Strategic Account Executive

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Hiring Remotely in New Zealand
Remote or Hybrid
Entry level
Information Technology • Consulting
The Role
Own New Zealand’s enterprise customer portfolio and territory, driving new business, account expansion, upselling, cross-selling, and recurring revenue growth. Build executive relationships across government and regulated industries, manage complex 6–24 month sales cycles, develop territory and pipeline plans, and collaborate with Customer Success, Professional Services, and Marketing. Maintain Salesforce discipline, influence decision-makers, and mentor colleagues involved in sales processes.
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At Objective, we create software that makes a difference. Our GovTech software helps government and other organisations manage information, make better decisions and deliver better outcomes for their communities.

We’re looking for a commercially driven Strategic Account Executive to take ownership of our Information Intelligence business across New Zealand. This is your opportunity to shape your territory, build influential customer and partner relationships, uncover new opportunities and turn them into real business growth.

If you thrive on winning new business, enjoy building trusted relationships and have the drive to own your sales outcomes, this role puts you in the driver's seat.

A day in the role:

  • Take the lead in developing and executing your territory strategy, identifying priority accounts, uncovering new opportunities and building a strong pipeline across the public sector and beyond.
  • Drive opportunities from the first conversation through to negotiation and close. Understand customer challenges, position the right solutions and turn complex sales opportunities into successful outcomes.
  • Develop strong relationships with Microsoft, systems integrators, resellers and other channel partners. Work together to identify opportunities, develop joint account plans and unlock new routes to market.
  • Take commercial ownership of your accounts, strengthening executive relationships while driving renewals, retention, cross-selling and expansion. Identify where customers can gain more value from Objective's Information Intelligence solutions.
  • Collaborate with Pre-Sales, Product, Consulting Services and Customer Success to develop compelling solutions, navigate complex sales cycles and deliver outcomes that matter to customers.
  • Manage your pipeline, forecast accurately and maintain a clear view of your territory's opportunities, risks and priorities. You'll have the autonomy to drive your approach, backed by a collaborative team and established sales processes.

Your skills, experience and beyond:

  • A proven track record in enterprise software or SaaS sales, with experience winning new business and growing existing accounts.
  • The commercial mindset and confidence to own territory strategy, pipeline development and sales outcomes.
  • Experience building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, customers and channel partners.
  • Strong solution-selling, negotiation and discovery skills, with the ability to connect business challenges to meaningful technology outcomes.
  • Experience navigating complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles and structured procurement processes.
  • A collaborative, self-driven approach, with the resilience to keep opportunities moving and the discipline to deliver results.
  • Experience selling into the New Zealand public sector or regulated industries is highly desirable.
  • Exposure to Microsoft alliance relationships and partner-led selling is a strong advantage.
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Why work for us?

    At Objective, you'll be part of a team delivering technology that makes a genuine difference. You'll have the opportunity to take ownership of a national territory, influence how we grow our market presence and build partnerships that create lasting value.

    This is a senior individual contributor role where your impact comes through your commercial results, customer relationships and ability to turn opportunities into growth — not through managing a team

    Ready to make your mark in New Zealand?

    If you're excited by the challenge of building relationships, winning business and taking ownership of your territory's success, we'd love to hear from you.

 
If you do not tick every box, do not let that stop you. We value potential, learning agility, and diverse perspectives just as much as experience, and we encourage you to apply.
 
At Objective, we recognise and celebrate our diverse team as pivotal to our strong employee engagement and our high-performing culture, underpinned by Our Values.
 
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristics or on any other basis prohibited by applicable laws in the regions where we operate.
 
To ensure a positive experience, please inform our Talent Team of any adjustments or accommodations you may require during the recruitment process, so we can support you effectively.

Skills Required

  • Proven success in enterprise or complex B2B sales
  • Experience in government, public sector, regulated industries, or technology
  • Strong track record of achieving revenue targets across new business and existing accounts
  • Experience selling complex, high-value software, technology, or professional services solutions
  • Strong executive-level relationship-building and negotiation skills
  • Experience with consultative, solution, strategic, or Challenger selling methodologies
  • Ability to manage long and complex sales cycles from initial engagement through close
  • Strong territory, account, opportunity, and pipeline management skills
  • Commercial curiosity and ability to understand customer businesses and translate challenges into opportunities
  • Confidence presenting to and influencing stakeholders at all levels
  • Resilience, initiative, and ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively across teams
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The Company
HQ: North Sydney, NSW
380 Employees
Year Founded: 1995

What We Do

We’re formed by a team of creators, passionate about code, agile methodology and focused on sharing knowledge to generate value for our customers through digital solutions. Discovering innovative paths in complex and strategic projects, we guarantee the quality of delivery in scale through continuous tests automation, which creates the necessary confidence for creating long-standing relationships among employees, customers and partners. For over 20 years, we have contributed to the success of the largest telecommunications companies in Brazil with digital solutions for billing and subscribers management. And through our experience and knowledge, we expanded our offerings with a portfolio of digital solutions, consultancies and software development teams for the most varied market segments, such as manufacturing, finance, education, retail, health and utilities. The United States unit was founded in 2017, in Chicago, allowing us to deliver the same quality, expertise and specific IT solutions to American companies. The company belongs to the Objective Group, which includes E-TRUST, specialized in information security and Identity Management, CodeIT, which develops systems for insurance and social security and ELEFLOW with BI solutions and Big Data Analytics. If you like challenges, learn constantly and value personal connections, join us! Other interesting information about us you should know: - One of the best companies to work in Paraná, Brazil, according to GPTW - We offer one of the best remuneration in Brazilian IT market, according to Glassdoor - Offices in Brazil (São Paulo, Maringá, Curitiba) and Chicago - We’re a benchmark of agile development, with a case published on ‘The Scrumban [R]Evolution: Getting the Most Out of Agile, Scrum, and Lean Kanban’ book, from Ajay Reddy

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