Public Sector Account Executive- West

Motive

2d•$280,000 - $280,000•Remote

About The Position

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks. Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector. As an Enterprise Account Executive, Public Sector at Motive, you are responsible for developing and closing business with Motive’s largest State, Local, and Education prospects. As one of our first Account Executives focused on the Public Sector market, you will lead the charge, selling the value of our products and the business outcomes that can be achieved in partnership with Motive. The solutions Motive brings to market align very well with Public Sector organization's values and priorities. Motive makes the world safer, increases productivity, and enhances cost efficiency. Our Enterprise Account Executives focusing on the Public Sector will be entrepreneurial, thoughtfully aggressive, and can truly articulate the value Motive brings to the Public Sector market. You are receptive to feedback, have a willingness to learn, a strong technical aptitude, and a high attention to detail. Because of the collaborative nature of our Go-to-Market team, a win-as-a-team mentality is a must. In this high-energy role, you should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with high standards of quality.

Requirements

Deep Enterprise sales experience selling into the largest Public Sector organizations
Strong track record of exceeding quotas and rapidly growing your book over time backed up by data
Ability to build rapport with executive decision-makers, influencing outcomes through both an understanding of the customer’s business and the unique solutions that Motive can deliver
History of working independently with a data-driven mindset for charting a path to short, medium, and long-term sales goals
Best-in-class communication skills, with the ability to successfully convey key value propositions and quick manage objections
Must be authorized to receive and access commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations.

Nice To Haves

Entrepreneurial
Thoughtfully aggressive
Receptive to feedback
Willingness to learn
Strong technical aptitude
High attention to detail
Win-as-a-team mentality
Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with high standards of quality

Responsibilities

Establish, develop and grow new business relationships with influential contacts within lighthouse Public Sector accounts
Identify, partner and develop account plans for Motive’s Public Sector prospects, actively developing strategies that result in providing the best value to our customers
Harness key Executive relationships to ensure RFP wins and grow contractual-based business
Strong experience with complex Proof of Concepts or Trials
Partner internally with Sales Engineering, Product, and Software Engineering to provide consistent feedback on product or security gaps that are crucial to win in a Public Sector environment
Partner with the balance of your account team and leverage customer analytics and other available resources to optimize buying decisions
Resolve problems, including identifying issues, thinking critically to determine the optimal course of action, and implementing best available solutions
Work with technical resources to display to prospects the power of integrations & how our partner ecosystem increases the value of our hardware and software
Effectively plan to meet and exceed your ongoing business goals and revenue quotas
Develop a deep understanding of our technology platform and operations, using that understanding and market input to bring back iterations to our business
Constantly study and deepen understanding of market trends to enable consultative insight