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Account Executive

Open Text Corp
  • NY
  • $100,500–$150,560 Per Year
3 days ago

Job Description

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY

OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

AI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.

At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do-powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We are hiring talent AI can''t replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY

As the Information Company, our mission at Micro Focus, an OpenText company, is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in accelerating application delivery with testing, quality, and AI-powered automation.

Your Impact:

Are you looking for a rewarding career in the field of application delivery? Micro Focus (now an OpenText company) is seeking a highly motivated Sales professional to join our DevOps Cloud Sales team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and help our clients deliver more and better software with OpenText application delivery management solutions. If you have a passion for technology and a desire to help clients achieve their business goals, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

We are in search of someone to join our DevOps Cloud (formally Application Delivery Management) Enterprise sales team in the United States, National territory. This Account Executive (AE) role has a proven track record of building a territory, from a base of accounts. You would be driving proactive campaigns to build pipeline, using specialized knowledge and skills to prospect, qualify, negotiate, and close opportunities with both new and existing accounts.

What the role offers:

  • Developing a long-term sales pipeline to increase the company''s market share in specialized areas.
  • Capturing leads outside of specialization and use closed-loop lead management to ensure assignment and follow-up.
  • Using your expertise to seek out new opportunities for value by expanding and enhancing existing opportunities.
  • Working with new and existing customers to set the direction for business development and solution replication.
  • Developing and owning relationships with the Micro Focus client base and wider.
  • Establish a professional, working, and consultative, relationship with clients, up to and including the C-level for mid-to-large accounts, by developing a core understanding of the unique business needs of the client within their industry.
  • Maintain knowledge of competitors in accounts to strategically position the company's products and services better.
  • Development of quota objectives and future direction for defined product category.
  • Exceeding a typical quota of $3M.
  • Investing time to know & grow your external ecosystem, by leveraging partner relationships to expand reach into accounts.

What you need to suceed:

  • At least 5 years of sales experience selling consulting services to enterprise customers.
  • Understand the industry and market segment in which key accounts are situated and integrate this knowledge into consultative selling.
  • Account planning and accurate revenue forecasting skills.
  • Strong knowledge of application delivery lifecycle solutions and services, especially Micro Focus', as well as the software development landscape.
  • Consultative solutions selling and business development skills to align the client''s business needs with solutions.
  • Initiative and leadership to drive solution sales in accounts - prospecting, negotiating, and closing deals.
  • Collaborate with the management, channel team and sales teams in shared accounts to ensure seamless integration of specialist sales with other sales activities.
  • Cultivate and maintain positive relationships with customers to ensure account retention & growth.
  • Develop a comprehensive knowledge of products and service offerings as well as competitor''s offerings.
  • Effective partnering with Professional Services account team to build an effective account plan and strategy to drive incremental revenue in account.
  • Knowledge of application delivery, DevOps, and environments.

Education and Applicable Experience Required:

  • University or bachelor's degree; directly related previous work experience.
  • Demonstrated achievement of progressively higher quota, diversity of business customer, and higher-level customer interface.
  • Extensive selling experience within industry and on similar products.
  • Typically, 8-12 years of advanced sales experience.
  • Project management skills
  • 2-3 years of product sales in the desired specialty.

ONE LAST THING

OpenText is more than just a corporation, it''s a global community where trust is foundational, the bar is raised, and outcomes are owned. As an Open Text Account Executive, you drive digital transformation for global clients, solving complex business challenges and accelerating their journey to the cloud. Your consultative expertise and success in complex sales cycles contribute directly to business growth, earning you a competitive compensation package that recognizes your substantial impact in shaping the digital enterprise landscape.

ONE LAST THING

OpenText is more than just a corporation, it''s a global community where trust is foundational, the bar is raised, and outcomes are owned. As an Open Text Account Executive, you drive digital transformation for global clients, solving complex business challenges and accelerating their journey to the cloud. Your consultative expertise and success in complex sales cycles contribute directly to business growth, earning you a competitive compensation package that recognizes your substantial impact in shaping the digital enterprise landscape.

OpenText''s commitment to diversity and inclusion surpasses legal requirements, evident in our Equal Employment Opportunity Statement of Policy which promotes a respectful and empowering environment for employees of all backgrounds, culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a ticket at Ask HR. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText''s vibrant workplace.

Compensation: At OpenText, we offer a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. As you move through the hiring process, we're happy to provide more details about our compensation programs, including variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles, vacation entitlement, and paid time off.

Salary Range: $100,500- $150,560 Depending on the candidate's education, experience, skills, geographical location, and alignment with internal equity and external market, actual salary may vary and be higher or lower than the range posted.

AI Usage Disclosure: As part of our commitment to transparency, we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in various stages of our recruitment process, including resume screening, candidate matching, interview scheduling, and communications. These tools are designed to improve efficiency, reduce bias, and enhance candidate experience. All decisions regarding hiring are made by qualified human professionals, and we continuously monitor our AI systems to ensure fairness and compliance with applicable regulations.

Numbers & Facts

LocationNY
IndustryComputer Software
Salary$100,500–$150,560 Per Year
Company Size5,000 to 9,999 employees
Year Founded1991
Websitehttp://www.opentext.com/

About Company

Who We Are

OpenText is the leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM).
Our EIM products enable businesses to grow faster, lower operational costs, and reduce information governance and security risks by improving business insight, impact and process speed.

Our Promise to our Customers

OpenText strives to...

  • enrich the way people use information
  • foster innovation
  • be trusted in our relationships
  • be committed to excellence in all that we do
  • work with our stakeholders, demonstrating honesty and passion towards common goals

Working at OpenText

There are several reasons for our top employer awards. Here are a few:

We’re a world class company.

At OpenText, we offer the stability of a blue chip and the spirit of a start-up.

OpenText launched in 1991 as a small spin-off company from the University of Waterloo in Canada. Twenty-two years later, we’re a truly global company with more than 8200 employees in over 140 offices around the world.

Working for OpenText means working for a truly global, world-class company with a solid customer base, stable cash flow, and the resources to execute well. We’ve grown to $1.3B annual revenue in 2013. And, most impressive has been our consistent upward growth, steered by an experienced leadership team.

We have an entrepreneurial culture.

While we’re big in many ways, we’ve maintained an entrepreneurial culture common to many technology company “start-ups”. We drive hard to achieve excellence. We value innovation, creativity, and collaboration.We welcome new opportunities and learn to pivot. It’s all about being smart, fast, and responsive to our customers.

Our values direct us.

Our values ensure we deliver on our mission and vision every day. Our values guide our actions with all of our stakeholders. It’s the OpenText way.

  • Customer: We need to obsess over our customers and ensure they are wildly successful.
  • Trust: Our customers entrust us with their most competitive information, we need to be their most trusted partner
  • Excellence: What we do, we do well. The highest form of excellence is mastery
  • Innovation: What we create, we do purposefully to impact the world.
  • Best Place to Work: We spend far too much time at work for it not to drive personal meaning. We need to leverage the collective genius and have the courage to shape a better future. Nothing is off the table.

Diversity makes us strong.

At OpenText, we serve customers of many cultures in many different countries.

We embrace diversity because we believe the best products, solutions, and customer service results from a workplace in which varied viewpoints are welcomed and encouraged. The wide-ranging backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of our employees are a powerful competitive advantage and crucial to our continued business success.

We are committed to hiring and maintaining a diverse workforce. We are also committed to fostering an environment - one in which the best people can do their best work and reach their full potential. This outcome is achieved in a work environment characterized by respect for lifestyle, cultural, and ethnic differences.

We have you covered.

We take care of our employees. We offer a generous compensation and benefits plan that is competitive to your position, responsibilities, and region of the world.

We’re an equal opportunity employer.

OpenText is an equal opportunity employer that recruits and hires world-class talent regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, age, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

Skills

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  • Business Developmentunmatched
  • Business Growthunmatched
  • Business Strategyunmatched
  • C-Level Managementunmatched
  • Campaignsunmatched
  • Candidate Screeningunmatched
  • Category Developmentunmatched
  • Channel Managementunmatched
  • Channel Salesunmatched
  • Cloud Applicationsunmatched
  • Cloud Computingunmatched
  • Compensation and Benefitsunmatched
  • Consultative Salesunmatched
  • Customer Relationsunmatched
  • Customer Retention/Renewalunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Delivery Managementunmatched
  • DevOpsunmatched
  • Diversityunmatched
  • Ecosystemsunmatched
  • Enterprise Applicationsunmatched
  • Equity Securitiesunmatched
  • Exceeded Sales Goalunmatched
  • Interviewing Skillsunmatched
  • Lead Managementunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Leading Edge Technologyunmatched
  • Market Segmentationunmatched
  • Market Shareunmatched
  • Negotiation Skillsunmatched
  • Professional Servicesunmatched
  • Project/Program Managementunmatched
  • Replication and Remote Mirroringunmatched
  • Revenue Forecastingunmatched
  • Revenue Growthunmatched
  • Revenue Planningunmatched
  • Salesunmatched
  • Sales Closing Skillsunmatched
  • Sales Cycleunmatched
  • Sales Managementunmatched
  • Sales Pipelineunmatched
  • Sales Prospectingunmatched
  • Service Deliveryunmatched
  • Software Developmentunmatched
  • Software Testingunmatched
  • Solution Salesunmatched
  • Strategic Planningunmatched
  • Technical Supportunmatched

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