Account Executive, Mid-Market

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Account Executive responsible for driving sales at Vanilla, an AI-powered estate planning platform. Managing prospects and collaborating across teams to achieve sales targets.

Responsibilities:

  • Identify high-potential prospective customers from inbound leads and outbound prospecting.
  • Develop and implement full sales cycle strategies for driving product adoption and expansion within existing Vanilla customers.
  • Utilize Salesforce to track the full lifecycle of opportunities to ensure monthly and quarterly forecasts are up-to-date on a weekly basis.
  • Craft engagement strategies to build, grow and expand Vanilla’s footprint within RIAs and independent broker / dealers.
  • Responsible for meeting quarterly sales quota in Vanilla's middle market segment.
  • Respond to all inbound inquiries in a manner that is consistent with Vanilla’s brand and reputation.
  • Deliver polished presentations and product demonstrations that clearly articulate the value proposition of Vanilla to our target market.
  • Collaborate with and maintain strong working relationships across multiple internal teams including sales, marketing, product and operations.
  • Provide input for new marketing collateral that enables the sales process, including presentation decks, factsheets, client case studies and more.
  • Willing to travel up to once per month (approximately twice per quarter) for prospect events and in-person meetings.

Requirements:

  • 5+ years total working experience with a combination of 1+ years of experience in full cycle software or SaaS sales combined with 3+ years of experience in wealth management as a wealth manager, financial advisor, portfolio manager or analyst/associate.
  • Experience working in or selling to wealth management firms.
  • Entrepreneurial spirit and ability to wear multiple hats / operate in a high-pace environment.
  • Bring a sense of creativity in finding solutions for prospective clients, including creativity in pricing structure, press release or joint marketing, in-person presentations.
  • Experience managing annual quotas with a record of quota over-achievement.
  • Experience building strategic and creative territory plans in order to meet targets.
  • Ability to lead a full-cycle sales engagement from initial outreach/discovery all the way through to execution and close of contract.
  • Strong written and interpersonal communication skills to maintain many relationships throughout the sales process.
  • Ability to understand complex customer needs and communicate concise, impactful solutions.
  • Can operate joint mandates and increasing workloads while maintaining a high level customer experience.

Benefits:

  • Flexible paid time off policy and 10 company-wide paid holidays
  • Parental leave, 4 weeks for all full-time employees and up to 12 weeks for birthing parents
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits coverage for employees and their families
  • 401K eligibility after one month of employment
  • Free estate planning documents
  • Budget for learning & development and home office setup
  • Paid parking or transit for hybrid and in office employees