Strategic Account Director

Hi, we’re TechnologyAdvice.

At TechnologyAdvice, we pride ourselves on helping B2B tech buyers manage the complexity and risk of the buying process. We are a trusted source of information for tech buyers, delivering advice and facilitating connections between our buyers and the world’s leading sellers of business technology. 

Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, we are a remote-first company with more than 20 digital publications and over 500 global team members in the US, UK, Singapore, Australia, and the Philippines. We’re proud to have been repeatedly recognized as one of America’s fastest growing private companies by Inc., as well as a Tennessee top workplace. We work hard each day and have fun, too, with monthly virtual events, recreational slack channels, and the occasional costumed dance from our CEO.

All positions are open to remote work unless otherwise specified in the requirements below. 

The opportunity

As a Strategic Account Director, your main objectives are to meet or exceed sales goals within a set of client enterprise strategic accounts. Using a consultative approach, you are expected to determine customers’ needs and provide them with possible business solutions, while bringing previous industry knowledge to the table.

As a TechnologyAdvice team member, you would get to be a part of a positive sales culture and partake in fun team events. We’ll make sure you have a dedicated support team from pre to post-sale along with providing resources such as a sales enablement team, an expansive list of tools, an SDR team, and more to help drive the business forward.

Location: Australia 

What you'll do

• Develop and execute a comprehensive account/territory plan
• Actively seek out new sales opportunities through cold outreach, networking, and social media
• Create and execute key sales and business development initiatives to increase the sales pipeline
• Conduct market research to identify selling possibilities and evaluate customer needs
• Sell products by establishing contact and developing relationships with prospects
• Create and articulate compelling value propositions around TA offerings to prepare and deliver appropriate proposals that accurately describe those products and set proper expectations
• Identify product improvements or new products by remaining current on industry trends, market activities, and competitors
• Manage contract negotiations
• Participate in exhibitions, conferences, and onsite client meetings on behalf of the company
• Negotiate and close deals by handling rebuttals …