Account Executive - Financial Services

Appian Corporation•Dallas, TX

2d•Remote

About The Position

Appian is seeking an Account Executive to lead Commercial / Financial Services Sales across the United States. This role is responsible for navigating all steps of sales cycles, including leading a geographic territory, building prospective top of funnel activity, while effectively managing a complex sales cycle to a successful close. Appian provides process automation technology that automates complex processes in large enterprises and governments. Our platform is known for its unique reliability and scale. We’ve been automating processes for 25 years and understand enterprise operations like no one else.

Requirements

5+ years of direct selling experience
A minimum of 2 years experience as an Enterprise Account Executive, selling complex technologies to Commercial and Financial Services clients
History of consistent quota achievement
Prior experience in winning new customer logos
Strong job tenure: history of displaying loyalty and perseverance through long, stable job tenure and positive career trajectory
Bachelors Degree in a relevant field

Responsibilities

Navigating a complex sales cycle from start to finish, leveraging internal resources within the larger sales organization, cross functionally with the customer success team and externally across customer and partner ecosystems
Using company-wide success and use cases as a blueprint and adding own ideas and vertical knowledge
Delivering in-person and virtual presentations to LOB & IT audiences, highlighting your ability to perform client discovery, communicate ROI and build business value
Acting as a trusted advisor to both customers and colleagues to leverage multiple stakeholders throughout complex deals
Actively seeking to understand industry trends to help position against competitors