
Enterprise Exhibitor Sales Executive, C-level Communities
Gartner, Irving, TX, United States
Business Development Executive (BDE)
The Business Development Executive (BDE) is responsible for hunting net new opportunities and strategically selling sponsorships into Gartner C-level Communities program portfolios through the acquisition of new business.
What You Will Do:
- Prospect and secure net new business to support the C-level Communities business through sponsorship sales; strategically building relationships with sales and marketing professionals at all levels of an organization
- Maintain and grow existing accounts focusing on future spend.
- Build and maintain a predictable sales pipeline to ensure quota attainment
- Develop strong, collaborative, relationships with internal sales teams to close multi-market account opportunities
- Clearly identify highest level decision makers in order to elevate influence and determine client's mission critical priorities and help execute on those priorities through sponsorship sales
- Travel monthly to meet on-site with prospects
What You Will Need:
- Minimum 4+ years of proven, consultative, business-to-business sales experience, ideally in the high-tech industry (services, software, or hardware); 6+ years of experience preferred
- Proven ability to understand enterprise-wide issues and to structure innovative, integrated solutions that provide marketing decision support to global organizations in achieving their business goals
- Knowledge of the issues faced by C-level heads of Sales and Marketing
- Good understanding of business buying centers
- Solid industry-specific and account knowledge
- Ability to travel to C-level Communities programs, client meetings, and competitive conferences
What You Will Get:
- Competitive salary, generous paid time off policy, charity match program, medical, dental & vision plans, parental leave, employee assistance program (EAP), 401K matching and more!
- Immersive sales training experience, followed by just-in-time learning and mentorship opportunities
- Opportunity to leverage what you've learned and accelerate your Gartner career where you want to go is up to you
- Unmatched support and collaboration from your internal partners to renew, grow, and support your accounts
- Access to our voluntary, associate-driven Employee Resource Groups that bring associates together to foster a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace
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Since our founding in 1979, we've grown to 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That's why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.
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