Strategic Account Executive

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Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
136K-180K Annually
Senior level
eCommerce • Productivity • Software
Salsify helps brand manufacturers, distributors, and retailers globally collaborate to win on the digital shelf.
The Role
The Strategic Account Executive sells Salsify’s SaaS PXM platform, add-on modules, and professional services to large global enterprises. Responsibilities include prospecting new and existing accounts, managing strategic sales plans and pipelines, mapping stakeholders and executives, leading complex sales cycles through contract negotiation, forecasting, and exceeding revenue quotas. The role requires enterprise SaaS sales expertise, solution-selling ability, MEDDPIC knowledge, executive presentation skills, resilience, and a hunter mentality.
Summary Generated by Built In

Come join a company who is a key leader in the industry scaling the next core commerce infrastructure and on the path from $100M to $500M! Founded in 2012, Salsify helps brand manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in over 80 countries collaborate to win on the digital shelf. As the market leader globally, our products are shopper-centric, frictionless, and create memorable commerce experiences. Our products provide a competitive edge through experiences that improve brand trust, amplify product differentiation and assortments, increase conversion rate, improve profit margins, and speed time to market.

Learn how the world’s largest brands, including Mars, L'Oreal, Coca-Cola, Bosch, and GSK, as well as retailers and distributors such as E.Leclerc, Carrefour, Metro, and Intermarché use Salsify everyday to stand out on the digital shelf.

At Salsify, we strive to embody an equitable, diverse, and inclusive company culture. We are united across countries, levels, tenures, and a host of other dimensions of diversity. We understand that while work is just one aspect of who we are, a truly inclusive culture accounts for the full authenticity of every single human being that works here. 

About the Opportunity

Salsify is seeking a highly motivated, dynamic, and driven Strategic Account Executive who has previous SaaS experience and an affinity for solution selling. As a Strategic Account Executive at Salsify, you will prospect our largest, most complex customers. This includes selling our Salsify PXM Advance platform, associated add-on modules and professional services to large, multi-national, multi-billion dollar brand manufacturers. Strategic Account Executives are responsible for taking a strategic sales approach to sell Salsify’s PXM platform to most well-known global enterprise brand manufacturers in the world. We have found that the most successful Strategic Account Executives are masterful storytellers who can weave a complex solution into connecting with brands and optimizing how they are navigating the ever-changing e-commerce landscape. Our Strategic Account Executives are key drivers in Salsify’s global large enterprise customer relationships on the worldwide stage. We are seeking high achievers who continue to set the bar and are true evangelists in their sales approach and follow through.

 

How You'll Make an Impact:

  • Hunt for new opportunities within current global customer base  as well as net new customers
  • Employ a proven sales process that builds business value, evangelizes Salsify with the support of our internal champions and close new revenue contracts
  • Identify and penetrate new and existing global enterprise accounts through prospecting, networking, and MEDDPIC foundational selling
  • Develop and drive thoughtful strategic sales plan including maintaining a robust pipeline while forecasting accordingly
  • Map out complex organizational structures to identify key influencers and C-suite decision-makers
  • Lead the entire sales process, from initial outreach to final contract negotiation, ensuring our value proposition aligns with the client’s global business objectives
  • Work cross-functionally with Salsify’s key internal teams, including sharing updates with the executive team, feeding information to the product/engineering team to help influence the product roadmap
  • Stay ahead of industry trends and competitor moves to position Salsify as the gold standard

 

You'll Enjoy This Role If You Have:

  • Spent the last 8+ years exceeding an assigned quota with net new sales revenue goals
  • Sold SaaS to global large enterprise customer business units and key personas that include CMOs, VPs, & Directors
  • Mastery of complex sales methodologies (e.g., MEDDIC, MEDDPIC etc)
  • Professional sales training and adherence to a repeatable sales process, experience with MEDDIC is a plus
  • Leveraged and optimized relationships with key accounts in the Fortune 100/500/1000 space
  • Executed multiple complex sales processes concurrently
  • Exceptional presentation skills; ability to command a room (or a Zoom) of executives
  • High resilience, low ego, and a "hunter" mentality—you are motivated by the win

 

What We Have for You:

US Benefits -

  • Competitive Salary plus commission plan
  • 401 (k)
  • Unlimited Vacation
  • Full Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Company provided Life Insurance and Short Term Disability as well as additional
  • voluntary insurance elections
  • FSA: Medical, Commuter, and Dependent Care
  • Referral Bonuses


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At Salsify, we maintain 3 core principles as part of our Compensation Philosophy:
  • We pay market rates, which are competitive and equitable
  • We pay based on performance and proficiency, not tenure
  • We adjust proactively; when the market moves, we do too
The posted compensation range reflects the base salary for this position. In addition to base salary, some eligible roles may also have a commission plan or a bonus incentive. All Salsify employees receive equity in the form of stock options. All full-time employees are invited to participate in our Total Rewards plan, which includes health & medical benefits, flexible spending accounts, flexible PTO, and more. Offers to join Salsify are based on a few criteria, including the scope of the role, the candidate’s work experience, targeted skills, internal equity of the team, and external market data.
US National Pay Range
$136,000$180,000 USD

Salsify loves a good success story and it would be our privilege to help write yours! We recognize that talent and potential come in all forms and that years of experience does not guarantee on-the-job effectiveness or leadership potential. Our hiring process involves recognizing a person’s achievements, subject matter expertise, and passion, not just check marks next to a job description. If you have an interest in our roles please do not hesitate to apply - we would be happy to speak with you!

A member of Talent '[email protected]' will be reaching out about next steps if we would like to move forward.

Salsify’s mission is to empower brand manufacturers to win on the digital shelf.

Helping brand manufacturers to win online is what we do. Our culture is who we are. We are empowered. We are positive thinkers. We take action. We care deeply. These values have driven Salsify’s growth and earned the company numerous top workplace awards.

We are headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and have hubs in Lisbon (Portugal) and Sydney (Australia). If you are excited to work in a fast-paced environment with a team that values agility, curiosity and passion, we want to hear from you!

As part of the hiring process, we may be conducting reference checks with your provided contacts.

Please see our Candidate Privacy Statement for information on the personal data we process in connection with your application.

An Inclusive Place To Work
Salsify does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Studies have found that people of color and women do not apply to jobs if they do not meet all the requirements. At Salsify we are committed to empowering a diverse workforce. We 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. Accommodations

Salsify is committed to an inclusive hiring process, and we aim to provide accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you need any accommodations for the application or throughout the interview process please contact [email protected].


We take your security seriously. When applying for a position with us, please be aware of the following:

Official Communication Channels
All legitimate communications from our team, including interview requests and job offers, will only come from an email address ending in @salsify.com. We will never use generic email addresses (like Gmail or Yahoo) or ask you to communicate through unofficial channels.
Verify Job Postings

Always verify the legitimacy of any Salsify job posting by checking our official website's careers page. If a position is not listed there, it is not a genuine Salsify opening.
Secure Application Process

We use secure applicant tracking systems and encrypted communication channels to protect your sensitive information and documents throughout the application process.
No Payments Ever Required

Legitimate employers, including Salsify, will never ask for upfront payments for applications, training, or equipment. Any request for payment is a clear sign of a scam.
Personal Information Requests

Sensitive personal information, such as bank details or social security numbers, will only be requested after a formal job offer has been made and exclusively through secure, verified channels.By being aware of these protocols, you can help us ensure a safe and secure application experience.


Skills Required

  • 8+ years exceeding assigned quotas with net-new sales revenue goals
  • Experience selling SaaS to global large enterprise customer business units and executive personas, including CMOs, VPs, and Directors
  • Mastery of complex sales methodologies such as MEDDIC or MEDDPIC
  • Professional sales training and adherence to a repeatable sales process
  • Experience with MEDDIC
  • Experience leveraging and optimizing relationships with Fortune 100, 500, or 1000 accounts
  • Ability to execute multiple complex sales processes concurrently
  • Exceptional presentation skills and ability to engage executive audiences
  • High resilience, low ego, and a hunter mentality

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The Company
HQ: Boston, Massachusetts
710 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Salsify helps brand manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in over 80 countries collaborate to win on the digital shelf. The company’s Commerce Experience Management (CommerceXM) platform serves as the system of record for products, accelerates time to market for products, facilitates cross-team and cross-organization collaboration at scale, and provides the insights needed to continuously optimize product pages across channels. The result is shopper-centric, frictionless, and memorable commerce experiences. Great commerce experiences that are delivered efficiently improve brand trust, amplify product differentiation and assortments, increase conversion rate, improve profit margins, and speed time to market.

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