Named Account Executive

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About Salesforce

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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.

The Experience

The Senior Account Executive, Austria, is part of the Austrian Sales team at Salesforce, responsible for managing and growing a set of assigned accounts across the full Salesforce Customer 360 platform. In this role, you will build trusted relationships with key stakeholders and C-suite decision makers, develop long-term account strategies aligned with customer business objectives, and drive growth through both existing accounts and whitespace prospecting.

We are looking for a Senior Account Executive who is a natural at helping customers realise value from their Salesforce investments and thrives in a collaborative, team-selling environment.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

• Strategic Account Management: Develop and drive the overall long-term strategy for assigned accounts in Austria, aligned with customer business objectives — building key stakeholder relationships and driving customer satisfaction across your portfolio.

• Orchestrate Internal Teams: Lead the end-to-end sales process through engagement of appropriate resources including Solution Engineers, Professional Services, Executives, and Partners, while sharing the Salesforce value proposition with both existing and prospective customers.

• Territory Planning: Conduct territory identification and research to formalise a go-to-market territory strategy and create a qualified target account list.

• Pipeline & Whitespace Growth: Drive growth within assigned accounts through both warm leads and whitespace prospecting, using account planning, discovery, and value-based selling to identify and close opportunities.

You're Our Person If...

• Proven Sales Track Record: You have a proven track record of quota-carrying, technology solution-based direct sales experience, with the ability to develop account plans, identify opportunities, and drive deals through to close.

• Cross-Industry Adaptability: You have proven experience engaging and closing deals with customers across diverse industries, including the ability to adapt your messaging and value propositions to different business contexts.

• Master of Discovery: You are skilled at customer discovery — uncovering current processes, business challenges, and strategic goals through research and value-based hypothesis selling.

• AI Savvy: You are fluent in using AI tools to drive your own sales process — and you know how to articulate the value of AI solutions to customers in a compelling, outcome-focused way.

• Collaborative Mindset: You thrive in a matrixed, team-selling environment, aligning effectively with account teams, partners, and internal resources to support deal and customer success.

• Language Skills: You are fluent in German and English (spoken and written) and can engage confidently across a range of communication formats and audiences.

Even Better If...

• Methodology & Business Cases: You have experience with sales methodology frameworks and the ability to develop business cases and craft strategic alliances.

• Ecosystem Knowledge: You have familiarity with the broader Salesforce portfolio and experience selling Customer Relationship Management (CRM) or Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions into Austrian enterprise accounts.

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.

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