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Strategic Account Executive - London

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Canva

2mo ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Senior Level
  • London

AI generated summary

  • You have experience with medium to large businesses, a proven sales cycle record, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to address complex challenges in a fast-paced tech/SaaS environment.
  • You will drive account planning, manage sales pipeline in Salesforce, create personalized customer experiences, advocate for product needs, build relationships, and simplify complex information.

Requirements

  • You've got experience working with a range of customers, from medium-sized businesses to large corporations.
  • For our Strategic role, we are looking for people with experience with large named accounts ideally on a global scale! Ideally within a technology/SaaS company, demonstrating a history of top performance.
  • You have proven success managing a full sales cycle, including prospecting with a focus on new logo attainment.
  • You’re a pro at navigating complexity by understanding and addressing complex business challenges, crafting solutions.
  • You've got a talent for creating detailed plans that cover all the bases within intricate organizations.
  • You've got the skills to captivate an audience, especially during face-to-face meetings with multiple key players.
  • You've got a track record of leading successful (and complex) negotiations.
  • You're comfortable navigating uncertainty and can keep up in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • - Account Planning: You will lead with a data-driven approach to identify and reach out to potential customers who are likely to benefit from Canva's products. Analyze market landscapes, trends, and dynamics to translate high-level plans into targeted sales activities.
  • - Managing Pipeline + Revenue Growth: You will manage pipeline, revenue forecasts, sales activity using Salesforce for maximum efficiency and visibility.
  • - Customer Centric: You will leverage compelling storytelling and vision transfer, presented through a creative lens, to guide customers on a journey that feels personalized and right for them.
  • - Be a product expert: Exhibit a deep love for Canva’s product and an ability to sell creative solutions that address customers’ unique problems. You will gather customer feedback and convey market needs to inform the Product roadmap and provide insights that strengthen our value proposition and enhance the customer experience.
  • - Foster long-term relationships: Recognize the value of building long-term relationships and strive to create lasting partnerships both with customers and internal cross functional teams (Product, Eng, Post-Sales, Customer Success).
  • - Bring chaos to clarity: Simplifying complex situations into digestible customer-ready stories and materials using Canva’s worksuite (presentations, doc etc.).

FAQs

What is the primary focus of the Strategic Account Executive role at Canva?

The primary focus of the Strategic Account Executive role is to manage pipeline and revenue growth, engage in account planning, foster long-term customer relationships, and provide tailored solutions to meet clients' needs, particularly for large named accounts on a global scale.

What type of customers will I be working with in this role?

You will be working with a range of customers, from medium-sized businesses to large corporations, specifically focusing on large named accounts.

What tools will I be using to manage my sales activities?

You will be using Salesforce to manage your pipeline, revenue forecasts, and sales activity for maximum efficiency and visibility.

What benefits does Canva offer to its employees?

Canva offers a range of benefits, including equity packages, an inclusive parental leave policy, an annual Vibe & Thrive allowance for wellbeing and social connection, and flexible leave options.

Is previous experience in a technology or SaaS company required?

While not explicitly required, experience in a technology or SaaS company is highly desirable, especially for the Strategic Account Executive role focusing on large named accounts.

How does the company support employee wellbeing?

Canva supports employee wellbeing through an annual Vibe & Thrive allowance and flexible leave options that empower employees to recharge and take care of personal needs.

What kind of work environment can I expect in the London office?

The London office features a warm welcome from the Vibe team, home-cooked meals, and a variety of workspaces that encourage collaboration and focus, along with a hybrid work model that promotes flexibility.

Will I need to travel for this role?

The job description does not specify travel requirements, but you may need to attend in-person meetings with clients or cross-functional teams, which may involve some travel.

How does Canva approach hiring and inclusion?

Canva celebrates a diverse range of skills and backgrounds and makes hiring decisions based on experience, skills, passion, and cultural enhancement. They encourage applicants to share their pronouns and any reasonable adjustments needed during the interview process.

What will be my role in the product development process?

As a Strategic Account Executive, you will gather customer feedback and convey market needs to inform the Product roadmap and contribute insights that strengthen Canva’s value proposition and enhance the customer experience.

Design anything. Publish anywhere.

Technology
Industry
1001-5000
Employees
2012
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

We're a global online visual communications platform on a mission to empower the world to design. Featuring a simple drag-and-drop user interface and a vast range of templates ranging from presentations, documents, websites, social media graphics, posters, apparel to videos, plus a huge library of fonts, stock photography, illustrations, video footage, and audio clips, anyone can take an idea and create something beautiful on Canva on any device, from anywhere in the world. Since our launch in 2013, we’ve had the crazy big goal of making design accessible to everyone. We were founded on the belief that people shouldn't need to understand complex software to unlock their creativity. We’re leveling the playing field and democratizing access to design and visual communication by empowering 100% of the world to communicate in a way that was once limited to the 1%. We've always had a deeper mission surrounding Canva — which we talk about as our 'simple' two-step plan: to build one of the world’s most valuable companies, and to do the most good we possibly can. We're committed to our core value of Being a Force for Good, so as the value of our company grows, so too does our ability to have a positive impact on the world.

Benefits

  • Flexible Work

    Flexible work arrangements, with the opportunity to come together for connection, community and impact.

  • Parental Leave

    Generous parental leave entitlements that put every family at the heart of the experience.

  • Vibe & Thrive

    An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance for you to spend on whatever will support your wellbeing and development - because you know what you need to Vibe and Thrive better than anyone.

  • Force for Good

    A focus on being a Force For Good, with community initiatives and programs, and sustainable practices, including carbon-neutral operations.

  • Epic recharge

    Celebrate 5 years at Canva with a month off and a budget to support your epic recharge.

  • Flexible Leave

    An additional 5 days of paid leave to support our team to balance their work and life commitments.

  • Equity Packages

    Equity packages for you to truly be a part of the Canva journey.