MuleSoft Account Executive, Higher Education

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153K-231K Annually
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Our MuleSoft Account Executives focus on working with Higher Education institutions. You will have the opportunity to work in a fast paced team with various customers and receive personalized training and career opportunities.
APIs are changing the world and how companies do business. As a MuleSoft Account Executive, you will partner with institutions to uncover and drive complex digital transformation strategies, utilizing our API Connectivity via the MuleSoft AnyPoint Platform. In this role you will be working directly with C-level executives and partnering with an account team to drive customer business objectives and outcomes.
Note: By applying to the MuleSoft Enterprise Account Executive posting, recruiters and hiring managers who support multiple verticals across the organization hiring Account Executives will review your resume. Our goal is for you to apply once and have your resume reviewed by multiple hiring teams. Please note some of these positions may be office-based, office-flexible or remote depending on the team.
You will be aligned to the Higher Education Vertical
Day to Day
Our MuleSoft Account Executives engage with existing customers and new leads. They develop strong, positive, trusted relationships with both key stakeholders and c-suite decision makers within their patch, and help customers realize value from their Salesforce investments.

  • You will use your skills to develop opportunities, through both warm leads and whitespace prospecting.

  • Develop key customer stakeholder relationships and drive customer satisfaction at assigned accounts

  • Assist with the development and execution of overall long-term strategy for the account, aligned to customer business objectives

  • Coordinate internal resources to meet customer business needs

  • Assist with account planning at assigned accounts, coordinating with Prime and Cloud sales resources to ensure strategic alignment

  • Share both MuleSoft and Salesforce value proposition for existing and/or new customers

  • Drive growth within new and existing, assigned accounts

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of full cycle sales experience, at least 5 years in Enterprise Sales

  • Experience in selling technical platforms preferred

  • Integration / API Market Awareness

  • Management of large key account(s)

  • Ability to strategize with a large extended team

  • Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

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For Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $152,650 to $231,200.

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  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is positioned as above-market in the U.S., with multiple peer-reported benchmarks converging around a similar median total compensation figure. Compensation is also framed as broadly viewed as fair in aggregate, even while acknowledging variation by role and group.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental leave is described as notably generous for U.S. caregivers, with additional supports like gradual return-to-work and doula reimbursement. Family-building programs are also emphasized through fertility/adoption/surrogacy support with sizeable reimbursement limits.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Mental-health and coaching offerings are highlighted as accessible supports alongside financial-wellbeing tools. Volunteer Time Off and donation matching are presented as distinctive lifestyle-aligned benefits that add value beyond cash compensation.

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