# Small Business & Growth Business - Account Executive - Chicago **Company**: Salesforce **Location**: Chicago, Illinois **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: mid **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Sales **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://salesforce.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Illinois---Chicago/Small-Business---Growth-Business---Account-Executive---Chicago_JR283086?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_b894c39f-a6d ## Description ### About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword , it’s a way of life. ### The Experience Our Small Business and Growth Business sales team is part of Salesforce's broader Sales organization, where we partner with customers across a range of industries and cloud solutions to drive real business outcomes. You may be aligned to verticals including Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, or Retail & Consumer Goods , selling either the full Salesforce platform or specializing in a specific cloud such as Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, or Commerce Cloud. We are looking for a Territory Account Executive or Account Specialist to grow and manage a portfolio of small and growth business accounts. In this role, you will build trusted relationships with business leaders, uncover their priorities, and connect them to the right Salesforce solutions , driving meaningful impact for your customers and your career. ### What You'll Actually Be Doing - Sell the Salesforce platform, or a specific cloud solution, across a portfolio of existing customers and new logo accounts. - Develop a deep understanding of how businesses operate and what drives decisions at the C-level, building credibility as a trusted advisor. - Generate and manage pipeline by uncovering business challenges, mapping solutions across multiple lines of business, and selling on value and return on investment. - Partner with an extended internal team to build business cases, develop strategic account plans, and deliver compelling presentations to customers. ### You're Our Person If... - 2–5 years of full cycle sales experience, with at least 1 year in a field sales role and a proven track record of quota attainment. - Experience managing existing accounts and/or acquiring net new logo accounts. - Experience selling to or engaging with C-suite stakeholders. - Ability to build a business case and articulate return on investment to customers. ### Even Better If... - Experience crafting a point of view and positioning yourself as a trusted advisor with customers. - Ability to strategize with large, extended internal teams to drive deals forward. - Experience building and delivering customer-facing presentations. - Experience will be evaluated based on core competencies for the role, including extracurricular leadership, military experience, volunteer work, and professional experience. ### Unleash Your Potential When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. ## Skills ### Required - sales - account management - cloud solutions - business development ### Nice to have - strategic planning - presentation skills - leadership - volunteer work - military experience --- Source: [Apply at salesforce.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com](https://salesforce.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Illinois---Chicago/Small-Business---Growth-Business---Account-Executive---Chicago_JR283086?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)