Atlassian

Account Executive, Public Sector - State and Local Government (West)

Atlassian$180K — $236K *
US-AnywhereRemote
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software sales experience
  • 5+ years of selling into the SLG market
  • Established relationships with Government Agencies and Higher Education Institutions
  • Expertise in Government contracts and procurement vehicles
  • Experience in customer-first SaaS organizations
  • Proficient in CRM, Pipeline Management, and Analytic tools
  • Desire to challenge traditional sales processes
  • Strong cross-departmental collaboration skills

Responsibilities

  • Develop deep understanding of customer needs and product utilization
  • Nurture and expand existing customer relationships
  • Implement strategic account planning and client management
  • Serve as the liaison between customers and internal teams
  • Guide the customer experience by collaborating with product and engineering
  • Drive effective execution of sales strategies for public sector customers
  • Help transition customers from traditional deployment to cloud-based solutions

Benefits

  • Health and wellbeing resources
  • Paid volunteer days
  • Support for engaging with local communities
  • Access to extensive perks and benefits programs
Full Job Description
Overview

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

As a Public Sector Account Executive you are responsible for deeply understanding your customers and how they are leveraging Atlassian's suite of products. You will be nurturing and growing existing relationships and working diligently to build new ones. Through strategic account planning, client management, and consistent demonstration of value creation, you will drive the execution of our profound goals.

At the same time, you will be the customer account lead, setting direction and guiding orchestration for all of our support and cross functional teams who engage with our customers on their journey with Atlassian, such as Channel Partners, Solutions Engineers, and more. You will be a critical liaison between our executives in product and engineering and our customers to help guide direction of future roadmap and constantly improve our customer experience.

Are you customer-obsessed and creative? Can you effectively organize resources to meet the needs of our customers? Do you love the Enterprise Sales process and can help us apply your knowledge to the Atlassian sales model? If so, we'd love you on our team!

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years experience of software sales experience

  • 5+ years of selling into the SLG market

  • Strong relationships with Government Agencies, Higher Education Institutions, Solutions Partners, and Resellers

  • Deep knowledge of Government contracts and procurement vehicles

  • Experience with achieving success in customer-first SaaS organizations

  • You excel when engaging directly with enterprise customers with a consultative, relationship-oriented approach

  • Experience using CRM, Pipeline Management, and Analytic tools

  • You are someone who wants to challenge the traditional Sales Model and improve sales processes.

  • You love working cross-departmentally, take the initiative to get stuff done, try new things and are willing to be an advocate and voice for the public sector business

It Would Be Great If You Also Have:

  • Experience selling into SLG accounts preferably in the West

  • Experience transitioning customers from traditional “on premise” deployment models to cloud first

  • Entrepreneurial spirit combined with experience navigating the cross-departmental ecosystem of a larger, matrix organization

Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience.

In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:

Zone A: USD $180,900 - $236,175

Zone B: USD $162,800 - $212,558

Zone C: USD $150,100 - $196,025

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

Benefits & Perks

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits.

About Atlassian

Atlassian is a leading provider of collaboration, development, and issue tracking software for teams. With over 194,000 customers worldwide, including 85 of the Fortune 100, Atlassian is changing the way teams work. Our products help teams organize, discuss, and complete shared work. Atlassian has a unique business model that allows us to deliver software to teams of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises. Our products are available on a subscription basis, with no upfront fees or long-term commitments. Atlassian was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Size
6,433 employees
Market Cap
$31.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.1 billion
Founded
2002
5 Year Trend
+34.9%
Revenue
$1.8 billion
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