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The Account Executive II is responsible for planning and executing sales strategies for prospects and existing customers. This role focuses on achieving sales objectives, expanding customer relationships, and delivering exceptional value at every interaction.
The successful candidate is energetic, self-motivated, consultative, and comfortable managing a competitive, results-driven sales environment.
The role requires strong communication, interpersonal, prospecting, customer research, social selling, presentation, negotiation, and solution-selling skills. Experience with Salesforce, SalesLoft, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and other business technology tools is expected. Familiarity with sales methodologies such as MEDICC is preferred.
Major Responsibilities:
Develop and execute strategic sales plans using competitive analysis, customer segmentation, product utilization, market penetration, account planning, and thoughtful product positioning.
Meet or exceed assigned sales, market share, revenue, and other financial performance targets.
Manage the full sales cycle, including prospecting, cold calling, email outreach, qualification, appointment setting, nurturing, presentations, objection handling, negotiation, and closing.
Identify opportunities to upsell, cross-sell, and expand relationships across multiple products and platforms.
Conduct consultative conversations to understand customer challenges and recommend effective solutions.
Maintain accurate opportunity notes, account plans, forecasts, and activity records in approved CRM and sales enablement systems.
Manage territory performance and maintain a healthy pipeline, with a consistent focus on susta
Tools & Tech Stack
Selling Motion
Prospecting
Outbound-Heavy
Self-sourced pipeline via cold outreach
Buyer Persona
C-Suite
Selling to executive decision-makers
Requirements at a Glance
Typical Day — Account Executive
Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.
SaaS — Interview Intel
Typical Sales Cycle
30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)
Common Buyer Objections
- "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
- "We built something in-house already"
- "We don't have budget until next quarter"
- "Our team won't adopt another tool"
Key Industry Metrics
Hot Topics to Reference
- • AI-native product disruption
- • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
- • Vertical SaaS consolidation
- • Usage-based pricing models
Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.
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Walk me through your discovery process.
Template questionHow do you handle a prospect who goes silent mid-deal?
Template questionTell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.
Template questionHow do you build business cases for stakeholders?
Template questionDescribe a deal you lost and what you learned.
Template questionThis Account Executive position at Lightcast involves managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through close.
SaaS sales roles typically involve consultative selling with longer deal cycles.
Remote positions in sales offer flexibility but require strong self-discipline and proactive communication with distributed teams.
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