Director Strategic Accounts (DSA Linkage)

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

$90K — $130K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or equivalent relevant work experience/training
  • 3+ years of successful consultative sales experience
  • Preferred experience with Challenger Sales methodology
  • Experience selling leadership or facilitated learning experiences is highly preferred
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

  • Prospect strategically to build a strong client portfolio
  • Reignite relationships with past clients
  • Conduct deep discovery conversations for nuanced client understanding
  • Apply strategic solutions tailored to client needs
  • Gather customer and market feedback to track competitors
  • Drive individual and team sales results effectively
  • Collaborate with team members to formulate comprehensive client solutions

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Well-being and health savings account options
  • Flexible spending account
  • Retirement plan with benefits
  • Professional growth and development opportunities
  • Open leave policy
  • Commission-based compensation structure
Full Job Description
The Account Executive / Director of Strategic Accounts is responsible for building exceptional client relationships and developing sales within large enterprise organizations - from strategy to execution. In this role you will assist clients in connecting leadership programs with organizational strategy using multiple delivery modalities. The ideal candidate will always seek to understand the client's needs and goals and assist in crafting solutions best tailored to the need to create the most effective outcome.

Responsibilities:

We are seeking an entrepreneurial, sales driven individual who has intense curiosity and passion for leadership development, advancing women in leadership and inclusion. A highly motivated, self-starter who is determined to showcase their sales skills and drive client acquisition, development, and retention through a strong consultative sales process.
  • Prospecting strategically to build a robust book of business
  • Reinitiating past client relationships
  • Conducting deep discovery conversations
  • Strategic application of our solution to our clients' needs
  • Collecting customer and market feedback and tracking competitive offerings
  • Driving both individual and team sales results
  • Working collaboratively with consultants, fellow DSAs, Account Execs and business
  • leaders to formulate client solutions

Education & Experience Requirements

Education
  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, or equivalent relevant work experience/training

Experience

Required
  • 3+ Year track record of successful consultative sales
  • Challenger Sales experience preferred
  • Strong preference for those candidates with experience of selling Leadership and/or facilitated learning experiences
    Physical Requirements
    • Must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily with reasonable accommodation.
    • Work is generally done sitting, talking, hearing, and typing. Visual acuity to use a keyboard, prepare and analyze data and figures; transcribing, viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.
    • Light lifting is required. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force to constantly move objects.

    Work environment
    This role is eligible for remote work.

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