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This role will be based in Dublin.

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together. 

LinkedIn’s Sales Solutions team is dedicated to changing the world of sales through the use of Sales Insights and Sales Navigator, our flagship products that connect and build mutually beneficial relationships between buyers and sellers.

As an Account Executive you will use your strategic selling skills to educate prospective customers in the DACH market on the benefits and value of our two core solutions: Sales Navigator and Sales Insights. You will serve as a trusted adviser, share insights and continually seek opportunities for growth to make your customers as strong and successful as possible.

Responsibilities:

• Inspire yourself, our company and your customers to embrace a new method of connecting value to customers
• Leverage your skills and your customers’ experience to continually evolve our solution offerings and the sales process
• You will own a book-of-business, therefore you will need to create, develop and execute strategic plans for your territory and deliver reliable forecasts
• Consistently meet and exceed the business and revenue objectives set forth in your plan
• Drive revenue by connecting with customers and building opportunities that will make all parties more successful
• Adapt but also work to develop, apply and circulate a set of best practices that will be the foundation of this growing team

Basic Qualifications:

• 2+ years of full-time sales experience in a quota-carrying role 
• Native level German language skills and business fluency in English

Preferred Qualifications :

• Experience selling SaaS solutions, CRM platforms or software platform solutions
• Experience using LinkedIn Sales Navigator 
• Proven history of overachieving quota and results in a large, high-growth company
• Demonstrated ability to find, manage and close high-level business sales
• Ability to assess business opportunities and read prospective buyers
• Ability to predictably forecast and execute on business goals
• Ability to use insights and data-driven decisions in the sales process
• Ability to effectively build trust-based relationships with senior-level sales professionals
• Ability to bring together multiple buyers in the same company to build groundswell while leveraging partners within LinkedIn to effectively evangelize the solution

Suggested skills:

• Prospecting
• Forecasting
• Relationship building
• Multithreading

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Your Health: 

• Health Insurance. Count on comprehensive coverage for you and your family.
• EAP. Get support when you need it with Employee Assistance Program counseling sessions. 
• Wellness. Our wellness program gives you access to onsite gyms, fitness classes, and events. 

Your Passion: 

• Donating matching. Give to your favorite charities, and LinkedIn will match your donation.
• InDay. A Friday every month for you to focus on yourself, our company, or the world. 
• Education reimbursement. Pay for higher-education expenses, including tuition and books. 

Your Family: 

• Paid parental leave. Take time to bond with your new child.
• Fertility and adoption assistance. Help offset the cost of growing your family. 
• Childcare, eldercare and pet care subsidy. Use your PerkUp! allowance to pay for daycare, day camp, or after school care. 

Your Extras: 

• PerkUp! Personalize your benefits with fitness classes, gym memberships, massage, personal trainers, childcare, eldercare, pet care, house cleaning, tax preparation, and student loan repayments. 
• Paid shutdown. Celebrate the end of the year with a week-long paid shutdown. 
• Product discounts. Get a free LinkedIn Learning subscription and discounts on Microsoft products. 

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