At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive enterprise growth by selling Salesforce solutions and guiding customers through digital transformation.
- Company: Join Salesforce, the leading AI CRM company transforming the workforce.
- Benefits: Enjoy a supportive culture, competitive salary, and resources for personal and professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for career advancement and personal development.
- Why this job: Be a trusted advisor and make a real impact in the world of business innovation.
- Qualifications: Experience in enterprise software sales and a strong solution-selling mindset.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 £ per year.
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About 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.
Overview of the Role
Our Business Services team sells the full Salesforce product portfolio into sub-verticals of the Professional Services industry, partnering with some of our most strategic enterprise customers. Salesforce is seeking a curious, commercially astute, and highly credible Enterprise Account Executive to own and grow a small number of existing enterprise accounts. This is an enterprise-facing role with responsibility for driving expansion through value-based, vision-led selling. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior executives, guiding customers through digital transformation and industry disruption while articulating Salesforce’s differentiated value proposition.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and grow a defined enterprise customer patch, driving upsell and cross-sell opportunities across line-of-business leaders and the C-suite.
- Serve as a trusted digital advisor, deeply understanding customer challenges, operating models, and strategic objectives.
- Lead customers through enterprise-scale transformation, positioning Salesforce as a strategic platform rather than a point solution.
- Storytell Salesforce’s value with clarity and impact — translating complex technology into compelling business outcomes.
- Multi-thread complex deals across senior stakeholders beyond the CTO, including commercial, operational, and executive sponsors.
- Confidently engage in environments with high scrutiny and governance, including senior internal and customer sponsors.
- Collaborate closely with the extended account team and partners, demonstrating a strong team-sport mentality within a complex ecosystem.
- Maintain high operational rigor across forecasting, pipeline management, and deal discipline.
- Contribute to Salesforce’s success and culture as a valued member of our Ohana.
Required Experience
- Proven experience selling enterprise software at scale, managing large, complex deal values.
- Strong solution-selling and challenger mentality, confidently and constructively challenging customers to drive better outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to lead customers through change, disruption, and organisational transformation.
- Experience operating in highly governed enterprise sales environments.
- Formal sales methodology education.
- Ability to develop business cases, define service requirements, and lead strategic alliances.
- Aligns effectively with internal teams and partners, contributing to shared success through collaboration, humility, and trust.
When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.
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Salesforce is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and inclusive work culture, particularly for the Lead Solution Engineer role in the Financial Services sector. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we offer extensive training and development opportunities, empowering our team members to innovate and excel in delivering cutting-edge AI, Data, and CRM solutions. Located in the UK, our collaborative environment encourages creativity and teamwork, making it a rewarding place for those passionate about technology and customer transformation.