Senior Account Executive (Majors)

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New York, NY, USA
In-Office
110K-120K Annually
Mid level
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The Role
As a Senior Account Executive, you'll develop and execute account plans to generate revenue and grow existing accounts by establishing credibility with prospects, leading sales cycles, and collaborating with internal teams using Salesforce.
Summary Generated by Built In

Weekly office requirement: Hybrid, 3 days/week

Employment type: Permanent 

Seniority level: Mid

Salary Range: $110,000 - $120,000 + Commission 

As our Account Executive, you’ll:

Be a part of our dynamic global Revenue team, reporting to the VP of Sales, US. You’ll be responsible for helping develop, drive, and execute an account plan to generate new business revenue, as well as year-over-year expansion and growth within your existing accounts, aligned with GWI’s growth strategy across your book of business.

Working within your dedicated market segment, you will focus on winning new customers and driving growth and expansion within your assigned book of business.

  • Designing a GTM strategy for your assigned prospect and customer accounts to build a pipeline that enables you to meet and exceed your quarterly and annual sales quota
  • Strategically mapping accounts to understand the full scope of each opportunity
  • Working cross-functionally with internal teams to drive additional value in active opportunities
  • Leading the entire sales cycle with your clients, from opportunity creation through close
  • Establishing and building credibility with prospects from the outset, developing a deep understanding of their business challenges, and presenting needs-based solutions that align with their objectives
  • Tracking all sales activity by managing opportunities and accurately forecasting revenue in Salesforce
  • Building strong collaboration with the CSMs assigned to your accounts to ensure customers drive value from GWI’s products and to identify and nurture additional growth and expansion opportunities

Market Insight 

  • Stay informed about industry trends, the competitive landscape, and emerging technologies
  • Utilize market insights to refine sales strategies, differentiate our offerings, and maintain a competitive edge
What do I need to bring with me?

You’ll need to demonstrate the core skills required for this role. Here’s what the team will be looking for:

  • Extensive experience in SaaS, subscription/licensing, API-based, or consumption sales, particularly closing business within large, complex enterprise accounts
  • Ability to apply strategic thinking and consultative sales skills to align technology solutions with complex, multi-stakeholder business challenges
  • Proven track record of consistently meeting or exceeding sales quotas
  • Experience bringing innovative or market-defining products to market within a competitive landscape
  • Success cross-selling multiple solutions to meet client needs (subscription vs. custom offerings)
  • Experience following the MEDD(P)ICC sales methodology to qualify opportunities and progress deals through the pipeline
  • Experience in multi-threading and selling into buying committees to build consensus among key stakeholders
  • Experience using Salesforce to manage the sales cycle, pipeline, and forecasting
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and concisely
  • A hunter mentality, with a strong focus on outbound prospecting to build and grow your own pipeline in addition to inbound leads
  • Ability to engage and build relationships with C-level executives
  • Experience working in a startup or scale-up environment

What We Offer 🧘At GWI, you’ll find meaningful work, visible impact, and a culture that empowers you to do your best. Our package includes:
  • Time to recharge – 23 days’ annual leave, paid sick days, and office closures over the holidays.
  • Health & wellbeing – Top-tier health cover with dental & vision, plus mental health and wellness support.
  • Financial benefits – Great pay, 401(k) matching via Voya, and rewards that recognise your impact.
  • Flexibility & balance – Flexitime, early Friday finishes, and work-from-anywhere freedom.
  • Family first – Enhanced parental leave and carer days for when life needs you most.
  • Career growth – Accredited learning, development programs, and space to grow your future.
  • Community & impact – DE&I initiatives, volunteer days, and 100% donation matching.
Put all that together and GWI is the friendliest, most fulfilling place any of us has ever worked.
 
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 🫶Diversity is fundamental to who we are—both as a data company and as a workplace. Our data reflects global realities, and so must our teams. We strive to ensure our workforce is as diverse and inclusive as the insights we provide to our clients.
 
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from disabled candidates and are committed to providing all necessary adjustments during the hiring process. We also actively encourage applications from underrepresented and marginalized communities.
 
At GWI, you will find a place where you can contribute meaningfully, grow professionally, and belong fully.

We’re committed to a compliant workforce. As an E-Verify participant, we confirm employment eligibility for all U.S. hires, ensuring we employ individuals authorized to work in the United States.

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Skills Required

  • Extensive experience in SaaS sales
  • Proven track record of meeting sales quotas
  • Experience using Salesforce
  • Ability to engage with C-level executives
  • Experience in startup or scale-up environments
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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
679 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

We’re the target audience company that does things a bit differently. Our job is to cut through the noise and give you facts you can trust. Our flagship study represents more than 2 billion people around the world, and it tells you how consumers are changing; their actions, ideals, perceptions, feelings... (you get the gist). The world’s largest (and smallest) brands, marketing agencies and media organizations rely on us every day to help them stand out. Working with the likes of Twitter, Google, Spotify, WPP, IPG and Omnicom Group, we help them find really original and in-depth insights through our one-of-a-kind platform. And if that doesn’t float your boat, we’ve got a whole bunch of custom services to let you do more tailored research across 48 countries – asking whoever you want, whatever you want. We’re growing fast, and we’re always on the lookout for out-of-the-box thinkers to help us do more great things.

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