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Role:
You will join our dynamic, hardworking and winning Finance sector Enterprise Accounts Team as our Account Manager based in Tokyo reporting to the Account Sales Leader for Japan. In addition to requisite passion, skills and experience, you will have a measurable track record in building and leading strong, long term relationships with our customers and partner at the Executive CX level and play a meaningful role in driving a significant share of revenue for Splunk.
Responsibilities:
- Direct sales experience in Finance Institutions
- Consistently deliver bold license, support and service revenue targets – dedication to the number and to deadlines
- Significant experience in Territory mapping, account planning and opportunity management
- Successful in negotiating favorable pricing and business terms with large commercial enterprises by selling value and return on investment
- Collaborate and work with inside sales and partners for maximum effectiveness
- Collaborate in partnership with sales engineering and in-house and external partner services resources
- Intimately skilled in account planning, strategy and sales calls
- Exceeds in a fast-growing organisation, dedicated to disrupting the industry
- Use our sales methodology and processes effectively
- Understand how to bring to bear both international and domestic colleagues to expand deal size and value to the customer
- Good corporate citizen – two way flow of relevant and timely information;
- Provide timely and insightful input back to other corporate functions, particularly product management and marketing Bulleted content
Requirements:
- 3-5+ years direct and channel selling experience to Finance customers
- Native/Fluent Japanese level to communicate with local clients
- Consistent track record in selling to the “C” audience suite closing six and seven figure software licensing deals
- Strong executive presence and polish
- Forecasting commit and forecasting accuracy
- Outstanding interpersonal, written and presentation skills
- Experience presenting to large public customers at industry events
- Thrives in an honest, dynamic, fast-growing, rapidly changing and strong Team environment
- Able to work independently and remotely from other members of your expansive team and corporate
- Relevant software industry expertise in IT systems, enterprise or infrastructure management
- Experience in software sales is more desirable than experience in hardware sales
- Track record of success and knowledge with prospects and customers within Enterprise Accounts within Japan
- Business English level is a plus
Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer: At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.