SMB New Business Account Executive- France

SMB New Business Account Executive- France

The SMB New Business Account Executive Opportunity

As a New Business Account Executive focused on new customer acquisition (<300 employees), you will play a crucial role in expanding Okta’s market presence and driving growth. You will be responsible for identifying and engaging potential clients, effectively communicating the value of our identity and access management software solutions, and closing new business deals.

What you’ll be doing:

• Engage with leads shared by marketing to understand new customer demands, and work with solution engineers to design relevant solutions
• Proactively drive your own top of funnel activity through Calls, Inmails, events, networking and other creative avenues always ensuring you have enough pipeline to hit your number.
• Generate self-sourced opportunities as well as partnering with Marketing,SDRs and Partners to win new logos. 
• Build and maintain a robust sales pipeline to achieve and exceed sales targets
• Conduct product demonstrations and presentations to potential customers
• Develop and execute against an assigned quota and territory plan focusing purely on bringing in new customers
• Facilitate customer onboarding to new products sold and process sales orders
• Maintain new customer relationships until account is handed over to Customer Account Executive Team 
• Maintain database of potential customers/opportunities to pursue
• Reporting on sales achievement and forecasts

What you’ll bring to the role:

• 1 years experience selling to net new customers in a SaaS/Cloud B2B environment OR
• 1+ years experience in a Sales Development role, prospecting and qualifying new leads
• Proven track record acquiring new customers, including prospecting and identifying opportunities for growth (new logo focus)
• Experience using a sales framework such as MEDDICC, Challenger or Sandler (we use MEDDPICC)
• An understanding of selling in partnership with the channel ecosystem.
• Prior experience managing a territory based quota
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Located near an Okta office hub or in region
• Travel to customers, events, and team offsites
• Office presence in Dublin: minimum 2 times per week
• Fluent French language

Preferred experience in any of the following:

• Proven success selling to mid-sized and/or enterprise customers
• IT/Security sales experience
• Practice presenting/running demos to executives (decision makers)
• BS/BA degree

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