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LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

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Location: Pune

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams, and this role can be performed remotely in most locations in the country of employment.

We are looking for a Hybrid Account Executive to join our team to tap into potential client opportunities and generating new business. You will be responsible for responding to inbound inquiries as well as blanketing your region with outbound activity. You will strategically approach target companies and teams, identify the best technology options and sell corporate solutions for recruitment. Although you strive to meet and exceed quota, you will always act in the best interest of the client.

Responsibilities:

• Prospect relentlessly to build pipeline and build strong personal relationships with prospects

• Create reliable forecasts and be completely transparent with management on the pipeline status

• Close new business consistently at or above quota level

• Develop and execute on a strategic plan for the territory and document and distribute competitive information

• Invest in colleagues and give coaching and advice when you see an opportunity for improvement

• Work to develop and circulate the set of best practices that will be the foundation of this team

• Listen to the needs of the market and share insights with product and marketing team

• Be proactive about solving problems even if it’s outside of your area and be ready to take on additional initiatives and responsibilities as they emerge

• Seek out opportunities to be a leader and do everything you can to help the company achieve its larger objectives

• Travel required (approximately 40% of the time)

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of applicable sales experience

• BA/BS degree or equivalent in a related field

Preferred Qualifications :

• Solution selling

• Ability to multithread and sell to different business stakeholders

• Experience in selling SaaS solutions

• Experience in handling CRM

• Demonstrate ability in managing CXO relationships and large enterprise accounts

• Knowledge of software contract terms and conditions with the ability to create fair transactions

• Strong negotiation and accurate forecasting skills

• Demonstrated ability to find, manage and close high-level business in an evangelist sales environment

• Ability to assess business opportunities and use data to inform decision making and persuade others

• Ability to manage a large number of prospect situations simultaneously while positioning company products against direct and indirect competitors

Suggested Skills

• Solution Selling

• Negotiation

• Forecasting

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