Hybrid Account Executive, Defence & Intelligence

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About the role

  • Account Executive managing government sales for Planet's geospatial solutions in Japan. Expanding the sales pipeline and collaborating with government institutions to drive revenue.

Responsibilities

  • Develop the sales pipeline needed to achieve or exceed your sales targets and goals.
  • Collaborate with the Government Sales team and Leadership.
  • Work with Planet’s marketing team to run campaigns to attract and identify new opportunities.
  • Work with Business Development to grow a pipeline of opportunities with strategic accounts.
  • Prospect and develop business relationships, close sales, and manage customer expectations as the company grows.
  • Collaborate with the whole commercial organisation to foster close customer relationships based on trust and integrity.
  • Engage qualified prospects and take them through the journey of identifying the value proposition for Planet solutions and negotiating through agreement/contract/procurement obstacles to achieve an ultimate win.
  • Manage the contracting and Government procurement process.
  • Work closely with pre-sales/solution architect staff to ensure technical validation of the Planet solution and achieve a technical win.
  • Work closely with our post-sales organization and Customer Success team to ensure a successful onboarding for new customers and maintain/grow a relationship.
  • Work strategically to develop the pipeline of qualified opportunities needed to achieve or exceed your sales targets and goals.
  • Maintain an extensive level of pipeline hygiene using Salesforce.com.
  • Collaborate and innovate as needed to create customer-facing presentations and proposals unique to the prospect and situation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree or commensurate professional experience
  • Experience successfully finding and winning business with Government customers, such as the Military of Defense, an Intelligence account, or similar
  • Excellent relationships across Japanese Government and the partner ecosystem
  • 6+ years of related experience in Enterprise Solution Sales required along with a successful track record
  • 6+ years of experience selling to government customers, including understanding the nuances of Government sales cycles and how to navigate through the process
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to be self-motivated and work independently under tight deadlines in a dynamic environment
  • Excellent judgment and decision-making skills
  • Negotiation and persuasion skills
  • Critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills
  • Experience with Salesforce.com or a similar CRM System
  • Fluent in English, the working language of the company and Japanese
  • Ability to travel up to 10% of the year

Benefits

  • Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off
  • Employee Wellness Program
  • Home Office Reimbursement
  • Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
  • Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
  • Equity
  • Volunteering Paid Time Off

Job title

Account Executive, Defence & Intelligence

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Location requirements

HybridJapan

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