Principal Account Executive – Enterprise Growth (Central Territory)

Job Overview At iCIMS, we are helping our clients to build their winning workforce. Our Account Executive Team has a key role in helping prospects unlock their full potential in their efforts to attract, engage, hire, and advance top talent. In this role, you will be provided with the industry’s leading tools and training to help you develop and execute value based sales plans for your assigned territory. Equipped with your knowledge of the iCIMS Talent Cloud, prospect research, customer success stories, and a pipeline of qualified leads, you’ll have the support you need to achieve sales quotas. Advancement opportunities are numerous and include Principal AE, Sr. Principal AE, Strategic AE, and management opportunities as we grow globally! In this role, you will call on accounts with 1,000-5,000 employees in the Central region of the United States. This is a remote position that may require travel up to 25%. About Us When you join iCIMS, you join the team helping global companies transform business and the world through the power of talent. Our customers do amazing things: design rocket ships, create vaccines, deliver consumer goods globally, overnight, with a smile. As the Talent Cloud company, we empower these organizations to attract, engage, hire, and advance the right talent. We’re passionate about helping companies build a diverse, winning workforce and about building our home team. We're dedicated to fostering an inclusive, purpose-driven, and innovative work environment where everyone belongs. Responsibilities Leverage company training opportunities to build expertise in the iCIMS Talent Cloud offerings, the talent acquisition landscape, and value selling. Research target accounts (1,000-5,000 employees) to identify key decision makers, understand business challenges, and build persona based value propositions. Builds sales funnels (3X pipeline) through individual prospecting efforts including but not limited to client referrals, regional networking, webinars and cold calling. Partner collaboratively with the sales development and presales teams to turn marketing qualified leads into sales qualified leads and develop/execute sales plans. Leverage the CRM to support the sales process and ensure pipeline accuracy. Through a consultative approach, uncover prospect business issues and craft value based proposals for the full suite of iCIMS portfolio solutions. Lead the entire sales process, including RFP/RFI and final contract, and coordinate efforts with marketing, presales, sales management, accounting, services, infosec, legal and technical groups. Consistently achieve sales quotas for new logo accounts. Qualifications 3+ years of experience in software sales. At least one year of experience targeting new logo enterprise accounts with complex deals. Proven success in consistently achieving B2B sales quotas. Demonstrated ability to build effective, value based sales plans with adequate pipeline coverage to ensure quota achievement. A passion for helping potential customers solve business issues with advanced technology solutions. Ability to effectively uncover and engage various buyer personas to build the right relationships and close new logo accounts using a value based approach. Able to communicate with and influence multiples layers within organizations, including Senior Leadership. Ability to work both independently and within a team environment. Proficiency with Microsoft Office products such as Word and Excel. Proficiency with LinkedIn and social selling. Preferred 5+ years of experience selling SaaS products. 3+ years of experience targeting new logo enterprise accounts with complex deals. Proven success in consistently achieving B2B sales quotas. Demonstrated ability to build effective, value based sales plans with adequate pipeline coverage to ensure quota achievement. A passion for helping potential customers solve business issues with advanced technology solutions. Ability to effectively uncover and engage various buyer personas to build the right relationships and close new logo accounts using a value based approach. Able to communicate with and influence multiples layers within organizations, including Senior Leadership through C-level. Ability to work both independently and within a team environment. Proficiency with Microsoft Office products such as Word and Excel. Proficiency with LinkedIn and social selling. EEO Statement iCIMS is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at iCIMS. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at careers@icims.com. Compensation and Benefits iCIMS offers the following benefits: medical, dental, vision, 401(k), an open vacation policy, sick days, short-term disability, long-term disability, maternity/bonding and parental leave, tuition reimbursement, flexible savings accounts, paid holidays, life and AD&D insurance. The target total compensation for this role is $132,000 - $176,000, your estimated compensation will be based upon your experience.