Account Executive, Large Enterprise (Travel, Tourism & Hospitality)

Description

Sprout Social is looking to hire an Account Executive, Large Enterprise (Travel, Tourism & Hospitality) to the Sales & Success team.

Why join Sprout’s Sales & Success team?

Joining the Sales and Success team is an opportunity to accelerate your career. We’re a winning team selling and supporting the leading social media management platform for businesses. Not only do you get to work alongside some of the sharpest minds in the industry, you also get to work with some of the biggest brands in the world ​​including General Mills, Make-a-wish Foundation, Honda and Edelman. And the real kicker? You get to design your own career and follow the path that’s best for you. Wherever you want to go, we’re committed to helping you get there. 

What you’ll do

• Prospect, develop and close sales opportunities with both new logos and existing customers in the enterprise TTH segment.
• Own your numbers - consistently meet and exceed your activity goals (prospecting and meetings completed) to build a fruitful pipeline that will provide consistent quota retirement.
• Establish deep relationships within your book of business through multi-threading, achieving both executive or VP level and end user engagement.

What you’ll bring

Sprout Social is looking for a highly driven and tech-savvy Account Executive with strong business acumen to join our Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Enterprise sales team. Ideally, you will be equally driven by a customer-centric mentality as well as a desire to find and close new business.

These are the minimum qualifications that our hiring team is looking for in this role:

• 5+ years of closing experience in B2B sales
• Proven success selling/cross-selling to large enterprise organizations (5,000+ global employees)
• Ability to manage a large number of prospective accounts and identify problems, opportunities and consultatively provide solutions for each of them

Additionally, these are the preferred qualifications that would indicate a particularly strong candidate:

• Experience selling into the travel, tourism and hospitality industry
• Experience building relationships, presenting and selling to senior level decision makers across multiple functions
• SaaS experience preferred
• Experience working with internal partners and cross-functional stakeholders to increase deal momentum and exceed both prospects and customers expectations

How you’ll grow

Within 1 month, you’ll plant your roots, including:

• Complete Sprout Social’s new hire training …