Named Account Executive, Higher Education

Salesforce Higher Education Sales Role

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Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You're in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Our Higher Education team focuses on working with nonprofit customers and organizations of all sizes. You will have the opportunity to work with a fast-paced team and with customers needing various levels of support and product education. Our team receives personalized training and career opportunities.

Day to Day Our Named Account Executives engage with existing customers and new leads to sell the entire Salesforce Customer 360 platform. They build positive, trusted relationships with both key team members and c-suite decision makers within their patch, and become naturals at helping customers realize value from their Salesforce investments. You will use your skills to develop opportunities, through both warm leads and whitespace prospecting. You will be expected to:

• Develop key customer stakeholder relationships and drive customer satisfaction at assigned accounts
• Develop and drive the overall long-term strategy for the account, aligned to customer business objectives
• Coordinate internal Salesforce resources to meet customer business needs
• Perform account planning at assigned accounts, coordinating with Prime and Cloud sales resources to ensure strategic alignment
• Share Salesforce value proposition for existing and/or new customers
• Drive growth within an existing assigned account

Preferred Qualifications

• Five years of full cycle sales experience, ability to navigate extended and complex sales processes
• Some experience in higher education sales
• Management of one large key account
• Ability to coordinate and strategize with a large extended team
• Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. performance, executive presence, teamwork and partnerships)

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you'll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we'll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future but to redefine what's possible for yourself, for AI, and the world.

In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link:

The typical base salary range for this position is $123,200 - $164,850 annually. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations. In California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range for this role in those locations is $135,300 - $181,000 per year. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.