Ians
Sr. Account Director, Enterprise New Business
Boston, MA. Posted 10 days ago
The role
The Senior Enterprise Account Director will prospect, open, and close Fortune 500 and Global 2000 targets. You will run multi-stakeholder sales cycles to land multi-year enterprise agreements.
What you will do
- Prospect, open, and close a named list of Fortune 500 and Global 2000 targets
- Run 6–12 month, multi-stakeholder sales cycles end to end
- Build relationships with CISOs, CIOs, CROs, and peers in risk and operations
- Position the full IANS platform to land multi-department, multi-year agreements
- Use industry conferences and executive events to create pipeline
- Build pursuit plans with stakeholder maps and mutual close plans
- Qualify with MEDDPICC and keep pipeline and forecast accurate in Salesforce
Required qualifications
- 15+ years of enterprise sales
- 10+ years of new-logo acquisition
- Track record of closing six- and seven-figure, multi-year agreements with large, highly regulated enterprises
- Experience selling data, research, intelligence, or enterprise technology platforms into complex buying committees
- High level of fluency and demonstrated impact using AI solutions to create value for clients and to improve the sales process
- Executive prospecting
- Complex deal strategy
- MEDDPICC qualification
- Business-case and ROI development
- Procurement and contract negotiation
- Durable senior network across target industries
- Ability to learn IANS’s offerings quickly and translate them into a compelling business case
Nice to have
- Bachelor’s degree
- Financial services experience
- Cybersecurity knowledge
Benefits
- Uncapped variable earnings
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 401(k) with company match
- Hybrid work
- Professional development opportunities
About the company
IANS is the trusted intelligence partner for enterprise CISOs and security leaders. They provide actionable advisory, peer benchmarking, and proprietary data.