi-billion-dollar, fast-growing software business with over 300,000 paying customers, hundreds of sales and implementation partners, and millions of users around the globe. Our culture is open, welcoming, collaborative, and passionately focused on our customers' success.
Our Enterprise Solution Sales team build and implement effective sales strategies. They drive the adoption of select products and services to our largest customers. At the same time, they are champions for our customers, providing feedback to our product and engineering teams and helping us improve our customer experience. As an Enterprise Solutions Advocate you will lead a territory comprised of named accounts and a geographic region, frequently working arm-in-arm with our Strategic Account Managers, Solution Engineering, Channel Partners, Product, and Marketing organisations.
Jira Align helps our customers connect business strategy to technical execution by making team-level data visible across their enterprise in real-time. By getting everyone on the same page to determine scope, roadmaps, and dependencies across teams and portfolios, it connects strategic investments to drive outcomes faster and more reliably.
Your future team
We're hiring an Enterprise Account Director, reporting to our Regional Head of Solution Sales for the EMEA. You will join a distributed team of solution sales advocates. We can hire for this role from anywhere in The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
In your first 90 days, we'll expect you to have:
- A team player mindset; driving the business in your territory
- A customer-first mentality advocating for the customer's interests, solving complex problems, influencing outcomes, and aligning with Atlassian's strategy
- Effective communication and active listening skills whilst leading new lands and expansions from start to finish, and engaging with (senior) stakeholders on multiple levels
- A strategic approach in reviewing the territory (account planning, territory planning) and prioritizing customer engagements to maximize growth and retention
- An ability to continuously learn and implement feedback
Your responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end sales motions for our scaled Agile solution
- Partner with our Strategic account team on account planning and driving the book of business
- Build a territory plan and accounts plans
- Co-sell and collaborate with solution partners and GSIs
- Forecasting a pipeline for our scaled Agile solution
Your background
- 7+ years of quota-carrying sales experience in a closing role
- Experience selling Enterprise SaaS products
- Proven track record of meeting or exceeding performance goals
- Familiar with Scaled Agile Frameworks, and Lean Portfolio Management
- Experience in Enterprise software sales, driving transformational deals
- Experience growing Enterprise accounts through cross-selling and upsell
- Customer-centric mindset
- Experience creating alignment and orchestrating internal account teams
- Experience in the Benelux or Nordics Market.
- Fluent Dutch and English language skills