Sprout Social is looking for a highly driven and collaborative Account Executive with strong business acumen to join our global sales team. As an Account Executive, your role will be focused on generating new business within our Strategic Partnerships segment.
Our Strategic Partnerships team excels at building relationships and empowers our customers to support their clients in deeper and more meaningful ways. The ideal candidate is excited about high volume interactions with prospects and customers, knows how to network across large organizations and has experience building and maintaining long-term pipeline across multiple sources.
Contributing at a high level as a strategic Account Executive will open opportunities within our growing sales organization. We need a resourceful, persistent individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has a strong command of their book of business. If you're the best at what you do and want to accelerate your career, we'd love to talk with you.
Sprout Social is used by over 30,000 brands worldwide including DoorDash, General Mills, Trello and Edelman. These businesses rely on Sprout to create stronger relationships with their customers through social media.
Qualifications
These are the minimum qualifications that our hiring team is looking for in this role:

• 3+ years of closing experience in sales
• Proven success in an outbound sales role, preferably within a SaaS company
• Track record of overachieving against defined metrics

Additionally, these are the preferred qualifications that would indicate a particularly strong candidate:

• Proactive hunter sales mentality
• Entrepreneurial attitude and enjoys building things: processes, decks, relationships, etc.
• Social media experience and/or marketing automation a plus
• Proficient in time management, setting priorities, and taking the initiative
• Exceptional organizational, presentation, and communication skills - phone, email and demonstrations/webinar
• Technical expertise and ability to acquire knowledge of new products
• Experience working with Salesforce.com or other CRM platform

Within 1 month, you will...

• Complete Sprout Social's new hire training & onboarding program alongside other new Sprout team members. You'll gain a broader understanding of our products and how your role fits into the organization.
• Partner with the Manager of Sales to define key success metrics for your role and how you will measure against them.
• Acclimate yourself with the day to day responsibilities of the strategic Account Executive team by shadowing team members and listening to recorded customer calls and demos.
• Learn Sprout's go-to-market messaging, key differentiators, develop and personalize segment-specific value propositions.
• Learn Sprout's existing customer sales process by shadowing your peers and working closely with our Sales Enablement Specialists.
• Complete a demo and written certification to ensure comprehension.

Within 3 months, you will...

• Become fully ramped in your role as an Account Executive
• Manage a strong pipeline of qualified leads and begin the process of building relationships with key strategic stakeholders.
• Meet and exceed monthly activity, pipeline and new business metrics.
• Conduct active research leveraging all available tools and data sources to understand your customers' brand, culture, KPIs, partners, and success metrics so you can add value throughout your interactions and become a trusted advisor.

Within 6 months, you will...

• Own your numbers - consistently meet and exceed your activity goals to build a fruitful pipeline that will provide consistent quota attainment.
• Become a Sprout Social and social media expert to confidently speak to ever-changing trends, new product features and platform enhancements to help our customers realize their full potential and accomplish their goals.

Within 12 months, you will...

• Consistently meet and exceed monthly activity, pipeline and new business metrics.
• Step up as a leader to share best practices across the organization and help others grow from your experiences.
• Obtain (solicited and unsolicited) and act upon peer and customer feedback.

Of course what is outlined above is the ideal timeline, but things may shift based on business needs and other projects and tasks could be added at the discretion of your manager.
About Sprout Social Sprout Social powers open communication between individuals, brands and communities through elegant, sophisticated software. We are relentless about solving hard problems for our customers and committed to both customer and team success. Our team's shared belief in Sprout's mission promotes a culture of openness, empowerment and fun.
We're proud to regularly be recognized for our team, product and culture. Our benefits program includes:

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment-your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program, employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and mentorship programs for aspiring leaders
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago's Loop and downtown Seattle

Sprout Social is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and an Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate based on identity - race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged or sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our 2021 DEI Report .
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