Senior Account Executive, Higher Education and Academic Medical Centers

Genesys empowers organizations of all sizes to improve loyalty and business outcomes by creating the best experiences for their customers and employees. Through Genesys Cloud, the AI-powered experience orchestration platform, organizations can accelerate growth by delivering empathetic, personalized experiences at scale to drive customer loyalty, workforce engagement, efficiency and operational improvements.

We employ more than 6,000 people across the globe who embrace empathy and cultivate collaboration to succeed. And, while we offer great benefits and perks like larger tech companies, our employees have the independence to make a larger impact on the company and take ownership of their work. Join the team and create the future of customer experience together.

Would you like to own driving revenue growth for the leader in Customer, Student, and Patient Experience for the Higher Education and Academic Medical markets? Do you have the communication skills, sales methodology and forecasting rigor, commitment to pipeline and demand generation, business acumen, key relationships, industry experience, and technical background necessary to further the Genesys brand?

Job Title: Senior Account Executive, Higher Education and Academic Medical Centers
Department & Team: Public Sector Sales // Higher Education and Academic Medical Centers
Reports to: Ken Taylor
Location: Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas

Summary: Genesys is hiring talented sales professionals in the Higher Education and Academic Medical Centers market. This group within Genesys offers a creative, fast-paced, entrepreneurial work environment where you’ll be at the center of Genesys’ innovation and reinforce our position as the Top-Rated Gartner Quadrant CX Platform in our fast-growing industry. As a senior seller, you’ll be responsible for growth and adoption among existing accounts while securing net new customer business. You will be expected to arrive with a rigorous commitment to MEDDPICC, prospecting, market and territory development, mutual action plans, and a propensity for action. The successful seller will arrive with established relationships in our industry and further build a deep business and technical network through your knowledge of these industries’ trends and environments including the funding and procurement processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive revenue, market share, and exceed new pipeline targets in your defined geographic region.
• Effectively lead and manage active sales opportunities with prospects and customers leveraging the Genesys Way of Selling based on MEDDPICC.
• Understand public and private procurement rules and processes to coach new customers through the acquisition process.
• Accurately forecast revenue and meet (or exceed) monthly, quarterly and yearly revenue targets
• Build, maintain, and iteratively evolve Territory Plans to crystallize and focus your strategy and priorities of work which align to Genesys’ strategic direction, including the development and management of a robust sales pipeline by engaging with prospects, partners, and key customers.
• Collaborate strategically with Genesys Partners, including our Value-Added Resellers (VAR), Integrator, AppFoundry, and Carrier channel partners to align on building a greater awareness to our solutions in the industry, conduct effective and streamlined opportunity management, and attending events together.
• Collaborate regularly with internal Go-To-Market partners, including our Business Development Representatives, Field Marketing, Event Marketing, Channel, and Healthcare teams to support your regional territory revenue growth goals.
• Manage and accelerate revenue with regular interactions with Genesys Partners (Carriers, VAR’s, SI’s, and ISVs).
• Develop and refine your ability to present a compelling business value proposition for your customers through effective written and speaking communication skills.
• Understand the business and technical requirements of your customers and to help shape the direction of our product offerings.
• Collaborate with Genesys’ internal business partners, including our legal and finance teams, to manage complex contract negotiations.
• Prepare and deliver business reviews to the senior management team on quarterly and yearly strategies that align with revenue growth expectations.
• Accelerate customer adoption and ensure customer satisfaction in partnership with our Customer Success Managers.
• Become expert at positioning the business value of our Digital and AI portfolio
• Build a strong working knowledge of customer mission and priorities by researching Modernization plans, IT strategic plans, IG and GAO reports, etc.
• Become expert at aligning customer initiatives and priorities to Genesys capabilities in a way that differentiates our products and informs a strong Point of View on Why Genesys

Minimum Requirements:

• 8+ years of field enterprise sales and/or business development experience with a focus on higher education, academic medical center, and/or healthcare selling AI, enterprise software, networking, infrastructure, customer experience, and/or cloud computing services.
• Understanding and experience with higher education, public sector, and healthcare procurement and funding in direct and indirect models.
• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
• Proficiency with enterprise platforms including Salesforce (CRM), Clari or similar (forecasting and opportunity management), Zoom (collaboration), and others such as DocuSign, Workday, Concur, and Tableau.
• Demonstrated proficiency and adoption of MEDDPICC and Opportunity Plan Management.
• Must be based in region with the ability to travel at least 25% as needed.

Desirable Skills:

• Technical sales and solutions background in customer experience, CCaaS, UCaaS, API's, infrastructure, AI, telecom, cybersecurity, etc.
• Demonstrated history of consistently exceeding sales quota
• Experience selling to a variety of public sector agencies, including higher education, healthcare organizations, and local government offices. 
• Documented industry and customer network

Compensation:

This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation range listed below. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a commission or performance-based bonus opportunities.  

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance. 

• Telehealth coverage

• Flexible work schedules and work from home opportunities

• Development and career growth opportunities

• Open Time Off in addition to 10 paid holidays

• 401(k) matching program

• Adoption Assistance

• Fertility treatments

More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://mygenesysbenefits.com

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About Genesys:

Genesys empowers more than 8,000 organizations in over 100 countries to improve loyalty and business outcomes by creating the best experiences for their customers and employees. Through Genesys Cloud, the AI-powered experience orchestration platform, Genesys delivers the future of CX to organizations of all sizes so they can provide empathetic, personalized experience at scale. As the trusted platform that is born in the cloud, Genesys Cloud helps organizations accelerate growth by enabling them to differentiate with the right customer experience at the right time, while driving stronger workforce engagement, efficiency and operational improvements. Visit www.genesys.com.

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