Account Executive, State & Local - Copado

Brief summary of role:

Join the Copado Team as an Account Executive. Build an effective go-to-market strategy to drive awareness, build advocacy, engage in account planning, and identify and manage new Sales opportunities by working proactively and collaboratively with our supporting teams. 

What you'll be doing:

• Developing and driving the strategy for growth and new customer acquisition in the State, Local & Education vertical. 
• Collaborating with your team to define and deliver compelling value propositions in order to generate opportunities
• Track, analyze, and communicate to management key metrics and business trends - as they relate to your vertical and region
• Supporting all aspects of regional development including, but not limited to, meeting with customer influencers from different channels (Implementation partners, ISVs and Salesforce.com Sales and Customer Success groups) to identify targets, along with, planning and executing focused marketing activities
• Engaging with your region's customers to ensure they are set up for success post-deal
• Prospecting potential new customers through targeted outbound activity
• Understanding customer growth goals, strategies and initiatives, and establishing Copado as a best-in-class solution
• Meeting or exceeding quarterly and annual sales objectives
• Participating in all product, sales, process training, and certifications to develop the expertise of the Copado solution, vision, and strategy
• Managing account relationships, pipeline, and forecast in Salesforce CRM

We are looking for someone with:

• 4-6 years recent experience selling technology and IT Solutions
• Preferably located in the Eastern United States
• 2-3 years selling into SLED
• 1+ years working in the Salesforce ecosystem for a sales capacity
• Demonstrate ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges
• Engage with all kinds of people, building and leveraging relationships to create mutually beneficial value
• Expert at multitasking, and working with shifting priorities and uncertainty in a startup environment
• Reach out to a company we have never worked with before
• Possess a passion to lead and build a region by collaborating and motivating others to execute a defined plan and strategy
• Be a team player, understanding that other groups within the company need to be successful and you can successfully work together
• You are emotionally intelligent, can deliver and receive feedback in a professional manner