AI Sales Specialist
Zendesk
- Massachusetts
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Sales Goal Achievement:
- Take full ownership of sales quotas and proactively work towards meeting and exceeding targets.
- Collaborate closely with the sales team to develop and execute strategic plans to drive revenue growth and achieve ambitious sales objectives.
- Customer Engagement:
- Build and nurture strong relationships with customers, understanding their business challenges and leveraging a value-based selling methodology to align AI solutions to their goals.
- Act as a strategic advisor, providing insights on how our AI solutions can uniquely address customer needs, and collaborate to devise roadmaps aligned with their goals.
- AI Sales Enablement:
- Provide subject matter expertise on AI solutions to the sales organization, ensuring they are well-equipped to excel in AI sales engagements.
- Develop and deliver training programs to empower the sales teams with the knowledge and skills required to effectively position and sell AI products.
- Value Selling Methodology:
- Develop and implement a value selling methodology to empower our sales teams to effectively sell the value of our AI solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to incorporate value selling best across our value chain.
- AI Roadmap and Feedback Loop:
- Collaborate closely with the product development team to customize our AI solutions to meet customer requirements.
- Provide valuable feedback from customer interactions to inform continuous product enhancements.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Proven experience in a quota-carrying sales role with a focus on Conversational AI solutions
- 10+ years of experience in contact center sales, or related roles in the customer experience space.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in Conversational AI sales, including consumption-based AI use cases.
- Results-oriented with a track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets
- In-depth knowledge of artificial intelligence technologies and their practical application to enhance customer and agent experiences in contact centers.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Willingness to travel as needed.
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