Enterprise Account Executive (Chicago)

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Illinois
94K-183K Annually
Senior level
Software
The Role
The Enterprise Account Executive is responsible for achieving sales quotas by engaging customers in defined territories, developing relationships, and selling complex solutions while working with partners and internal tools.
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About Commvault 

Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience. The company empowers customers to uncover, take action, and rapidly recover from cyberattacks – keeping data safe and businesses resilient. The company’s unique AI-powered platform combines best-in-class data protection, exceptional data security, advanced data intelligence, and lightning-fast recovery across any workload or cloud at the lowest TCO. For over 25 years, more than 100,000 organizations and a vast partner ecosystem have relied on Commvault to reduce risks, improve governance, and do more with data. 

The Opportunity

The Enterprise Account Executive is responsible for achieving quota by selling solutions into a defined territory that includes current Commvault customers and prospects. The position is a field sales account role where the AE will engage in face-to-face sales with customers either directly or through partners. The Account Executive (AE) is responsible for territory planning, new account acquisition and servicing existing clients while working with local resellers and alliance partners. The AE must articulate an in-depth understanding of the prospect’s environment, current challenges/goals and have the ability to align Commvault solutions to those challenges/goals including a financial and strategic value proposition. The candidate must have a history of success in selling complex software platforms (vs. IT component or narrow focused tools) to new logo accounts and have significant experience selling within the local partner ecosystem.

**Must be located in Chicago Metropolitan Area to be considered for role.

What you’ll do…

  • Identify and qualify leads, and generate new business opportunities in order to achieve revenue quota on a quarterly and annual basis

  • Maintain a high level of face-to-face meeting activity with customers, prospects and partners on a weekly basis

  • Develop a territory plan to best leverage partners, alliances and existing relationships to build and maintain a robust pipeline of new logo opportunities

  • Identify and build strategic relationships with local partners to aid in pipeline generation

  • Lead partner relationships, assist in rolling out partner programs and partner sales and technical enablement

  • Cultivate strategic working relationships with clients, maintaining a high level of contact

  • Prepare and present sales proposals and presentations to new and existing clients with quantifiable business cases and strategic and technical value propositions

  • Negotiate and close deals following the company’s practices and processes

  • Leverage internal sales tools and processes to drive opportunities to a successful close.

  • Ensure orders meet all legal and financial requirements

  • Plan, attend and coordinate executive briefings

  • Maintain a high level of relevant industry, Commvault and driven knowledge

Who you are…

  • Possess a Bachelor's degree

  • Minimum of five years’ proven success in software sales

  • Understanding of the storage management industry, products, competitors, history, emerging trends and changing marketplace

  • Minimum of two years’ success in identifying, building relationships and selling with channel partners

  • Excellent communication skills, persuasive, listening skills

  • Background in IT infrastructure

You’ll love working here because:

  • High income earning opportunities based on self performance

  • Opportunity for Presidents Club

  • Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

  • Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing

  • Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message

  • Generous competitive benefits supporting your health, financial security, and work-life balance


Ready to #makeyourmark at Commvault? Apply now!


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Thank you for your interest in Commvault. Reflected below is the minimum and maximum base salary range for this role. At Commvault we use broad salary ranges in our job postings to reflect the diverse levels of expertise and experience among our candidates and is not reflective of the total compensation and benefits package. The specific salary offered will be determined based on your unique qualifications, including your relevant experience, skills, and the value you bring to the role. While the range provides a general idea of the compensation, it is important to note that placements within the range are not automatic and will be carefully considered to ensure a fair and competitive offer. We are committed to rewarding talent and experience.

US Pay Range
$93,500$182,850 USD

Commvault is an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are always committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status and we will not discriminate against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we work.

Commvault’s goal is to make interviewing inclusive and accessible to all candidates and employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to participate in the interview process or apply for a position at Commvault, please email [email protected] For any inquiries not related to an accommodation please reach out to [email protected].


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The Company
HQ: Tinton Falls, NJ
3,464 Employees
Year Founded: 1996

What We Do

Commvault's data protection and information management solutions provide mid- and enterprise-level organizations worldwide with a significantly better way to get value from their data Commvault can help companies protect, access and use all of their data, anywhere and anytime, turning data into a powerful strategic asset.

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