Account Executive - SMB UKI - Financial Services

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Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

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.

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

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.

Join Salesforce, the #1 AI CRM, as an Account Executive focusing on the UK/I (SMB) Fintech market. Based in our Dublin hub, you will lead the "agentic era" of technology, helping businesses transform through AI, Data, and CRM.

Note: By applying to the SMB Account Executive posting, recruiters and hiring managers who support multiple cloud offerings and verticals across the organization hiring Small Medium Business Account Executives will review your resume. Our goal is for you to apply once and have your resume reviewed by multiple hiring teams.

As an Account Executive for the UK/I ESMB team, you own the end-to-end sales cycle. You aren't just selling software; you are selling the Salesforce Customer 360 platform and Agentforce—the future of autonomous AI. You will balance "whitespace" prospecting (new business) with strategic expansion within existing accounts.

• Full Cycle Sales: Lead a dedicated customer set in the UK/I market, managing complex sales projects from lead generation to closing.

• Strategic Growth: Drive performance against key metrics with a primary focus on new business acquisition and expansion.

• Solution Selling: Utilize a consultative approach to identify business challenges and align Salesforce AI and Data solutions to customer goals.

• Relationship Building: Develop trusted relationships with C-level decision-makers through regular digital engagement and face-to-face meetings.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Business Development, Pre-sales, and Marketing to optimize the UK/I market funnel.

• Demonstrated success of quota carrying, technology solution-based direct sales experience

• Territory & Account Planning Strategies: Create territory and account plans to achieve sales objectives by effectively identifying and qualifying prospects and opportunities.

• Research and Discovery: Uncovers a prospect’s current processes, business challenges, and strategic goals based on customer use cases and value hypotheses.

• Solutioning: Identifies compelling value propositions that address customer needs by demonstrating an understanding of technology solutions.

• Customer Communication: Interacting with customers in a clear, concise, and timely manner using a variety of communication methods (writing, speech, presentation) and tools (Whiteboarding, Slack, Google Slides, Zoom).

• Resource Application: Continuously runs toward results using the full capabilities of available resources and tools.

• Team Selling: Aligns with the full capacities of the account team and partners to support the deal and customer success.

• Fluency in English

• Sales Methodology education (like MEDDIC, Challenger, or Value Selling.)

• Ability to develop cases and service requirements, while crafting and leading strategic alliances.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

• Track record of consistently achieving or surpassing quota.

• Experience will be evaluated based on alignment to the core competencies for the role.