Strategic Account Manager

Company Description

About Freshworks

Freshworks makes it fast and easy for businesses to delight their customers and employees. We do this by taking a fresh approach to building and delivering software that is affordable, quick to implement, and designed for the end user. More than 50,000 companies -- from startups to public companies -- around the world use Freshworks software-as-a-service to enable a better customer experience (CRM) and employee experience (ITSM, HRSM).
Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Freshworks has a dedicated team operating from 13 global locations to serve 50,000+ customers including Bridgestone, Chargebee, DeliveryHero, ITV, Klarna, Multichoice, OfficeMax, TaylorMade and Vice Media.

Freshworks transforms the way world-class organizations collaborate with customers and co-workers. The suite includes Freshdesk (omni-channel customer support), Freshsales (sales automation), Freshmarketer (marketing automation), Freshservice (IT service desk), Freshteam (HR management system).
Freshworks has received numerous accolades including 2019 Startup of the Year form Economic Times, #16 ranking on the Forbes’ Cloud 100 list and #22 on the Battery Ventures/Glassdoor Best Places to Work in 2020. Our suite of products has also been recognized by analysts including the Gartner Magic Quadrants for CRM Customer Engagement, IT Service Management and Sales Force Automation.

While Freshworks has had incredible organic growth over the last few years, the company also has made targeted acquisitions that add critical capabilities to the portfolio including Natural Language Processing, Chatbots, Machine Learning, Social and Messaging Transformation.
Freshworks has raised over $400 million in capital and is funded by Accel, CapitalG, Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global Management. More information is available at www.Freshworks.com.

At Freshworks, we are creating a global workplace that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose and passion, irrespective of their background, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion or ethnicity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity for all and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer work environment that advances the goals of our employees, our communities and our business.

Job Description

As a Senior Territory Account Manager at Freshworks, you’ll be responsible for driving sales into existing defined accounts in the Benelux, Nordics and Emerging Europe regions. Your accounts will all have strategic importance to the growth of the region. You will collaborate with teams across Freshworks to manage all aspects of the sales process including business development, lead management, qualification, evaluation, and closing. You will advocate multiple Freshworks product lines and as a brand ambassador, you will champion our innovative Software-as-a-Service products to make organisations more productive, efficient and customer-oriented.

 Your Role and Responsibilities:

• Along with your manager, define and execute plans for your accounts, and then exceed your sales goals through stakeholder mapping, prospecting, qualifying, and closing opportunities
• Develop and manage your sales pipeline, by assessing and moving many activities simultaneously
• Grow, manage and track customer contact and install base within your accounts
• Act as a guide and strategic partner to your accounts by becoming intimately knowledgeable about their key business challenges
• Partner closely with Customers Success Managers on your accounts in ‘Pod’ structure with a focus on both retention and growth of customer portfolio.  Leverage insight and product adoption knowledge shared by CSMs to target growth opportunities in your accounts.
• Use resources effectively, including MRE, SDR, Pre-Sales, Support, Project Managers and Product Marketing Managers to meet your sales goals 
• Provide regular reporting of pipeline and forecasting
• Keep abreast of competition, competitive issues and products
• Participate in team-building and company-growth activities including strategy setting, sales training, marketing efforts and customer care
• Travel to customer locations in support of sales efforts as and when required

Qualifications

• 15+ years of sales experience; preferably minimum 5+years in an Account Manager role in a high-velocity software sales environment. Domain knowledge in the field of SaaS, CSM, CRM or ITSM is advantageous
• You have a desire, even an obsession, to bring new teams into the Freshworks world to maximize revenue. You are a Farmer and a Closer at heart
• Showed consistent overachievement of sales goals in a large geographic territory selling a technical product
• Highly driven individual with an execution focus an