Named Account Executive, Higher Education

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. Job Category Sales Job Details About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of 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. Our Enterprise EDU team focuses on working with our most strategic customers and institutions generating over $200m in revenue annually. You will have the opportunity to work in a fast paced team with various customers and receive personalized training and career opportunities. Day to Day Our Named Account Executives drive business and engage with existing customers. 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 use your skills to develop opportunities, through both warm leads and whitespace prospecting. • Persistent focus on pipe generation strategies and execution to seed, land and expand new and existing accounts • Develop key customer stakeholder relationships and drive customer satisfaction at assigned accounts • Develop and drive the overall long-term strategy for the account, aligned to customer business objectives • Coordinate internal Salesforce resources to meet customer business needs • Perform account planning at assigned accounts, coordinating with Prime and Cloud sales resources to ensure strategic alignment • Share Salesforce value proposition for existing and/or new customers • Drive growth within an existing assigned account • Demonstrated focus on outcome over process Preferred Qualifications • 8+ years of full cycle sales experience, at least 5 years in Enterprise Sales • Experience working in Higher Education • Demonstrates success and enthusiasm in hunting for new business • Experience working with a large extended team • Experience working in high-growth, performance focused environments • Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.) Unleash Your Potential When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and   be your best , and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can   do your best . Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world. Accommodations If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the