Tableau Account Executive, Higher Education

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123K-181K Annually
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Cloud • Software
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The Role
Sells Tableau’s analytics platform to higher education customers, developing new opportunities, managing enterprise accounts, building executive relationships, coordinating internal resources, and closing complex sales. The role requires territory planning, pipeline management, solution selling, account strategy, and consistently meeting or exceeding sales quotas.
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Role: Tableau Account Executive, Higher Education (Community Colleges)
Tableau
As the market-leading choice for modern Analytics, everything we do is driven by our mission to help people see and understand data, which is why our products are designed to put the user first—whether they’re an analyst, data scientist, student, teacher, executive, or business user. From connection through collaboration, Tableau is the most powerful, secure, and flexible end-to-end analytics platform.
Day to Day
Our Tableau Account Executives engage with existing customers and new leads to sell the entire Analytic platform. They build positive, trusted relationships with both key team members and c-suite decision makers within their patch, and become naturals at helping customers realize value from their Salesforce investments. You will drive the analytics discussion and identify use cases within your accounts.

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 including product support, customer success, and sales engineering to meet customer business needs

  • Assist with account planning at assigned accounts, coordinating with other sales resources (Salesforce Core AE’s, Prime AE’s, Cloud AE’s, etc.) to ensure strategic alignment

  • Manage complex sales-cycles and present to C-level executives the value proposition of Tableau platform

  • Define and complete territory / account sales plans for assigned territory and then meet and exceed sales goals (quotas) through prospecting, qualifying, managing and closing sales opportunities.

  • Develop and manage sales pipeline, prospect and assess sales and move a large number of transactions simultaneously through the sales pipeline.

Required Experience

  • 10+ years of quota carrying software or technology sales and account management experience; ideally focused on large enterprise accounts.

  • Work well within a team of various partners within a matrixed environment (Account Executives, Solution Engineers, Sales Leaders, Executives, etc.)

  • Highly driven individual with a focus on execution, strong sense of urgency and a belief in our Tableau mission.

  • A mix of business curiosity combined with a technical ability to truly address customer data challenges and earn trust

  • Solution selling mentality: develop a plan and solution, articulate value, and navigate complexities of our customers to drive revenue

  • Education: Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

Preferred Experience

  • Experience selling in the software industry or technical sales experience (ex: Saas)

  • Experience with analytics, data, databases, predictive modeling, or business intelligence preferred.

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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.

At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $123,200 - $164,850 annually. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations. In California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range for this role in those locations is $135,300 - $181,000 per year. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

Skills Required

  • 10+ years of quota-carrying software or technology sales and account management experience, ideally with large enterprise accounts
  • Ability to work effectively with cross-functional partners in a matrixed environment
  • Strong execution focus, sense of urgency, and commitment to the Tableau mission
  • Business curiosity and technical ability to address customer data challenges and earn trust
  • Solution-selling ability, including developing solutions, articulating value, and navigating customer complexities
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
  • Software industry or technical sales experience, such as SaaS
  • Experience with analytics, data, databases, predictive modeling, or business intelligence

Salesforce Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision options, mental‑health programs, and low‑deductible or heavily subsidized tiers. Feedback suggests offerings like Lyra counseling, care navigation, and wellness reimbursements make access broad and user‑friendly.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental and family benefits are portrayed as robust, including paid leave for primary and secondary caregivers and extensive family‑building support such as fertility, adoption, and doula benefits. Backup childcare and caregiver resources provide practical help across different life stages.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time‑off programs are highlighted as generous, with flexible PTO and hybrid options alongside seven days of paid Volunteer Time Off each year. Feedback suggests this combination supports work‑life balance and community engagement.

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