Account Executive, Public Sector: K-12 Education (Chicago)

Salesforce - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Chicago, IL

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Account Executive for Public Sector: K-12 Education at Salesforce is responsible for driving sales and building relationships within the K-12 education sector. This role involves developing strategies to meet customer business objectives, coordinating internal resources, and ensuring customer satisfaction. The position offers opportunities for personalized training and career growth in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop key customer stakeholder relationships and drive customer satisfaction at assigned accounts.
• Coordinate internal Salesforce resources to meet customer business needs.
• Perform account planning at assigned accounts, ensuring strategic alignment with Prime and Cloud sales resources.
• Share Salesforce value proposition for existing and/or new customers.
• Drive growth within an existing assigned account.
• Develop opportunities through both warm leads and whitespace prospecting.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full cycle sales experience.
• Experience managing a large number of accounts.
• K-12 industry experience.
• Ability to strategize with a large extended team.

Nice-to-haves

• Military experience
• Extracurricular leadership roles
• Volunteer roles

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Retirement saving plan
• Monthly wellness allowance
• Flexible time off & leave policies
• Parental benefits
• 7 paid volunteer days off per year
• Donation matching for approved charitable donations