Riverbed Technology, Inc.

Enterprise Sales Executive

Riverbed Technology, Inc.$100K — $150K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of enterprise software sales experience in a SaaS model.
  • Proven success in selling to large enterprise organizations across various industries.
  • Strong negotiation skills with a focus on high-end deals.
  • Experience selling to C-Suite and key decision-makers.
  • Ability to manage complex sales cycles and multiple stakeholders.
  • Disciplined in account planning and pipeline development.
  • Proven track record of forecasting accuracy.

Responsibilities

  • Maximize sales to large enterprise accounts and across various industries.
  • Build long-term relationships and close new business opportunities.
  • Position as a thought leader within assigned strategic accounts.
  • Navigate the complexities of multiple decision-makers' objectives.
  • Lead complex sales cycles with cross-functional team alignment.
  • Break down long sales processes into manageable milestones.
  • Communicate the value of the Riverbed Platform effectively through ROI demonstrations.

Benefits

  • Flexible workplace policies.
  • Employee resource groups and community engagement initiatives.
  • Learning and development resources available.
  • Career progression pathways within the organization.
  • Global wellness programs supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
Full Job Description
Position

Title: Enterprise Sales Executive

Location: Home/Remote NY Metro Area

What you will do

  • Maximize high-value sales into large enterprise accounts and across multiple sectors of industry. Cross-and upselling, closing new business, and building long-term relationships.
  • Selling into State and Local Government a Plus.
  • Position oneself as a thought leader and trusted advisor within assigned strategic accounts.
  • Understanding your structure and hierarchies, while identifying the priorities, objectives, and motivations of multiple key stakeholders.
  • Lead a complex sales cycle; orchestrating and leveraging cross-functional teams (e.g., Sales Engineering, Marketing, Product, Sales & Executive Leadership) ensuring alignment throughout the sales journey, while delivering business value and maximizing customer satisfaction.
  • Successfully manage a multi-month sales process, consisting of multiple stages, evaluations and approvals. Breaking a long sales cycle down into smaller milestones and continuously tracking your progress.
  • Communicate and demonstrate the value of the Riverbed Platform, highlighting the ROI, and building a business case that helps decision-makers understand the long-term benefit of the platform.
  • Implement and execute an effective account management strategy. Understanding each account's unique challenges, then tailoring a solution that aligns to their needs and goals.


What makes you an ideal candidate

  • Track record of success selling high-end enterprise software in a SaaS subscription model.
  • You will have a strong track record of success, winning Large Enterprise business across multiple verticals
  • Entrepreneurial mindset, high energy, drive, an independent thinker who is passionate and thrives when building out new environments and with limited supervision.
  • Multiple years' experience negotiating high end deals with large enterprise organizations.
  • Selling to the C-Suite, along with key stakeholders involved in the purchasing decision.
  • Leverageable experience with customer knowledge and existing relationships within assigned enterprise accounts.
  • Disciplined approach to Close Planning/Opportunity Management (predictably progressing business and identifying/mitigating all risk to closure).
  • Experience closing large, complex deals. Successfully navigating complex buying processes involving multiple decision makers.
  • Disciplined approach to Account Planning/Pipeline Development (maintaining the appropriate funnel coverage and velocity).
  • Demonstrates Forecasting Accuracy and adheres to standardized Account/Opportunity management protocols/cadences.
  • Expertly orchestrate and leverage internal and external players through complex sales cycles and buying process.
  • Some travel required to surrounding states, based on customers.


What we offer

Our employee benefits including flexible workplace policies, employee resource groups, learning and development resources, career progression pathways, and community engagement initiatives are some of the reasons why we have had great success in bringing in new talent. In addition, our global employee wellness programs are crafted to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of our employees.

Benefits & Perks vary by Country.

Check us out on:
www.riverbed.com
@LifeAtRiverbed

Tags

#LI-SC1

About Riverbed Technology, Inc.

Riverbed Technology, Inc. is an American information technology company that develops products to improve application performance across wide area networks (WANs), a technique known as WAN optimization. Its products reduce latency and bandwidth constraints in delivering applications via WANs to multiple locations across long distances. Riverbed has its headquarters in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Riverbed Technology, Inc.
Size
2,700 employees
Industry
Founded
1998

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Riverbed Technology, Inc.

More Enterprise Technology Jobs

Find similar Enterprise Sales Executive jobs: