Federal Civilian Enterprise Account Executive
The Qualtrics XM Platform™ is a system of action that helps businesses to attract customers who stay longer and buy more, to engage and empower employees to do the best work of their lives, to develop breakthrough products people love, and to build a brand people can’t imagine living without.
Joining Qualtrics means becoming part of a team bold enough to chase breakthrough experiences - like building a technology that will be a force for good. A team committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion because of a conviction that every voice holds value, with a vision for representation that matches the world around us and inclusion that far exceeds it. You could belong to a team whose values center on transparency, being all in, having customer obsession, acting as one team, and operating with scrappiness. All so you can do the best work of your career.
We believe every interaction is an opportunity. Are we yours?
The Challenge
Qualtrics’ Federal Civilian sales team is a group of highly driven individuals dedicated to closing experience gaps across Federal Civilian organizations in North America.
As a technology-driven company, our SaaS platform is used to help some of the largest and most impactful Federal organizations in the world listen, understand, and take action on experience data (X-data™). The challenge? Qualtrics is a very versatile platform, adding value to a limitless array of decision makers. If you love a strategic, analytical sales process and working with a variety of stakeholders in the Federal space, selling Qualtrics software will always keep you learning and growing.
The Expectation for Success
The Federal Civilian Account Executive is expected to lead all sales efforts within his or her assigned territory, including prospect identification, lead generation, sales calls, handling the sales cycle, proposal and contract negotiation through deal closure, with a specific focus on driving incremental revenue for our Federal product lines and buyer personas. As a Federal Civilian Account Executive, your overarching objective is to drive company revenue growth through net new customer acquisition, as well as expansion in our current customer base.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Minimum 5-10 years’ of experience selling SaaS solutions to the Federal vertical
- Successful track record in achieving assigned targets within the Federal vertical
- Successful track record providing executive-level impact to clients and partners
- Well-versed in federal procurement processes and regulations
- Well-versed in federal government security standards and policies
- Prior experience in building relationships with relevant federal contractors
- Prior experience in responding to federal government RFI's and RFP's
- Ability to learn and understand product solutions and features with excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong quantitative, analytical, and conflict resolution abilities
- Experience using enterprise sales processes such as MEDDIC
- Experience using CRM such as Salesforce or Microsoft Dynamics and measuring system compliance
- Bachelor’s degree or higher is required
- Willingness to travel 25% of the time (approximate travel time dependent on team and to be confirmed by Hiring Manager)
A Day in the Life
- Sell the Qualtrics Platform and become a trusted advisor to a variety of buyers in the Federal vertical
- Engage with clients at all points of the sales cycle - including prospecting, product demonstrations, on-site presentations, through close
- Drive net-new revenue growth through new logo acquisition and expansion of current accounts
- Be a thought leader and customer advocate with partners to elevate the adoption of experience management (XM)
- Meet quarterly and annual objectives and key results
- Build strategic account plans to grow the existing business and identify new opportunities with customers and through partners
What differentiates us from other companies
- Work life integration is deeply important to us - we have frequent office events, team outings, and happy hours
- Qualtrics Experience Program - $1,800 for an experience of your choosing (eligible after a year)
- We take pride in our office design aiming at fostering creativity from our rooftop views to an open and collaborative work space
- 30 paid days off - 15 PTO + 5 Personal Days + 10 Holiday Closures (additional after a year)
- On top of standard benefits package (medical - employees and their families, dental, vision, life insurance, etc.) we provide snacks, drinks, and free lunches in our office
The base pay range for this position is $103,000 - $116,000 per year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, education, skills, and experience. A sign-on bonus and restricted stock units may be included in an employment offer, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and other benefits, based on eligibility criteria.