Senior Account Manager Education, AGS-EMEA-Field-Europe South ENT/DNB PS

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Account Manager to join our Education Sales team, focusing on delivering cutting-edge cloud services to large higher education and research institutions. In this role, you will be responsible for identifying and engaging with key decision-makers at educational and research institutions understanding their unique challenges, and crafting tailored cloud solutions that drive improvements in their business outcomes. Your mission is to establish lasting partnerships and achieve mutually beneficial results for both our company and our valued customers.Key job responsibilities1. Identify and Cultivate Prospects: Identify potential customers within the higher education and research sector and establish strong relationships with key stakeholders, including business leaders and mission owners, CIOs, and directors.2. Understand Customer Needs: Collaborate with customers to understand their business goals, challenges, and objectives in order to align cloud services with their unique requirements.3. Deliver Value Proposition: Articulate the value proposition of our cloud services, demonstrating how they directly contribute to enhanced student learning, operational efficiency, and financial savings.4. Customer Advocacy: Foster long-term relationships and transform satisfied clients into advocates for our services.5. Build Business Cases: Assist clients in building compelling business cases for adopting cloud services, including ROI analysis and cost-benefit assessments.6. Collaboration: Work closely with our technical and industry teams to ensure successful implementation and ongoing customer satisfaction.7. Reporting and Forecasting: Keep accurate records of all sales activities and provide regular sales forecasts and progress updates to the management team.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Madrid, M, ESPBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 7+ years of direct sales or business development in software, cloud or SaaS markets selling to C-level executives experience.- 10+ years of business development, partner development, sales or alliances management experience.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS* Understanding of the higher education sector and research organizations, and the challenges they face.* Self-motivated and results-driven with a commitment to delivering exceptional customer experience.* Proven track record in sales, particularly in selling cloud services, software, professional services or technology solutions.* Exceptional communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.* Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.* Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.