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Senior Account Partner - Solution Sales - Mulesoft

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Senior Account Partner - Solution Sales - Mulesoft

Zurich, Switzerland

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Senior Account Partner - Solution Sales - MuleSoft

Location: Zürich, Switzerland - office flex based

Department Description

MuleSoft Professional Services focuses on delivering strategic engagements, enable customers for the journey through the digital transformation and plan as well as execute integration projects. We rely on our team's expertise and specialisms to engage with executive-level customers to agree on specific business goals and actions to ignite the full value of Salesforce and in particular the MuleSoft Solution. Our approach considers business outcomes, process, and technology - and a successful engagement includes recommendations to the business for change to support deeper, more relevant use of the MuleSoft platform.

Role Description

The Senior MuleSoft Professional Services Account Partner (AP) is a consultative and strategic Service sales professional. The AP sells the MuleSoft portfolio of Professional Service's offerings to new and existing customers.

Account Partners must be strategic problem solvers with strong commercial skills and have the ability to craft visions and services propositions that drive customer value through clearly defined outcomes. They will be expected to understand and lead our customers throughout their Customer 360 lifecycle partnered with our colleagues in license sales and Customer Success.

Are you passionate about Professional Services and would you like to work at the forefront of Digital Innovation at an iPaaS market leader in the environment of one the most exciting CRM companies?

Your Impact

The AP is committed to earning the right to be an advisor to the customer, with the primary goal of helping customers quickly generate significant value from their MuleSoft investment.

The primary measurement of success for this role will be annual Service sales bookings (aka closed Professional Services business) and bid margin aligned with agreed goals, targets, and quotas.

To be successful in the role you:

  • Driveaccount planning including the formulation of a clearly defined roadmap or the precursor activities to define such a roadmap
  • Generate pipeline through self-origination and collaborating across MuleSoft and Salesforce with License Sales, Delivery and Customer Success to develop trusted Professional Services propositions for clients and prospects
  • Use industry expertise and business acumen to understand a customer's motivation, business drivers/challenges, strategic goals and objectives, and desired business outcomes
  • Engage and present to customers, especially at C-Level, using a consultative selling approach that positions Salesforce and yourself as a long-term trusted advisor relationship
  • Create a compelling vision and clearly communicate our groundbreaking solutions with the goal of generating significant success and business value from an investment in the MuleSoft Platform
  • Develop and lead a territory plan and a tailored account plan for each customer that aligns with their business goals, priorities, and timeframes
  • Forecast accurately and timely, build a pipeline, and progress opportunities to deliver Success Cloud YOY revenue growth
  • Develop mutually agreed and aligned close plans and drive the execution of these plans to realize closed bookings aligned (or in excess) of assigned sales goals/quotas
  • Be a recognized role model for collaboration, understanding, and overall business results

Basic Requirements

  • Have a professional sales background or blended consultative sales and project delivery background
  • Have experience working with a customer through a visioning process, assessing business value outcomes, and developing plans to support the realization of that value through a structured program
  • Present business value led pitches and effectively negotiate terms aligned with margin targets
  • Exercise empowered judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results aligned with goals of the company and within associated guidance
  • Recognize the importance of timing to close deals and be able to balance driving the closing cycle while being responsive to the customer's needs and fundamentally building trust in the relationship
  • Experience will be evaluated based on alignment to the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer work, etc.).
  • Proficiency in English.

Preferred Requirements

  • Extensive years of consultative sales experience with a proven record of consistently meeting (or exceeding) quota
  • Experience selling and/or delivering Professional Services in a context similar to MuleSoft or a Global System Integrator type environment
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain executive (including C-level relationships) where you are recognized as a trusted advisor
  • Experience growing accounts with large and complex pursuits ($M+)
  • Highly collaborative excels in a matrix organizational model (aligning with other business functions)
  • Committed team player with strong interpersonal skills who share and support colleagues
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced sales environment
  • Proficiency in German and French

Benefits & Perks:

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Client-provided location(s): Zürich, Switzerland
Job ID: Salesforce-JR276727
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Adoption Leave
    • Return-to-Work Program
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Company Outings
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Sabbatical
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Professional Coaching
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Unconscious Bias Training
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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