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Position Overview
Are you tenacious and have experience building trusted relationships? Do you love the craft of sales, especially complex enterprise-level sales? Principal, Account Executive, Expansion is responsible for growing sales in 25+ accounts within your assigned portfolio. This job is assigned a sales quota and performance is measured by meeting quarterly and annual targets by up-selling, add-on sales, and cross-selling. This position is remote and reports to the Manager, Expansion for the West US region. The assigned territory is predominantly in the Los Angeles / San Fracisco metro area.
This role oversees buyer seat expansion, forecasts pipeline performance, and partners with technical and extended sales teams to co-develop customer solutions. Principal, Account Executive, Expansion acts as a trusted advisor to senior customer stakeholders, applying strategic insight, industry knowledge, and adaptive communication to drive long term customer value and business growth.
Responsibilities
Manage your book of business; sell new products and expand existing renewals to meet quarterly targets
Lead account strategy and manage the sales cycle for new sales and renewals
Produce new opportunity pipeline each week to meet quarterly and annual quota targets
Be a model representative of Autodesk. Lead presentations to clients, build trusted-advisor relationships with customers, and attend marketing events/conferences
Exemplify team-selling culture. Collaborate with your extended account team, which include: Business Development Rep, Account Technical Lead, Customer Success Managers, Renewal Rep, channel partners, and many other team members
Deliver accurate forecasts of your business
Lead strategic account planning for your accounts, collaborating with extended account team
Minimum Qualifications
5+ years’ experience with experience in quota attainment
Enterprise software sales experience in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction or Manufacturing industries
Experience prospecting and meeting with C-level contacts
Demonstrated closing and negotiation skills
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