Job Description
What The Role Offers
- This role uncovers & develops new business opportunities via outbound cold calling into targeted enterprise-level accounts by working strategically with an assigned Sales team of field-based Account Executives, articulating business value through persona-based research, storytelling, social selling, etc.
- This role is responsible for qualifying and developing new business leads that come from prospect and customer engagement across our campaigns and digital events to generate Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs). An inbound lead provides the opportunity for the ADE to build a profile of the customer pain points OpenText can resolve and a ‘way in’ to the organization to map the buying process and target additional contacts engaged in the process.
- ADEs will be assigned opportunities to progress working as part of a ‘win-team’ with an Account Executive and Solution Consultant. Activities include re-engagement to understand any blockers, changes in the buying team or decision making process, change in organizational priorities, as well as nurturing additional relationships to move the opportunity forward.
- This role will act as a trusted business advisor and build customer relationships via outbound telephone cold-calling and the use of email, social media and video engagement.
- This role identifies key contacts and target accounts through Salesforce.com and desk-based research tools (e.g., LinkedIn & DiscoverOrg).
- All lead generation activity, progress & forecasting is tracked and managed within Salesforce.com and Outreach using the approved processes and tools. ADEs provide weekly progress & forecasting updates in their manager 1:1 meeting.
What You Need To Succeed
- Achievement of quarterly targets.
- Strong interpersonal and effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to listen and understand a prospect’s business challenges.
- Ability to work unsupervised and within a team environment.
- Creative, can-do attitude when researching leads and cold calling prospects.
- Ability to adapt in a fast-paced, high-growth tech environment - only constant is change.
- Strong organizational, planning and prioritization skills.
- Goal-oriented, positive, self-starter with strong analytical skills and a track record of autonomy, ownership, and execution.
- Experience with key productivity and sales tools such as Microsoft Office, Salesforce.com, Salesloft, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, Cognism, 6Sense.