LinkedIn Hiring for Account Executive, Nonprofit – LinkedIn Talent Solutions at Chicago, IL Full Time

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Job Description

This role will be based in Carpenteria or Chicago.

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it’s important for your team to work together.

We are looking for an Nonprofit Account Executive to join the growth engine of the Talent Solutions business. As a Talent Solutions Account Executive focused on nonprofit accounts, you will be responsible for acquiring new customers through a mix of inbound and outbound strategies. Your target customers will be small and medium businesses that have not yet adopted our talent solutions. This means you will have a unique opportunity to influence their talent strategy and make a lasting impact on their business.

The Nonprofit Talent Solutions Account Executive role is a fast-paced one that will allow you to quickly develop consultative sales skills. Each day, you will speak to prospective customers across a range of functions and verticals. We are looking for a candidate with a growth mindset who is excited by the challenge of a high-volume sales role. The role offers excellent training, regular coaching from sales leaders, and the opportunity to further your career within the organization.

Responsibilities: 

•   Close new business consistently at or above quota level
• Maximize business opportunities by uncovering customer challenges and aligning them to LinkedIn’s full range of hiring and learning solutions
• Develop and execute on a strategic plan for your book of business/territory
• Develop compelling prospecting messaging to engage an array of potential buyers
• Prospect daily to strategically build pipeline and strong personal relationships with prospects
• Run a number of short-term pilots to prove value of our solutions, while managing customers
• Commit to improving performance by being open to coaching and continuous feedback
• Act with integrity and with the interest of LinkedIn and its members in mind
• Minimal travel may be required to team events and/or customer meetings where appropriate

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 2 + years of applicable sales experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in solution-based selling
• Eager to work in fast paced sales environment
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize according to business opportunity
• Excellent pipeline management skills
• Demonstrated ability to engage, influence and educate prospects

Suggested Skills:

• Solution Selling
• Sales Prospecting
• Sales Pipeline Management
• Negotiation
• Organizational Skills

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $97,000 – $140,000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.

For additional information, visit: https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.*

Additional Information

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Equal Opportunity Statement
LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is 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 an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer as described in our equal opportunity statement here: https://lnkd.in/equalemploymentopportunity2017. Please reference http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf and https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf for more information.

LinkedIn is an equal employment opportunity employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us by sending an email to [email protected]. This email box is designed to assist disabled job seekers who seek a reasonable accommodation to the application process. Emails sent for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

In your email, please include the following: (1) confirm you have a disability; (2) identify the disability-related limitation that needs to be accommodated, and (3) if known, describe the specific accommodation requested for the disability-related limitation. A response to your request may take up to three business days.

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.

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
This document provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: https://lnkd.in/GlobalDataPrivacyNotice