Strategic Account Director

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Strategic Account Director driving business growth for SiteMinder's hotel commerce platform in Asia. Establishing partnerships and growing existing accounts in the hospitality industry.

Responsibilities:

  • Active listening: deep understanding of customer goals, strategy and long term objectives, to formulate plans to unlock new revenue opportunities and solutions that deliver against customer buying needs
  • Consultative selling: you will hold a creative and ambitious talent for driving new business and strategically managing customer solutions, demonstrating an in depth understanding of revenue management and hotel technology
  • Hyper collaboration: working with multiple teams and stakeholders to create a winning strategy for unlocking growth, ensuring SiteMinder is the preferred partner for Groups & Chains in the region.
  • Stakeholder management: influencing and liaising with variety of internal stakeholders, across multiple departments (Product solutioning, Onboarding, Support, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Support, Customer Success)
  • Proactive engagement: implementing plans to increase product adoption, service satisfaction, product updates and customer feedback
  • Protection of revenue by ensuring customers are committed to term agreements and managing the contract renewal process
  • Travel requirements: regular travel within the region to attend trade shows, conferences and Quarterly Business Reviews with high value accounts

Requirements:

  • Hotel or travel industry experience: in-depth understanding of the hospitality/hotel industry and the travel technology landscape, as well as the infrastructure of large hotel groups
  • Experience in SaaS sales or product/technology partnership management: you will have solid experience in consultative selling to C-level personas within a technology or hospitality-travel technology business
  • Proven track record in closing >$1m new business
  • Strong communication skills to build rapport and trusted, long-term relationships with customers
  • Ability to bring together multiple stakeholders internally and externally to match buying authority and knowledge sets
  • Excellent negotiation skills to overcome objections and navigate complex buying structures to influence multiple buying identities
  • Consultative approach to solution sell, and present as a subject matter expert in the hospitality technology field
  • Creative problem-solving skills and ability to manage expectations
  • Highly resilient self starter, operating well independently, with positive attitude to winning deals
  • Proactive and tenacious at unlocking opportunities
  • Language requirements: Fluent in English, additional languages - Mandarin and/or Cantonese

Benefits:

  • Equity packages (cash bonus) for you to be a part of the SiteMinder journey
  • Remote working model
  • Mental health and well-being initiatives
  • Generous parental (including secondary) leave policy
  • Paid birthday, study and volunteering leave every year
  • Sponsored social clubs, team events, and celebrations
  • Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to help you connect and get involved
  • Investment in your personal growth offering training for your advancement