Account Executive, LE, GBS

at  Gartner

DESCRIPTION

Gartner for Finance Leaders is hiring for a growth focused Account Executive to join it’s high-performing team! Finance Leaders in 2024 are prioritising getting finance transformation on track, rethinking strategy and capability and driving productivity to unlock growth. Gartner delivers the insights and advice that get them there.
The CFO has to balance board and CEO priorities whilst navigating a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment. Gartner research shows that 49% of CEOs are prioritising growth in 2024 and the CFO has an integral part to play in realising this. Generative AI continues to be an important topic, and since high technology and digital acceleration continue to be on board and CEO priorities the CFO must prioritise investments in the right places.
Our Account Executives are responsible for the engagement with C Level stakeholders within Large Enterprise organizations. These roles are individual contributor with a personal target, based on both retention and upsell. Our Account Executives are paid on both renewals and new business.
The Account Executive is supported by a Sales Manager, Sales VP, Customer Success Managers and our Subject Matter Experts. Dependent on practice, there may also be Sales Development and Account Management support.

As an experienced sales professional, you’ll partner with existing Gartner clients, leveraging internal subject matter experts, to address their most critical priorities. By becoming a true partner to your clients, you’ll identify opportunities for account retention and growth through contract expansion, introducing new services and products. Clients of the large enterprise sales team have $1B+ in annual revenue and include 77% of the Global 500.

• Quota of circa $1.2m USD in contract value in over, managing 10 – 15 large enterprise accounts.
• Partnering with C-Level executives to develop and implement effective, enterprise-wide strategies.
• Guide customer satisfaction, account retention and growth by collaborating with clients and internal Gartner teams.
• Own forecasting and account planning on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis

WHAT YOU’LL DO AS AN ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE:

As an experienced sales professional, you’ll partner with existing Gartner clients, leveraging internal subject matter experts, to address their most critical priorities. By becoming a true partner to your clients, you’ll identify opportunities for account retention and growth through contract expansion, introducing new services and products. Clients of the large enterprise sales team have $1B+ in annual revenue and include 77% of the Global 500.

• Quota of circa $1.2m USD in contract value in over, managing 10 – 15 large enterprise accounts.
• Partnering with C-Level executives to develop and implement effective, enterprise-wide strategies.
• Guide customer satisfaction, account retention and growth by collaborating with clients and internal Gartner teams.
• Own forecasting and account planning on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis.

PROGRESSION WITHIN ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE ROLES

• All our individual contributors have a monthly review and plan session with their manager, the aim of this is to discuss your individual progression goals and set achievable benchmarks to get you there.
• Typical internal promotions include:
• Senior Account Executive
• Team Lead
• Sales Manager
• Most of our Sales Managers and Team Leads are hired internally as part of our progression path.