Commercial Account Executive - Industry Expansion

Gong
Salt Lake City, US
On-site

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience selling SaaS to enterprise clients in financial services, healthcare, or similar industries and are comfortable with outbound prospecting.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with proven success in enterprise SaaS sales and a focus on financial services, healthcare, or energy industries
    — “selling to Financial Services, Healthcare, Consulting, Manufacturing or Energy organizations”
  • Individuals with a track record of achieving new business sales goals and closing mid-market deals
    — “Demonstrated success in achieving new business sales goals (President's Club, Rep of the Year, etc.)”
  • Candidates who can build a pipeline from scratch and navigate complex decision-making processes
    — “Strong previous outbound prospecting experience into greenfield territory”

Things to consider

  • Must be located in the Lehi area and able to work 3 days per week in-office
    — “Located in the Lehi area within a commutable distance to our office”
  • This role is focused on net-new customers and not existing accounts
    — “acquiring net-new customers within the financial services, healthcare, consulting, manufacturing, and energy industries”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in selling to C-suite executives and managing complex sales cycles
    — “Comfortable selling to VP, C-Suite executives, and sales leaders while navigating through multiple decision makers”
  • Quantify your success in closing net-new deals within the specified revenue range
    — “consistently closing net-new deals at $20k-$100K+”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Achieved new business sales goals (e.g., President's Club, Rep of the Year)
Typical background
6+ months of relevant new business/net-new logo closing experience in addition to outbound SDR/BDR experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Outbound ProspectingSales Cycle ManagementCustomer Relationship ManagementSales ForecastingSales NegotiationSales Strategy

Preferred

Sales EnablementSales Operations

Stack & domain

SalesOutbound ProspectingSaasEnterprise SoftwareExcelCommunicationLeadershipTeamworkProblem-solvingSelf-motivationFinanceHealthcareConsultingManufacturingEnergy

About the role

Original posting from Gong via Greenhouse

Gong harnesses the power of AI to transform how revenue teams win. The Gong Revenue AI Operating System unifies data, insights, and workflows into a single, trusted system that observes, guides, and acts alongside the world’s most successful revenue teams. Powered by the Gong Revenue Graph, AI-powered intelligence, specialized agents, and trusted applications, Gong helps more than 5,000 companies around the world deeply understand their teams and customers, automate critical sales workflows, and close more deals with less effort. For more information, visit www.gong.io.

At Gong, you will join a company built on innovative products, ambitious goals, and passionate people. We are shaping the future of revenue intelligence and we want people who are excited to build what comes next. You will work with a team that dreams big, moves fast, and cares deeply about the craft and about each other. Here, transparency and trust are core to how we operate, and every person has the opportunity to make a visible impact. If you want to grow, stretch, and do work that truly matters, Gong is the place to do the best work of your career.

As a Commercial Account Executive specific for the Industry Expansion vertical, you'll play a key role in driving new business growth by acquiring net-new customers within the financial services, healthcare, consulting, manufacturing, and energy industries. You will own and manage the full sales cycle, with a heavy focus on outbound prospecting. This team will be focused exclusively on selling Gong Foundations to net new customers within the commercial segment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Source and manage a pipeline of net-new prospects through proactive outbound prospecting, from lead to close

Provide an exceptional customer experience

Clearly articulate and demonstrate our value proposition, creating excitement and enthusiasm among prospects

Build strong relationships with net-new logos to drive them through the sales cycle to close

Run and implement pilot programs

Maintain weekly sales forecast and achieve new business quota quarterly

QUALIFICATIONS

Located in the Lehi area within a commutable distance to our office, with the ability to work our hybrid schedule of 3 days/week in-office.

6+ months of relevant new business/net-new logo closing experience in addition to outbound SDR/BDR experience, preferably having sold to Financial Services, Healthcare, Consulting, Manufacturing or Energy organizations.

Previous SaaS and enterprise software experience, with clear examples of consistently closing net-new deals at $20k-$100K+

Strong previous outbound prospecting experience into greenfield territory — you're comfortable building your own pipeline from scratch, not just working inbound leads

Demonstrated success in achieving new business sales goals (President's Club, Rep of the Year, etc.)

Comfortable selling to VP, C-Suite executives, and sales leaders while navigating through multiple decision makers in an organization

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Self-motivated with an entrepreneurial spirit

Source: Gong careers (Greenhouse)

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