Account Executive, Commercial

7 months ago


Reading, United Kingdom Rapid7 Full time

Account Executive, Commercial

Rapid7’s Commercial Sales organization is seeking an Account Executive to join the team. You will serve as a strategic partner for clients in your assigned geography, helping them achieve a more secure digital future. In this quota carrying role, you will directly impact the success of the company and help organizations across the world advance securely.

**About the Team**

Rapid7’s Commercial Sales team is responsible for driving business at mid-market companies (up to 1,000 employees) across UKI. We set you up for success by providing support and transparent communication from the sales leadership team, including 1-on-1 coaching and feedback from your direct manager. In addition to our new hire onboarding program, Account Executives are provided best-in-class sales enablement training focused around our industry and how to sell our product portfolio, along with follow-up training and coaching sessions paired with sales process and methodology training.

Our tools include LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Gong, Salesloft, and Salesforce to help you remain competitive and uncover new business opportunities.

About The Role

The main goal of our Commercial Account Executives is to drive net new sales, while managing upsell opportunities within your assigned territory. In this role, you will partner cross functionally with internal teams to drive business opportunities from initial prospecting through negotiation to contract close. This is a quota carrying role and critical to the continued success of Rapid7.

**In this role, you will**:

- Meet and/or exceed your quota by identifying, qualifying and closing new business opportunities at mid-market companies with up to 1,000 employees while being a collaborative member of the team.
- Creatively source new prospects and thoughtfully position Rapid7's offerings to suit their needs.
- Serve as a trusted advisor and industry expert.
- Stay current on competitor offerings and be able to identify their strengths and vulnerabilities.
- Turn client feedback into actionable strategies to drive new business and address competitive risks.
- Influence client decisions and advocate for client needs to negotiate solutions.
- Work closely and communicate effectively with various cross functional teams including Sales Engineering, Sales Operations and Customer Success to ensure seamless implementation and effective ongoing account growth.
- Accurately enter, update, and maintain daily activity, forecast and opportunity information in Salesforce.

**The skills you’ll bring include**:

- 3+ years of B2B closing experience.
- Strong track record of success driving revenue through prospecting, creating new business and sustainably growing existing business.
- Ability to work well independently and under pressure, as well as be highly responsive to clients.
- Capacity to learn, absorb, and adapt quickly to ever-changing business priorities.
- Critical thinking in a variety of situations, demonstrating drive, initiative, energy and sense of urgency in acquiring and serving clients.
- Ability to travel up to 25% to client meetings as needed.

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