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Company DescriptionLinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.Join us to transform the way the world works.Job DescriptionThis role will be based in Dublin.At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.We are looking for an Account Director to join our expanding team in the UK/IE market with a focus on Mid-Market i.e. top segment of SMB. In this role, you will execute on both the sales strategies needed to grow the region that you are a part of and on the regional plan.Your ability to engage with prospects and customers, to establish trust and develop long term relationships, will be second to none.You will be able to work with all internal functions to build the business partnership required to support your customers. You will be an active member of a high performing sales team that creates growth (in all its forms), whilst partnering closely with customers to ensure they achieve all that is needed from the solutions that they purchase.Responsibilities:Become your customers’ trusted advisorDevelop a strong understanding of the labour market of the sub-region that your set of customers belong and be able to differentiate market dynamics of the key verticalsKnow your clients’ business opportunities and challengesInform your client CHRO Talent Strategy and support the execution of such strategy through LinkedIn’s expanding product suiteEnsure customers are achieving the full potential of their LinkedIn solution and make such value visibleDevelop Multi-Level relationships with customers and create a clear stakeholder map for each client within all lines of business.Feed your field experience to marketing and product teams so we can better respond to market demandsBuild Strategies to expand revenue within current customers while meeting their goals. Execute on these strategies to achieve sales targets.Build annual and quarterly victory plans, looking at internal capability, external market dynamics, short and long term opportunities. Leverage LinkedIn European and Country Programs to support your execution.Collaborate effectively with key Business Partners such as Customer Success, Media consultants, Product, Marketing, etc.Manage multiple complex sales processes simultaneouslyProactively analyse customers’ recruitment media needs to make strategic recommendations to customers and ensure that their objectives are met.Be proactive about solving problems even if it’s outside of your area and be ready to take on additional initiatives and responsibilities as they emerge.QualificationsBasic Qualifications:3+ years of closing experience in a sales quota-carrying roleFluency in EnglishPreferred Qualifications:BA/BS degree or equivalent in a related fieldExperience within recruitment media and/or HR softwareExperience with SaaS sales and Salesforce.com platformExperience working in the recruitment consulting or staffing industryExperience carrying a revenue target with the ability to develop compelling strategies that deliver resultsExcellent communication, negotiation and forecasting skillsDemonstrated ability to find and manage high-level business in an evangelistic sales environmentAbility to gather and use data to inform decision making and persuade othersAbility to assess business opportunities and read prospective buyersAbility to orchestrate the closure of business with an accurate understanding of prospect needsAbility to include multiple partners and members of the company management teamSuggested skills:NegotiationForecastingCommunicationRecruitingAdditional InformationGlobal Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates:Please follow this link to access the document that provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: Global Data Privacy Notice.All Dublin jobs at LinkedIn are available under our ReturnIn Scheme, for people returning to work from family or care responsibilities. This will include extra support through interview stage, and if successful, an extended induction according to your needs. To access the scheme just let your recruiter know that you're a returner when you apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr