Senior Account Executive (Commercial - North America)

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.

This position will be a part of the commercial sales organization, that focuses on organizations with 250-500 employees. This is not a management position and is an individual contributor role.

• Sell the entire Freshworks suite of products to “new logo” customers in your territory
• Tier your accounts and prospect into them alongside your BDR, via tailored and relevant outreach campaigns (social, email and cold calling)
• Work alongside Partners for building a pipeline and closing
• Focus on deals greater than 20000$ARR and with experience of 50000$ARR and close using proven techniques
• Ability to connect with C levels of an organisation.
• Build, develop and manage your sales pipeline
• Lead and communicate effectively with other departments such as business development, marketing and pre-sales throughout the sales process
• Travel to customer locations and marketing events as needed
• Commit to continuous improvement and constant learning

• Minimum graduate  degree is mandatory 
• Minimum 4-8 years experience managing complex ”lead to close” sales cycles; preferably in a high-velocity software sales environment with a focus on acquisition of new customers (Hunter role)
• Experienced in Value Selling and other key sales methodologies (Sandler, Challenger Sale, BASHO..etc)
• Domain knowledge in the field of SaaS, CSM, CRM or ITSM is highly desirable
• Consistent overachievement of sales goals in a geographic territory selling complex software solutions
• Customer-oriented, extraordinary communication skills, high curiosity and an eagerness to learn are must-have traits
• 4-year university degree required (Bachelor’s)
• Must be willing to work in night shift (NA )

We are also returning back to the office in phases, and will expect those hired to work out of the Chennai office upon joining.

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 and 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, communities and the business.