Account Executive

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About This Role:

Forrester’s Account Executive is a highly motivated sales professional with passion for building relationships and delivering value to clients. Our ideal candidate possesses a curious and entrepreneurial mindset to help expand our existing account base of Fortune-class companies. This individual engages with senior leaders and executives using a transparent, repeatable consultative sales process and creative prospecting — leveraging tools like social media, industry events, and personal connections — to achieve impactful outcomes.

This role requires working closely with top executives and their teams, gaining a deep understanding of their challenges and demonstrating how Forrester can support their mission. Success in this position entails the ability to build trust, foster relationships, and communicate effectively.

Job Description:

Key responsibilities:

• Prospect and close appropriate new business prospects from a list based on a specific geography or vertical industry.
• Sell primarily to senior management (director, C-level) at prospect accounts.
• Maintain the minimum weekly/daily metrics, and ensure quota is met.
• Produce accurate and timely forecasts.
• Develop a complete understanding of all our product offerings.
• Understand the changing business and technology issues that our potential clients face.
• Work with vertical and horizontal research teams to better understand the Forrester value proposition for our prospects.

Skills and competencies:

• Demonstrates urgency, high energy, and a sense of purpose.
• Anticipates challenges, adapts to setbacks, and responds well to coaching.
• Adapts communication style to audience needs and listens actively.
• Owns decisions, actions, and challenges and is actively working to overcome obstacles.
• Leverages data and insights to secure support and commitment.
• Applies critical thinking to anticipate challenges, make data-driven decisions, and achieve goals.
• Pursues continuous learning and embraces diverse perspectives.
• Effectively prioritizes work to align with organizational goals and follows standard processes.
• Builds trust through consistency, reliability, and strong rapport.

Business scope, impact, strategic contribution and team interaction:

• Gains a deeper understanding of Forrester and its operations.
• Develops professional expertise with general guidance for routine tasks and detailed instructions for new challenges.
• Builds positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Completes tasks of moderate scope within established policies and procedures. Decisions may influence team or project timelines.

Thought leadership and expertise

• Expands knowledge of the field and company policies to resolve daily tasks.
• Applies domain expertise to address routine responsibilities effectively.

Job Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• Some experience of relevant/consultative sales.
• History of selling business services to C-level professionals in a highly competitive market is an advantage.
• The ability and willingness to make cold calls and book meetings.
• Previous experience in a similar role, specifically with new-business development, achieving quota goals, and managing personal sales strategies.
• Effective presentation, organization, and time management skills.
• A fast-learning team player who is at ease with technology.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

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