[Remote] Account Executive, New Business - Financial Services

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. AlphaSense is hiring a New Business Account Executive to acquire new Financial Services clients across the United States. The role manages the full sales cycle, from prospecting and product demonstrations through trials, forecasting, and closing, while collaborating with marketing and product teams.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the end-end sales processes in your territory, targeting hedge funds, asset managers, investment bankers, and sell-side research departments
• This is a new client acquisition sales role, requiring you to research opportunities, initiate discussions, build prospect relationships, conduct demos, manage product trials, and close sales
• Forecast accurately and develop the necessary pipeline to meet and exceed goals
• Partner closely with our marketing team to expand brand awareness
• Work closely with our Product Specialist team during trials to ensure user adoption and engagement
• Gather and pass on information on market and client product needs to sales, product management, content, and product marketing to help us continually enhance our products

Skills

• 5+ years of relevant sales experience with a B2B SaaS solution and a customer network in the Financial Services market (buy side and sell side)
• Proven track record of exceeding sales targets
• Able to cold call and prospect across a set territory and build a pipeline, from identifying the right opportunities to gaining access to the right levels of and across an organization; influencing and building advocacy to create the conditions for enterprise sales
• Conduct product demonstrations in a value-based sales environment
• An energetic and creative individual, possessing natural curiosity with the ability to learn quickly
• Reputation for consistently delivering results and setting the example for work ethic, initiative, enthusiasm, and commitment
• Strong ability to develop rapport with new people, and to maintain relationships, combined with a positive, outgoing personality
• Outstanding oral, written, and presentation skills
• Able to distill and explain complex issues in simple terms
• An expert communicator with the ability to comfortably communicate across all levels of an organization
• Experience hitting six-figure or seven-figure revenue targets on an annual basis

Benefits

• A generous commission plan with uncapped earning potential
• Equity

Company Overview

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