Consulting Account Executive, Majors - Communications, Media and Entertainment

Responsibilities:

• Commanding and cultivating knowledge of Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME)  industry trends, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies in finance data analytics
• Developing and continually enhancing a deep understanding of Hakkōda’s service and solution offerings and the underlying technology solutions and platforms in the data and analytics space in order to effectively communicate our value proposition with a technical or business audience
• Continuously seeking ways to enhance your knowledge of our industry, market, and competitors to secure meetings, increase your value to our technology partners, and generate revenue
• Establishing and maintaining a strong working knowledge of key partner software product features, differentiating capabilities, and Hakkōda points-of-view on their market positioning
• Identifying target Manufacturing accounts and potential fit with relevant offerings
• Gathering information related to the target client’s buying patterns based on industry knowledge, relationships, and/or prior experience
• Identifying target contacts and relationships and qualifying opportunities through calls, meetings, and workshops engaging the appropriate Hakkōda Data Architect during the sales cycle
• Managing a disciplined sales pipeline from lead to close
• Leading account preparation, background, approach, strategy for qualified opportunities
• Identifying and aligning appropriate Hakkōda resources to pursue, win, and manage opportunities
• Leveraging relationships at clients and partners for insights and influence, messaging, and overall opportunity support
• Participating in meetings and market-facing activities as the “face” of Hakkōda
• Expanding Hakkōda’s presence in the region from both a customer and partner perspective
• Collaborating regularly and proactively with key partners on accounts, strategy, and eventsUtilizing Hakkōda content, event presence, workshops, and partners to help build and enhance a pipeline of opportunities
• Build and nurture relationships with prospects, customers, and partners on a daily basis via multiple touchpoints with a relentless focus to source new opportunities and grow the existing services portfolio for Hakkōda
• Effectively using Hubspot (maintaining an accurate pipeline and tracking activity), LinkedIn, Google, and other prospecting tools to research target accounts, identify key contacts and craft targeted messaging
• Becoming knowledgeable and credible around data and analytics at the field/discussion level
• Traveling as needed to attend client meetings, industry events, and technology partner activities 

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7 years of direct technology product or consulting services sales experience with a proven track record of selling data, cloud, analytics, or business intelligence services to clients in Manufacturing
• Existing understanding of the cloud, data, analytics, and BI technology space
• Passionate about technology and relentless about providing world class service to customers and partners
• Highly self-motivated to drive opportunities from lead to closureProven critical thinking skills to take ambiguous client challenges and convert them into real sales opportunities
• Excellent written, oral, and social communication skills and very comfortable presenting to small and large audiences of varying levels of responsibility
• Ability to work independently, with strong organization, time management, and prioritization skills
• Ability to understand and build long-term business relationships with client buying teams composed of varying levels of complexity
• Able to learn, research, and grasp complex technical conceptsExperience with Sales/CRM systems and track record in maintaining sales related information consistently in the CRM system