Technical Solutions Executive, Automotive

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Position Overview

Partner with Named Account Sales Executives to grow our Automotive business. You will translate customer business issues into technical solutions through application of experience, in-depth knowledge, practical skills, and vision of Automotive industry. Engagements will require important skills such as vision to plan an account strategy, industry experience, sales process knowledge, understanding of Autodesk tools and how customers will receive value.

This is a remote role aligned to your account assignments, but you will need to travel to Customer sites and Autodesk sponsored events. You will report to your Technical Sales Manager.

Responsibilities

Customer Planning

In partnership with sales executives, develop all technical aspects of the account plan and support execution on the agreed upon strategies for closing business for a specific set of accounts

• Lead whitespace plan development to uncover new opportunities within current account set. Engage with sales and customer success teams for execution.

• Engage and contribute to the account planning process

Customer Closure

Align with customer decision makers to secure technical closure of the proposed solutions

• Develop and deliver proposals and demonstrations which relate to customer's business issues

• Understand, position, and sell Autodesk's unique value in sales situations

• Capture metrics for quantifying and justifying the customer's return on investment to support impact on customer's goals and outcomes

• Evaluate customer's business initiatives and deliver knowledge on how Autodesk offerings can align to those business initiatives

• Be the primary technology expert, in the account teams you work with, who brings leadership to customer planning and the customer engagement process. Build the technical business case for Autodesk solutions through discovery and solution fit using discovery workshops and solution building with the customer. Position Autodesk technology as an enabler for driving the outcomes that solve their business issues

• Provide guidance in the formulation of requirements definitions, scope documents, user needs studies, process assessments and project assessments for sales opportunities. Use Autodesk software and services together with other resources to develop solutions that satisfy technical, fiscal and schedule constraints within the customer's business

• Present discovery findings and solutions to our customers

Manage technical relationship management that:

• Collaborate with internal subject matter experts to provide the right knowledge to the customer during sales engagements

• Find and develop advocates within the account to influence the success of Autodesk's solutions

• Demonstrate expertise to the customer to differentiate Autodesk through our vision to become a partner of theirs

• Collaborate with our Customer Success teams to ensure customer satisfaction and adoption

• Deliver compelling presentations and messaging that achieve results from the executive-level down

• Communicate Autodesk's competitive positioning with customers

• Understand and lead awareness of customer's successes for realization of future value

• Stay up to date with industry and global trends, and develop new ideas to achieve revenue growth

• Influence product development and product direction through customer feedback and identified business opportunities

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor/Masters in Mechanical Engineering, or Automotive Design or Automotive Manufacturing and Assembly, Systems or Electrical Engineering

• 7-10+ years of relevant experience

• Manage workload independently and balance priorities

• Requirement: travel up to 30-50% (air and car travel) to customers and Autodesk sponsored events

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