Named Account Executive - Public Sector - Higher Education
Salesforce2 LocationsPosted 27 March 2026
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Due to continued success within the Education team we are looking for an additional Enterprise Account Executives to join our team focused upon working with institutions in the UK and Ireland Higher Education space - specifically this territory covers the North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
You will be responsible for leading the Salesforce commercial efforts and account strategies within this dedicated and defined territory comprising of existing Salesforce clients and greenfield prospects.
To do this you will leverage the entire Salesforce Customer 360 portfolio, leading with our industry leading Education Cloud. Education Cloud is one of the fastest growing industry clouds here at Salesforce and thousands of institutions across the globe are standardising upon this cloud to gain a true 360 degree view of their entire stakeholders - prospects, applicants, students, alumni and corporate relationships to name a few.
The successful candidate will lead the relationships with the HEs in patch, coordinating sales efforts across the various teams of Education Cloud, Digital Experience, Mulesoft, Tableau, Slack and Professional Services.
Salesforce has a large footprint across the Higher Education landscape globally, in Europe and specifically in the UKI. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a pro-active approach to winning new business, be converse at developing and growing relationships at C Level, be able to operate and manage in a successful team selling methodology and share the core values of Salesforce to integrate into a leading team here within our Public Sector Education business.
Want to join a winning team partnering with institutions to transform the sector via the power of the Salesforce Education Cloud? Then check out below and if you feel you have what it takes apply now!
Responsibilities:
Develop Territory Plan for the UKI HE defined patch and execute programmes against this to drive Pipe Generation and ultimately sales.
Develop key customer stakeholder relationships within those accounts in patch - across senior stakeholders at IT, Business and Executive Leadership level
Develop and drive the overall long-term strategy for the territory patch aligned with customer business objectives
Proven time management & prioritization skills in a dynamic and fast paced sales environment
Lead the end-to-end sales process through the engagement of appropriate resources such as Business Development, Sales Engineers, Professional Services, Executives, Partners
Share and embody Salesforce value proposition to the market
Integrate to existing and successful Education Cloud Sales team
Required Qualifications:
Knowledge and experience of selling to the Education market an advantage but Public Sector selling experience also a strong asset
Strong experience of selling SaaS solutions - ideally 5 years plus as this is an Enterprise role
Strong experience of selling to C Level and of selling ideally to both the Business and IT
Demonstrate history of solid sales forecasting abilities and revenue achievement
Successful history of net new business sales
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