Account Executive

Position Overview:

As an Account Executive with Diligent youll be at the forefront of driving revenue growth deepening customer engagement and shaping the future of how businesses utilise our cutting-edge solutions. Success in this role means expanding product adoption among current customers and introducing new clients to our platform. This is a high-impact individual contributor role that demands strategic vision proactive relationship-building and relentless pursuit of excellence. Youll be responsible for everything from engaging prospects and managing a robust pipeline to delivering accurate forecasts and closing deals. Acting as a trusted advisor and strategist youll lead account planning orchestrate internal collaboration and leverage expertise to elevate customer success and revenue growth.

Were looking for a commercially sound sales professional with a track record of exceeding targets a natural collaborator and someone who thrives in fast-paced high-growth environments. If youre driven to create value embody a customer-first ethos and deliver innovative solutions this is the role for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively build a deep knowledge of and expertise in Diligents products solutions strategy and business priorities.
• Responsible for prospecting new and existing business within the designated vertical / territory for complex accounts with longer sales cycles.
• Adopts a solutions selling approach understanding customer needs and developing solutions through the lens of the Diligent One Platform.
• Build deep relationships with prospects and customers during interactions by being customer-focused and consistently honouring commitments and connecting the customer to internal commercial stakeholders to foster product growth.
• Develop and execute on account plans to ensure revenue targets quota and customer business needs are met and collaborates with key stakeholders to drive integrated joint account wins for mutual business growth.
• Leads the coordination of Sales stakeholders to prioritise actions for multiple assigned accounts based on customer needs sales generating importance and account risks.
• Develops specialised business plans for customers that drive business outcomes to generate new business and upsells. Presents business plans to customers to generate new non-qualified opportunities.
• Create and lead feedback loop processes with product management and product marketing to communicate and relay customer pain points and feedback.
• Demonstrate Sales excellence by managing the end-to-end sales cycle from opportunity to deal close using the Diligent approved sales methodology.
• Effectively utilise sales tools to prospect new leads schedule initial meetings increase win rates and generate bookings.
• Accurately maintain SFDC records forecast and report out on projected bookings deals closed etc. on a regular basis.
• Demonstrates a deep understanding of the competitor landscape externally including customers business strategy and the direction of the industry.

Required Experience/Skills:

• 5 years of success in account management new business acquisition and exceeding revenue targets ideally within highly regulated industries SaaS or GRC space.
• Proven experience in sales methodologies such as MEDDIC Challenger & Command of the message.
• The ability to build trust and influence senior leaders and stakeholders at all organisational levels.
• A passion for continuous learning and a sharp understanding of both internal products and external industry trends.
• Exceptional presentation negotiation and interpersonal skills that inspire confidence and drive outcomes.
• A knack for aligning technology solutions with business objectives to deliver measurable value.
• Self-motivation resilience and a results-driven approach to thrive in a dynamic fast-paced environment.
• Fluent in German language.

About Us

Diligent is the AI leader in governance risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions helping more than 1 million users and 700000 board members to clarify risk and elevate governance. The Diligent One Platform gives practitioners the C-Suite and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can more effectively manage risk build greater resilience and make better decisions faster.

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What Diligent Offers You

• Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients
• We care about our people.Diligent offers a flexible work environment global days of service comprehensive health benefits meeting free days generous time off policy and wellness programsto name a few
• We have teams all over the world. We may be headquartered in New York City but we have office hubs in Washington D.C. Vancouver London Galway Budapest Munich Bengaluru Singapore and Sydney.
• Diversity is important to us. Growing maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team facilitate dialogue and foster understanding.

Diligent created the modern governance movement. Our world-changing idea is to empower leaders with the technology insights and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability to lead with purpose. Our employees are passionate smart and creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future but who want to make the world a more sustainable equitable and better place.

Headquartered in New York Diligent has offices in Washington D.C. London Galway Budapest Vancouver Bengaluru Munich Singapore and Sydney. To foster strong collaboration and connection this role will follow a hybrid work model. If you are within a commuting distance to one of our Diligent office locations you will be expected towork onsite at least 50% of the time.We believe that in-person engagement helps drive innovation teamwork and a strong sense of community.

We are a drug free workplace. Diligent is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race color religious creed sex national origin ancestry citizenship status pregnancy childbirth physical disability mental disability age military status protected veteran status marital status registered domestic partner or civil union status gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression) medical condition (including but not limited to cancer related or HIV/AIDS related) genetic information or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal state and local also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements. See alsoDiligents EEO Policy and Know Your are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability you may contact us at .

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