Sales Senior Enterprise Account Manager - Apptio Professional Chicago, US

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, let's talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities

1. Manage a portfolio of current Apptio Enterprise customers, engaging in a continual selling effort to enhance the value of the Apptio solution and create demand for additional revenue opportunities beyond the initial subscription business.
2. Focus on building relationships across a range of personas and functions within the customer organization, including IT Operations and Finance. Interact at both the senior executive and operational management level to effectively convey the Apptio value proposition and promote use and adoption within the customer’s organization.
3. Manage multiple complex sales efforts simultaneously, supporting a renewal base of multiple millions of dollars in annual revenue.
4. Forecast business accurately and close both new and renewal revenue opportunities for Apptio’s Technology Business Management SaaS offering.
5. Articulate the Apptio value proposition to senior business leaders including the CIO, CFO, and their senior staff. Solve problems promptly and efficiently by marshaling the required Apptio resources and leading the collective team to enable customer success.
6. Be passionate about ensuring a customer realizes significant value with Apptio.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

1. Experience should be with market leading companies that dominated their segment.
2. Knowledge and experience in managing a highly complex technology sales process is essential.
3. Demonstrated experience with financial concepts and practices as it relates to IT management.
4. Experience in selling SaaS solutions, business/financial applications, or BI solutions is a plus.
5. Candidates must be able to have a credible voice with customer executive decision makers and stakeholders.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

1. 7+ years of highly successful enterprise technology sales experience, and/or large account management experience, with a demonstrated track record of consistent over-achievement against assigned quotas.
2. Familiarity with Midwest technology markets.
3. Frequent travel requires visiting prospects and customers.