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

The location of this role is New York.

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.

We are looking for an Account Director to join our team as a trusted adviser with a relentless focus on bringing value to our customers within our Healthcare sector. You will be responsible for helping our customers effectively engage with our solutions (Talent Solutions and LinkedIn Learning). You will be dedicated to making our customers stronger and seeking out opportunities for growth. Although you possess a strategic approach to selling and strive to meet/exceed revenue goals, you will always have your clients’ best interest in mind and act as their internal advocate to ensure they are set up for success.

Responsibilities:  

Researches Customer’s business and prepares thoughtful questions and insights in advance of customer meetings  
Asks layered, open-ended questions to understand and clarify Customer’s objectives and challenges beyond surface-level detail  
Builds relationships with multiple stakeholders (vertically and horizontally) across the Customer’s organization  
Shifts communication style and content to fit the needs of different stakeholders  
Leads with Solutions, not products, when making recommendations aligned to Customer objectives  
Sells with Integrity  
Drives customer decision making by achieving shared vision and proactively considering the value props that tie all stakeholders together  
Thinks commercially and applies business acumen when crafting & negotiating commercial agreements   
Uses data and insights to support investment recommendations or overcome customer objections   
Proactively mitigates churn risk by adopting a smart, customer-centric approach  
Engages customers throughout to confirm and clarify value and adapts a strategy when needed to optimize ROI  
Drives Customer growth by proactively identifying opportunities to deliver greater customer value  
Applies business acumen in Account Planning by considering economic, industry, and company factors with a Customer-centric lens   
Maps all key stakeholders in an account to assess the strength of the account relationship and create account outreach strategy  
Agrees to joint accountability with colleagues and cross-functional teams for optimal customer success  
Practices humility and asks for help from colleagues when faced with a challenge or unknown  
Is disciplined in Territory and Account Planning, Forecasting, and Quota Attainment  
Follows best practices when using CRM and other Sales tools in order to manage the Sales and Buyer cycles

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:  

4+ years of applicable sales experience

Preferred Qualifications:  

Demonstrated interest or experience in the healthcare space
Excellent negotiation, communication, negotiation and forecasting skills 
Experience carrying a revenue target with the ability to develop compelling strategies that deliver results 
Comfort in gathering and using data to inform decision making and persuading others 
Demonstrated ability to find and manage high-level business in a solution-based sales environment 
Ability to assess business opportunities and read prospective buyers 
Experience orchestrating the closure of business with an accurate understanding of prospect needs 
Ability to include multiple partners and members of the company management team using competitive selling to position company products against direct and indirect competitors
Comfort with SaaS opportunities and knowledge of software contract terms and conditions with the ability to create fair transactions 
BA/BS degree or equivalent
Experience selling IT solutions and familiarity with Dynamics/D365 platform preferred

Suggested Skills: 

Sales Prospecting
Coachability
Business Case Preparation
Curiosity
Active Listening

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $131,000 - $188,000 OTE. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Statement

We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.

Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:

Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
Having interviews in an accessible location
Being accompanied by a service dog
Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview

A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance 

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, LinkedIn will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pay Transparency Policy Statement 

As a federal contractor, LinkedIn follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described at this link: https://lnkd.in/paytransparency.

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.

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