Company Description LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.
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Job Description
This role will be based in Dublin.
At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what's best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.
We are looking for a Senior Account Director to join our team as a trusted adviser and account manager with a relentless focus on bringing value to our customers within the Nordic Mid-Market sector. You will be responsible for helping our customers effectively engage with our solutions (Talent & Learning). You will be dedicated to making our customers stronger with a focus on renewing existing solutions and seeking out opportunities for growth within our Talent and Learning solutions. Although you possess a strategic approach to selling and strive to meet/exceed revenue goals, you will always have your clients' best interest in mind and act as their internal advocate to ensure they are set up for success.
Responsibilities:
Research Customer's business and prepares thoughtful questions and insights in advance of customer meetings
Asks layered, open-ended questions to understand and clarify Customer's objectives and challenges beyond surface-level detail
Builds relationships with multiple stakeholders (vertically and horizontally) across the Customer's organization
Shifts communication style and content to fit the needs of different stakeholders
Leads with Solutions, not products, when making recommendations aligned to Customer objectives
Drives customer decision making by achieving shared vision and proactively considering the value props that tie all stakeholders together
Thinks commercially and applies business acumen when crafting & negotiating commercial agreements
Uses data and insights to support investment recommendations or overcome customer objections
Proactively mitigates churn risk by adopting a smart, customer-centric approach.
Engages customers throughout to confirm and clarify value and adapts a strategy when needed to optimize ROI
Drives customer growth by proactively identifying opportunities to deliver greater customer value
Applies business acumen in Account Planning by considering economic, industry, and company factors with a Customer-centric lens
Maps all key stakeholders in an account to assess the strength of the account relationship and create account outreach strategy
Is disciplined in Territory and Account Planning, Forecasting, and Quota Attainment
Qualifications
???Basic Qualifications:
5+ years of sales experience
Experience with working against measurable targets
Experience working with the Nordic market
Business fluency in English
Preferable Qualifications:
Fluent in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish or Finnish
Experience with SaaS sales, sales hunting and Dynamics platform
Experience with recruitment media and recruiting
Experience working in the recruitment consulting or staffing industry
Experience carrying a revenue target
Experience working as an Account Manager or Project Management
Excellent communication, negotiation and forecasting skills
Demonstrated ability to find and manage high-level business in an evangelistic sales environment
Ability to gather and use data to inform decision making
Ability to assess business opportunities and read prospective buyers
Ability to orchestrate the closure of business with an accurate understanding of prospect needs
Ability to include multiple partners and members of the company management team using competitive selling to position company products against direct and indirect competitors
Suggested Skills:
Negotiation
Business forecasting
Communication
Account Management
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