Commercial Account Executive

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Auckland, NZL
In-Office
Senior level
Cloud • Software
If you’re ready to build your future — and the future of technology — then you’re in the right place.
The Role
Own the full sales cycle for Salesforce Customer 360 across commercial customers. Responsibilities include prospecting, pipeline generation, territory strategy, executive relationship management, multi-product solution selling, forecasting, deal execution, landing new logos, expanding existing accounts, and closing complex opportunities. The role requires quota-carrying sales experience, strong commercial acumen, CRM and platform-selling expertise, C-level engagement, and proficiency in methodologies such as MEDDICC, Challenger, or Command of the Message.
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Job Category

Sales

Job Details

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

The Experience
Salesforce is seeking elite sales talent to join our high-performing Commercial Sales team. This is an opportunity for accomplished Account Executives who thrive in complex environments, operate with a "CEO of your territory" mindset, and want to partner with customers on meaningful, long-term business transformation.
As a Commercial Account Executive at Salesforce, you will own, progress, and close opportunities across the full Salesforce Customer 360 platform. You will work across a broad and diverse customer base, engaging organisations of varying size, maturity, and complexity across multiple industries.
You will work with customers' complex business challenges, navigating multi-product environments where solutions must be tailored, integrated, and aligned to broader organisational strategy. Success in this role requires comfort selling sophisticated, interconnected products and the ability to continuously learn and articulate the value of evolving technology across different industry contexts.
As a trusted advisor, you will build relationships across the C-suite, influence senior stakeholders, and lead complex, multi-threaded sales cycles from first conversation through to contract signature. You will be accountable for generating and converting high-quality pipeline, while partnering closely with other Salesforce teams to drive customer success and long-term growth across your portfolio.
We are hiring within our Commercial organisation, this requires strong commercial acumen, intellectual curiosity, and a true ownership mindset.
What You'll Actually Be Doing
Your Impact
No two days are the same, but your mission remains constant: Land, Expand, and Lead.
 

  • Sell the Salesforce Customer 360 platform across a diverse portfolio of commercial customers and industries
  • Position and connect multiple Salesforce products to solve complex customer challenges
  • Build trusted relationships within existing accounts while identifying new growth opportunities
  • Land new logos and expand Salesforce's footprint across your territory
  • Lead complex deals end-to-end, including prospecting, deal strategy, forecasting, and execution
  • Engage in executive-level conversations, industry events, and customer roundtables
  • Continuously learn and stay current across Salesforce's evolving product portfolio and the broader software landscape
  • Define territory and vertical strategies, identifying target accounts and building a strong go-to-market plan
  • Balance short-term execution with a long-term view of revenue growth and customer value

How We Work
 

  • Team selling: You will collaborate closely with Business Development, Solution Engineers, and partner teams to deliver the best outcomes for customers
  • Ownership: You are the CEO of your territory and book of business, with autonomy in how you plan and execute
  • High-performance culture: Success is measured by results, impact, and customer outcomes

You're Our Person If...
 

  • An experienced Account Executive with minimum 5+ years of quota-carrying sales experience
  • Demonstrated experience selling, or working with, complex, multi-product or platform-based solutions
  • A genuine passion for software, technology, and continuous learning
  • Proven success achieving and exceeding sales targets
  • Comfortable engaging C-level stakeholders, or able to demonstrate the gravitas and credibility to influence at this level
  • Curious, commercially minded, and motivated to master new products, industries, and customer contexts
  • Self-driven, resilient, and able to thrive in a fast-paced, high-expectation environment
  • High EQ, with the ability to navigate diverse stakeholders and complex internal and external relationships
  • A strategic thinker who can craft a point of view, hold an informed opinion, and act as a trusted advisor to customers
  • Growth-minded, self-aware, and intentional about your career trajectory
  • Expertise in solution-selling methodologies (e.g., MEDDICC, Challenger, Command of the Message).
  • Deep experience with CRM technology and a strong network of customer references (Preferred)

Even Better If...
 

  • Deep experience with CRM technology and a strong network of customer references

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.

Skills Required

  • Minimum 5 years of quota-carrying sales experience
  • Experience selling or working with complex, multi-product, or platform-based solutions
  • Passion for software and technology with commitment to continuous learning
  • Proven success achieving and exceeding sales targets
  • Ability to engage C-level stakeholders and influence senior decision-makers
  • Commercial acumen, strategic thinking, curiosity, resilience, and self-direction
  • High emotional intelligence and ability to navigate complex stakeholder relationships
  • Experience with solution-selling methodologies such as MEDDICC, Challenger, or Command of the Message
  • Deep CRM technology experience and a strong network of customer references

Salesforce Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Salesforce and has not been reviewed or approved by Salesforce.

  • Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision options, mental‑health programs, and low‑deductible or heavily subsidized tiers. Feedback suggests offerings like Lyra counseling, care navigation, and wellness reimbursements make access broad and user‑friendly.
  • Parental & Family Support — Parental and family benefits are portrayed as robust, including paid leave for primary and secondary caregivers and extensive family‑building support such as fertility, adoption, and doula benefits. Backup childcare and caregiver resources provide practical help across different life stages.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off programs are highlighted as generous, with flexible PTO and hybrid options alongside seven days of paid Volunteer Time Off each year. Feedback suggests this combination supports work‑life balance and community engagement.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
72,000 Employees

What We Do

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where Humans with agents drive customer success together. Through Agentforce, our groundbreaking suite of customizable agents and tools, Salesforce brings autonomous AI agents, unified data from any source, and best-in-class Customer 360 apps together on one integrated platform to help companies connect with customers in a whole new way. Salesforce is democratizing AI agents for businesses of every size and industry so every company can embrace a workforce without limits. Our low code, open, and secure platform helps companies build and customize Salesforce fast so they can safely scale AI-powered work to every customer and employee experience and transform their business. Salesforce is proud to be the market leader, but we’re even more proud to lead in philanthropy, innovation and culture. Guided by core values of trust, customer success, innovation, equality, and sustainability, Salesforce is more than a business — we’re a platform for change.

Why Work With Us

There’s no typical day in the life of a Salesforce employee. You could be transforming our next AI innovation — or transforming your community. Closing deals — or closing your laptop for a day of Volunteer Time Off. Driving change for our customers — or driving change within one of our high-performing teams.

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