Senior Enterprise Account Executive - Aerospace & Defense

Requisition #: 16858 

 

Ansys is now a part of Synopsys. Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) accelerates technology innovation from silicon to systems. Catalyzing the era of pervasive intelligence, we deliver design solutions, from electronic design automation to silicon IP, to system design and multiphysics simulation and analysis. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow. Learn more at www.synopsys.com.

 

Summary / Role Purpose
The Senior Enterprise Account Executive “SEAE” is responsible for developing and executing upon a multi-year vision for executive level partnership and engagement with their assigned account to sustain high revenue targets and generate double digit ACV growth. Enterprise Accounts are the largest accounts at ANSYS with high expectations of sustainable customer engagement, collaboration, executive sponsorship, and growth. The SEAE, is an expert account manager that serves as the team lead for high-value and complex global enterprise accounts. They are responsible for achieving and exceeding sales quota, driving the global business relationship with the customer and leading collaboration with internal and external partners to create a seamless customer experience. As a senior member of the team, the SEAE may be called upon to mentor junior team members, is relied upon to provide accurate forecasting and contribute to the broader success of the team.

The successful SEAE has an advanced understanding of their customer’s environment, the customer’s customer/eco-system, customer’s business priorities, and customer’s business challenges. They collaborate effectively, providing leadership to internal and external partners and have a comprehensive understanding of Ansys’ product portfolio. They are able to align ANSYS based solutions that generate measurable and impactful business outcomes for the customer. The SEAE gains executive level sponsorship (with customer and inside of ANSYS), purchase commitment and manage the ongoing business relationship with the customer leading to consistent multi-year renewals and overall account growth.

Position is eligible for remote work arrangements, but, based on customer base candidates must be in proximity to the following U.S. based locations: Charlotte, NC; Minneapolis, MN; Phoenix, AZ; Southern CA; Washington, DC;

Key Duties and Responsibilities
• Establishes and maintains a long-term global account plan, with buy-in from senior levels of ANSYS organization. Defines the long-term full potential of the account.
• Performs sales activities, establishes, develops and maintains business relationships with executives who can serve as business champions for ANSYS.
• Maintain renewal business and generate new business to meet/exceed sales quota.
• Leads global collaboration with account teams, product specialists, ACE, remote sites, business partners and other functions within ANSYS to ensure a synergistic, companywide approach to the account.
• Develops approach and business case (including required investments) to deliver sustainable growth.
• Creates a global vision and executes roadmap to drive significant penetration across all applicable product lines.
• Understand how business is different in various countries and cultures. Prepare messaging and communication to align with cultural awareness. 
• Leads Customer Advisory Board process, executive sponsorship programs and facilitatesregular touchpoint activities such as management review meetings (MRMs), trainings, seminars, and info days to strengthen relationships with key account stakeholders. Ansys, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 
• Monitors customer satisfaction and communicates customer concerns to the fullaccount team, sales management, and others who serve the customer. Communicate ANSYS’ commitment to the customer and actively manage customer expectations.
• Research, analyze, maintain, and disseminate information about accounts; Knows the customer and its ecosystem, is well versed in the customer’s problems, KBIs, goals, needs, competitors and issues. 
• Understands customer’s internal relationships, including the biases and concerns of individual decision makers and key influencers. 
• Facilitate multiyear deal contract negotiations and ROI-based proposals to achieve wins for both the customer and Ansys. 
• Maintains healthy pipeline to meet goals and accurately enters data into Salesforce.
• Completes administrative work i