Senior Account Executive, Public Sector

Why You Should Apply

• You will deliver objective, actionable insights to CIOs and their teams within the Public Sector in Sweden.

• You will join a high-performing, global company that is seeing double-digit growth for 40+ consecutive quarters.

• You will work in a highly collaborative sales environment with excellent career growth opportunities – 95% of our leadership positions were hired internally.

Position Summary

For our office in Solna, we’re looking for a Senior Account Executive to partner with new and existing clients within the Public Sector.

As an experienced sales professional, you will address your clients’ most critical priorities. You will identify opportunities for account retention and growth through contract expansion, introducing new services and products. This is a field-based role, selling directly to large enterprise clients; organisations with $750M+ in annual revenue, which includes 77% of the Global F500.

Key Responsibilities

• Quota of $1M+ in contract value across 5-10 large enterprise accounts.

• Build trust-based, value-added relationships with C-level executives and their teams, primarily the CIO and CIO office.

• Drive account retention and growth by impacting their most critical priorities and demonstrate Gartner’s value.

• Drive new business with new logos, through networking, events and your own prospecting.

• Utilise industry knowledge of your specific market segment, stay up to date with trends to ensure an effective go to market approach.

• Collaborate across teams, regions and departments, sharing best practice, to ensure a best-in-class approach to strategic initiatives and growth plans.

• Support the business in improving diversity, developing fellow associates, and growing the team within an inclusive environment.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant sales experience, of which at least 2 years in a tech/IT environment. Direct sales experience within a software vendor, system integrator, IT consultancy & services, or a similar environment is highly relevant for this role.

• Experience selling to senior leaders, preferably the CIO.

• A track record of consistent (over)achievement on your goals and targets.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree is desirable.

• Fluency in Swedish and English.

• Experience using Challenger Sales or a similar sales method is a plus.

What Gartner Gives You

• Uncapped earnings and challenging and achievable quotas – 85% of our salesforce hit quota, unlocking accelerators every year.

• An all-expenses paid "Winners Circle" trip for top performers; every year, 40-50% of sales associates qualify for this.

• Best-in-class training, including an intensive 2-week sales expedition for new hires and continuous support after that.

• Growth opportunities: our business is seeing double-digit growth, providing plenty of internal career development opportunities.

• Excellent corporate benefits.

• Collaborative, team-oriented culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion, to empower each associate to be their authentic and best self.

• Virtual first policy, giving the chance to combine working from office and home.

• The opportunity to work with Global 500 and sell at C-level and work with some of the brightest minds in the industry and help them to build the successful organisations of tomorrow.

Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT), we deliver actionable, objective insight that drives smarter decisions and stronger performance on an organization’s mission-critical priorities. We’ve grown exponentially since our founding in 1979 and we're proud to have over 19,500 associates globally that support over 15,000 client enterprises in more than 100 countries.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

Our teams are composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations. We believe that a diversity of experiences makes us stronger—as individuals, as communities and as an organization. That’s why we're recognized worldwide as a great place to work year after year. We've been recognized by Fortune as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies, named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index and a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion by the Disability Equality Index. Looking for a place to turn your big ideas into reality? Join #LifeAtGartner

What we offer:

Our people are our most valuable asset, so we invest in them from Day 1. When you join