Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience with quota-carrying cloud or software sales, or account management at a B2B software company.
- Experience selling Cloud to Digital Native customers.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience selling Cloud Solutions, Infrastructure Software, Databases, Analytic Tools, or Applications Software to Startups or Digital Native organizations, aligning solutions to drive business outcomes.
- Experience working with, and leading, cross-functional teams and partners in implementations and negotiations.
- Experience growing existing customer base and acquiring new logos at scale, to increase spend and accelerate consumption business.
- Ability to engage with both developer audiences as well as C-level leaders in IT and business.
About the job
The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers — developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies — see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.
As an Account Executive within our Startups organization, you will manage the growth strategy for accounts across the startup ecosystem. You’ll leverage experience engaging with executives to build on existing relationships, establish relationships in new areas, and act as a business partner to understand our customer's challenges and goals. You will advocate the innovative power of our products and solutions to make organizations more productive, collaborative, and mobile. Google Cloud's unique capabilities empower startups to address critical needs in scaling, growth, and global expansion, while also offering advanced technologies that drive differentiation, customer acquisition, and business acceleration.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
Responsibilities
- Engage with prospect organizations to position Google Cloud Platform solutions through strategic proposals, references, and analyst data.
- Work with Google Cloud Account teams to develop and drive pipeline and provide guidance.
- Work with Google Cloud Platform partners to develop campaigns.
- Serve as the primary customer contact during bid submission, pilot test, legal reviews, and procurement. Keep records and provide quarterly projections.
- Leverage Google Sales Engineering and Marketing resources, and provide input on current collateral materials and ideas on how to improve them.
