Account Executive III
dun bradstreet
Job Summary
Dun & Bradstreet is seeking a Tier 1 Account Executive III to manage and grow existing client relationships within the UMO Vertical in the Midwest. The role involves selling the company's data-driven solutions and services, focusing on renewal management, win-back, cross-selling, and up-selling. Responsibilities include identifying new contacts, deepening relationships with current clients, generating new business by addressing client needs with D&B solutions, and acting as a trusted advisor. The Account Executive will be accountable for driving negotiation, contracting, and approval processes, managing complex deals, performing account planning, and maintaining an active sales pipeline to meet annual quotas. Collaboration with internal teams like Client Success and Marketing is crucial for increasing retention rates and executing win-back campaigns. The position requires a strong understanding of client environments and the ability to prioritize growth opportunities, coupled with excellent communication and presentation skills suitable for a global corporate setting. The role emphasizes an ownership mindset, problem-solving, curiosity, and a continuous growth mindset.
Must Have
- Minimum of 15 years experience in enterprise SaaS, consulting, or services sales.
- Proven track record of closing sales and managing high-value client relationships.
- Ability to assess client environments and prioritize growth opportunities.
- Demonstrated success in managing complex strategic sales.
- Excellent business communication and presentation skills.
- Proficiency in Salesforce, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, and MS-Word.
Good to Have
- Master's Degree
- Complete required D&B certifications
- Ownership mindset, problem-solver, curious, proactive.
- Continuous growth mindset and learning.
Perks & Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Up to 16 weeks 100% paid parental leave
- Paid sick time
- Education assistance and extensive training resources
- Paid volunteer days & donation matching
- Competitive 401k with company matching
- Health & wellness benefits including discounted Wellhub membership
- Medical, dental & vision insurance for self, spouse/partner & dependents
- Eligible for commission
Job Description
Essential Key Responsibilities
- Fulfill the role of trusted advisor on Dun & Bradstreet solutions through the development of strong, positive relationships with an established portfolio of clients
- Maintain revenue stream through successful renewal of existing business and expand revenue stream through needs up-selling and cross-selling
- End-to-end accountability for driving the negotiation, contracting, and approval processes leading to successful sales outcomes
- Navigate complex deal management and negotiation including alignment of multiple decision makers, products or funding sources
- Perform account planning for assigned accounts, coordinating with internal sales resources to ensure strategic alignment
- Develop and maintain an active pipeline of forecasted sales to meet annual quota objectives
- Maintain consistent and accurate data in SFDC to support territory, account planning and forecasting
- Collaborate with Client Success and Marketing to increase retention rates through business reviews and win-back campaigns
- Partner closely with pre-sales support resources to ensure strong/compelling proposals and recommendations are prepared for the client
- This role is intended for a professional who can apply broad expertise and knowledge
- Complete required D&B certifications
- Additional duties as assigned
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's Degree: Required
- Master's Degree: Preferred
- Years of Relevant Experience: 15+
Essential Skills and/or Certifications
- Minimum of 15 years prior experience in an enterprise level SaaS, consulting or services sales role
- Impressive track record of closing sales, winning clients, managing client relationships of 3 – 5 high-value accounts and attaining or exceeding annual quota(s)
- Ability to rapidly assess client environments from a business process, organizational and technological perspective, and effectively prioritize opportunities for growth
- Demonstrable track record in managing complex strategic sales and managing multiple senior stakeholders
- Exercises independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results; Work is done independently, reviewed at critical milestones and upon completion
- Highly articulate with excellent business communication (verbal and written) skills and presentation skills suitable for a global corporate environment
- Possesses excellent industry-leading sales methodology, salesforce.com, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint and MS-Word skills
- Show an ownership mindset in everything you do; be a problem solver, be curious and be inspired to take action, be proactive, seek ways to collaborate and connect with people and teams in support of driving success
- Continuous growth mindset, keep learning through social experiences and relationships with stakeholder, experts, colleagues and mentors as well as widen and broaden your competencies through structural courses and programs
Key Stakeholders
- External Clients, Pre-sales, Client Success, Marketing, Data, Product, Deal Management, Legal, Delivery and Customer Service Team members