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Hybrid Senior Account Executive 1 (Hybrid) at Equinix

Equinix · El Segundo, California, US, United States Of America · Hybrid

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Senior Account Executive 1 (Hybrid)

Job Summary

Sells Equinix solutions to new accounts and/or expands existing accounts. This position is 90% acquisition and 10% existing clients. Focus on larger domestic and global accounts. Facilitate strategic account planning, leads negotiation process, and leads extended sales team on complex multi-region / multi-metro sales.

Responsibilities
Build Customer Relationships

  • Plans, builds, and maintains relationships with key stakeholders in assigned accounts/prospects

  • Facilitates customer relationships to ensure timely resolution of customer issues

  • Conducts quarterly business reviews with customers to identify and develop new selling opportunities

  • Leads Executive Briefings


Leverage Internal & External Partners

  • Leads and drives coordinated sales approach with the extended sales team (Sales Engineers, Solutions Architect, Customer Care, SSA, Commercial Solutions, Sales Operations, etc.) and external partners (Reseller, Strategic Alliance, etc.)

  • Collaborates with global sales team to sell global Equinix platform

  • Demonstrates consistent cross region exports

  • Understands business drivers of accounts and leverages strategic alliances and reseller partners to penetrate accounts


Account Planning

  • Researches and documents detailed understanding of customer business and organizational landscape

  • Develops strategic, global account plans focused on maintaining/growing accounts

  • Drives strategic, global & multi-line of business global account plans


Solution Selling

  • Identifies customer’s business needs, challenges, and technical requirements to match to Equinix solutions in partnership with SEs/SAs

  • Leading delivery of pitch, leveraging SE/SAs where appropriate; adapts pitch to customer needs and persona

  • Proven proficiency of Equinix product set and solutions

  • Sells full suite of Equinix offerings to include global footprint and achieves exports

  • Leverages external partners to drive solution development in new areas/prospects


Contract Renewals

  • Proactively addresses high churn risk customers leveraging internal resources and external partners

  • Facilitates customer contract renewals and negotiations to protect revenue

  • Leverages internal resources to understand customers contractual obligations around notice periods, renew terms, Equinix exposure


Pipeline Management

  • Actively monitors and maintains status of opportunities in SFDC, following the principles of forecasting

  • Identifies at risk accounts, expiring contracts and forecasts churn


Territory Planning

  • Prioritizes list of accounts/prospects for short and long-term pursuit to achieve assigned sales objectives

  • Provides accurate forecasts

  • May focus on particular vertical or sub-vertical within a dedicated sector


Prospecting

  • Coordinates with Opportunity Development Team to strategize lead & sales opportunity qualification

  • Pursues highest propensity prospects, fills the funnel with opportunities; pitching prospects primarily at C-level; leveraging industry contact sand partners

  • Actively prospects account base to sell global platform and achieves exports outside of country · Utilizes available tools to prospect and leverage account strategy plans


Negotiation

  • Leads commercial offer and contract negotiations, leveraging internal resources as needed to obtain best commercial terms possible

  • Understands commercial levers and problem solves to make initial recommendations on deal structure

  • Partners with sales leadership to present at regional deal review


Mentorship/Lead

  • Mentors Account Executives or other sales professionals; leads special projects, provides guidance to team on new products/processes/best practices


Qualifications

  • 7+ years experience preferred

  • Bachelor's Degree required

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