Company Description

LinkedIn 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 Description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

LinkedIn was built to help professionals achieve more in their careers, and every day millions of people use our products to make connections, discover opportunities and gain insights. Our global reach means we get to make a direct impact on the world’s workforce in ways no other company can. We’re much more than a digital resume – we transform lives through innovative products and technology.

Responsibilities:

• Learn about LinkedIn’s platform, products and associated tools (e.g. SFDC)
• Effectively communicate the LinkedIn Sales Solutions value proposition and elevator pitch to inspire your clients to embrace a new method of connecting value to customers
• Make discovery calls and confirm meetings with key decision makers that will generate revenue
• Create a pipeline of reasonable opportunities and reliable forecasts in a transparent manner
• Develop and execute strategic plans for the territory that will evolve and improve our sales process
• Listen to the needs of the market and educate the product and marketing team
• Deliver, and preferably exceed, against quarterly and annual revenue targets
  
  
  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 4+ years of relevant sales experience
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SaaS sales
• Experience in relationship management speaking to C-level users
• Experience with business development across various geographies
• Proven history of overachieving quota and driving results in a high-growth company environment
• Excellent communication, negotiation, analytical and forecasting skills
• Possess deep relationships with senior sales leadership
• Demonstrated ability to find, manage and close high-level business sales
• Ability to use competitive selling to position company products against direct and indirect competitors
• Ability to gather and use data to inform decision making and persuade others
• Ability to assess business opportunities, read prospective buyers and develop compelling strategies
  
  
  

Suggested Skills:

• Negotiation
• Analytical and Forecasting
• Decision Making
• Communication
  
  
  

We may record and transcribe interviews for this role with AI assisted technology. Candidates will be notified in advance and given the opportunity to opt out of the interview recording. Your decision to participate or decline will not impact your eligibility for hire. To learn more about LinkedIn's use of interview intelligence technologies, please visit our candidate portal: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/candidate-portal

Additional Information

Global 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: https://legal.linkedin.com/candidate-portal.