Regional Account Manager – Global Clients Program, French (11 month FTC) (H/F)

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.

This role will be based in Paris, France.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust andoptimizedfor 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, asdeterminedby the business needs of the team.

We are looking for a Regional Account Manager to join our Global Clients Program (GCP) in growing andmaintainingrelationships with our most strategic global customers. You willbe responsible forlearning the entire suite of LinkedIn’s Talent Solutions, understanding how they are used and valued by our customers, and making compelling recommendations foradditionalinvestments and renewals in LinkedIn.

You willbe responsible fora book of current customers, involvement in large centralized globalcontractsand outbound activity within the long tail of your portfolio. You will partner with a select group of global clients toidentifysolutions that can help them achieve their business and talentobjectives. Although you strive to meet and exceed quota, you will always act in the best interest of the customer.

Responsibilities:

• Drive quarterly business reviews and renewal conversations with existing customers in your territory, while identifying, building pipeline and closing new business and add on opportunities across subsidiaries in your book with HQ's across EMEA.
• Develop territory and strategic account plans in collaboration with your Global Client Director (GCD)
• Apply solutions expertise across our Talent and Learning product solutions offerings
• On a weekly basis, plan and prioritize your book, activities, and meetings to ensure you are focused on your largest opportunities
• Understand your customer’s business and objectives through detailed discovery
• Gain commitment and buy-in of customers and prospects to proactively grow the account off-cycle by selling new solutions, add-ons, and renewals
• Invest in meaningful relationships with economic buyers and advisors in your accounts by providing high-quality customer engagement activities (training, quarterly business reviews) on the solutions in which they have already invested
• Build custom presentations and demonstrations based on customer defined objectives and goals versus needs
• Be open, collaborative, and customer-focused in all communications and transactions with your global account team and clients
• Close all orders with the larger LinkedIn investment in mind and provide post-contract support to ensure product delivery and satisfaction
• Demonstrate sales operational excellence by using our CRM tracking activities and, most importantly, forecasting

In this role you will accomplish:

• Over-attainment of individual quota targets while understanding how your efforts contributed to the wider account teamsuccess
• Drive significant growth beyond existing products in your customer set
• A deep understanding of some of LinkedIn’s most complex global accounts, how to plan and prioritize across this complexity and significantly increased business acumen
• An understanding of how to manage & deliver to value for long-term partnerships and at the long-tail to support broader account-based objectives

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience incustomer facing, quota carrying sales, account, or relationship management roles
• Fluency in Englishand French
• Experience selling to EVPs, CXOs and end-users (in the same sales cycle) in both individual and team sales environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Use of AI and creative sales workflows to drive productivity
• Experience in Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience in solution selling to global/multi-national customers, with complex organization structure
• Experience closing new business and managing existing accounts
• Background in working withcomplex requirements and crafting custom solutions
• Ability to translate data and insights into crisp and relevant customer narratives
• Demonstrated ability to generate and execute a plan; lead with solutions to problems, not products
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in both English and French

SuggestedSkills

• Analytical Skills
• Negotiation
• Communication
• Relationship building
• Growth Mindset
• Problem Solving

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