Data Cloud Account Executive

Job Category

Sales

Job Details

**About Salesforce**

We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good - you’ve come to the right place.

At Salesforce, we're seeking outstanding individuals to join our team as Account Executives, where your role will be pivotal in driving revenue growth and encouraging enduring client relationships. Our dedication to revolutionizing customer experiences is at the heart of everything we do. The **Salesforce Data Cloud **, our flagship innovation, harnesses the power of real-time data to reinvent the Customer 360, enabling businesses to build awe-inspiring customer interactions at scale.

As a part of our esteemed Data Cloud Specialist selling team, you will play a pivotal role in crafting the future of customer engagement. We are looking for professionals with extensive experience in highly technical sales with emerging B2B technologies. Collaborating with potential clients, you will understand their needs and challenges, showcasing how Data Cloud can solve their most critical business goals.

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Employ your wealth of experience in enterprise and commercial B2B sales to identify and engage potential Data Cloud clients.
- Demonstrate your extensive knowledge of the SF platform, Data Cloud, and Tableau to craft highly tailored solutions that resonate with clients.
- Source and qualify Data Cloud opportunities that fit our ideal customer profile.
- Demonstrate your adeptness at leading comprehensive discovery conversations, unearthing prospective customers’ critical business needs and resolving if and how Data Cloud can help them.
- Craft and present compelling Points of View that underscore the tangible business value of Data Cloud.
- Collaborate across cross-functional teams to show up as “One Salesforce” and ensure a seamless client experience throughout the entire sales process
- Highlight how our solutions align seamlessly with clients' long-term strategic objectives
- Utilise your outstanding ability to combine deep discovery with your Point of view to present compelling Data Cloud use cases that resonate with technical and business buyers

**Required Skills and Qualifications**:

- 5+ proven experience in enterprise and commercial B2B sales within the context of highly technical sales.
- Expertise in modern cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Big Query) and data analytics tools (e.g., Tableau), acquired through years of technology sales experience.
- An understanding of the SF Advantage across Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and Service Cloud to relate Data Cloud requirements of Customer needs.
- A heightened business sense, adept at steering impactful discovery conversations to uncover the most intricate client needs.
- Consistently surpassing sales targets within a technical sales environment, underscoring your proficiency in intricate sales processes.
- Outstanding communication and negotiation skills honed through your experience in technology sales.
- Experience will be evaluated based on alignment with the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer work, etc.).
- A results-driven attitude
- Demonstrate ability to prioritise work in a cross-functional environment
- Business-focused outlook: Skill-fully translates technical solutions into palpable business value
- A talent for relationship-building
- Problem-solving
- Creative: Agile, roll-up-your-sleeves attitude.

**Technologies**:

- Salesforce platform (Sales, Service, Marketing Clouds), technical sales, negotiation techniques, Cloud Data Warehouse technologies, BI (Tableau). Salesforce Data Cloud.

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