Sr. Acquisition Account Executive

Job Description:

As a Sr Account Executive (AE), you are responsible for revenue growth in new logo and existing accounts within an assigned territory and ensuring all key metrics are delivered. You will engage with accounts via email, telephone, face to face, and other online mediums. Our AEs will provide direction and recommendations to the extended territory team and leadership to increase efficiencies, structure, and strategy of the region, ensuring individual and team success.

Who you’re committed to being:

• Meet and exceed sales quotas - Close customer contracts ranging in size from $1k to $100k a year in ARR with 6+ months average sales cycle, build and grow pipeline, accurately forecast, cold call and prospect account base for new opportunities, identify and win new business accounts.

• Own your business: Increase sales, develop leads, and close opportunities - Develop territory strategy plan and specific account plans, acquire net new customers, create and execute demand generation plans within territory, be accountable for all aspects of taking down the number, as if you truly owned Pluralsight.

What you’ll do:

• Establish yourself as a trusted advisor through being assertive, present, and relevant - Build relationships with customers through all phases of the life cycle, identify and care for customer needs, maintain accuracy in Salesforce, develop process to for meaningful customer experience, Prospecting, developing, managing, and executing a territory plan to support lead generation, full sales cycle management, 

• Leverage internal and external tools to maximize customer information - Maximize success with world class SaaS toolkit (access to Salesforce, Outreach, Discover.org, CPQ), provide feedback on pre-sales issues and competitive trends, use sales tools to identify and profile, quote, invoice, and collect revenue from customers, curate customer testimonials.

Experience you’ll bring:

• Proven track record of exceptional sales success and operational excellence

• Experience with Salesforce or similar CRM tools preferred

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal & written) including outstanding telephone presence

• Entrepreneurial mindset, self-motivated, accountable approach, combined with strong sense of teamwork

• Ability to follow through and meet deadlines

• Flexible and adaptable to change

• Ability to travel (20-30%)

Requirements:

• 2-3+ years B2B SaaS experience with medium-large accounts

• Has sold SaaS into a C-Suite and with customers through all phases of the life cycle

• Understands various stages of typical solution sales cycle

• Sold enterprise software solutions to IT, Learning, and Engineering, and tech leader decision makers within the Engineering Org

• Sold for products in the growth stage

Travel Requirements:

While Pluralsight operates under a remote and hybrid work model, we believe that in-person connection and collaboration are important. Recurring travel to our HQ in Utah may be required depending on the role and team member location.

Why you’ll love working here:

• We’re remote- and hybrid-friendly

• We’re mission driven and values guided

• We have a strong commitment to diversity and belonging

• We cultivate a culture of trust, autonomy, and collaboration

• We’re lifelong learners and champion team member growth and advancement

• We’ve got you covered - team member benefits include competitive compensation packages, medical coverage, unlimited PTO and Summer Fridays, wellness reimbursements, Pluralsight subscription, professional development funds and more.

About us:

We’re Pluralsight, the technology workforce development company that helps teams build better by knowing more and working better together. Using our Skills, Flow, and Cloud product, teams can develop critical skills, improve processes and gain data-driven insights.

We’re a community of growth seekers and lifelong learners who are out to do big things that make a difference in people’s lives, and we’re looking for curious, talented people to join us. Our culture of trust, autonomy, and genuine collaboration create an environment where you’ll grow as a human and as a professional. Because to us, your growth is our growth, and vice versa.

Physical and Mental Requirements

Work is performed in an office (or home office) environment and requires the ability to operate office equipment and keyboards. Sedentary work. Repetitive work. Ability to perform tasks related to documentation, data analysis, transcription and extensive content analysis. Learn new tasks, remember processes, complete tasks independently, and make timely decisions in the context of a workflow.

EEOC Statement

Bring yourself. Pluralsight is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age or protected veteran status. Pluralsight will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please visit the bottom of our website to learn how to request an accommodation.

For more information on Pluralsight’s commitment to building a more diverse and inclusive workforce, please review our most recent Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging report here.

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