AI Sales Specialist
San Ramon, United States · Hybrid · Full-time
- Posted 1mo ago
- From AHEAD’s careers page
- Location
- San Ramon, United States
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Department
- Sales
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About the role
Key Responsibilities
Sales Strategy and Execution:
- Develop and execute sales strategies to achieve revenue targets and market growth.
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities with enterprise clients in targeted industries.
- Build and maintain a robust sales pipeline, ensuring a consistent flow of qualified leads and opportunities.
Client Engagement and Relationship Management:
- Act as a trusted advisor to clients, understanding their business challenges and recommending tailored AI solutions.
- Build and nurture long-term relationships with key stakeholders, including C-level executives and decision-makers.
- Deliver compelling presentations and product demonstrations, highlighting the value of AI in driving business outcomes.
Solution Selling:
- Collaborate with Consulting, Delivery, Presales teams to design customized AI solutions that address client needs.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear and actionable business benefits for non-technical stakeholders.
- Negotiate and close enterprise-level contracts, ensuring alignment with client goals and organizational objectives.
Market Insights and Thought Leadership:
- Stay informed about the latest trends and developments in AI and machine learning technologies.
- Provide market feedback to internal teams on services offerings, packaging, and pricing to refine product offerings and strategy.
- Represent the company at industry events, conferences, and webinars, positioning the organization as a leader in AI solutions.
Collaboration and Teamwork:
- Work closely with Core Sales, Marketing, Presales, Engineering and Customer Success teams to ensure seamless client onboarding and support.
- Share best practices on services-led selling, SOW structuring, and value realization, and contribute to the development of sales tools, playbooks, and enablement assets.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in enterprise sales with a primary focus on professional services, consulting, and/or managed services, ideally in data, cloud, or AI domains.
- Demonstrated success selling and closing complex services engagements (e.g., multi-phase transformations, multi-year managed services, or large consulting programs).
- Exceptional communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Ability to manage complex sales cycles and navigate organizational hierarchies.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for technology and innovation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience selling consulting and managed services focused on AI, data, or other technology-based solutions to enterprise clients.
- Industry expertise in sectors such as finance, healthcare, retail, or manufacturing.
- Familiarity with CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce) and sales analytics platforms.
Key Attributes
- Results-driven with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Adaptable and capable of thriving in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Consultative and strategic, capable of elevating conversations from products and features to business outcomes, operating models, and change management.
- Collaborative and influential, able to work across sales, delivery, product, and executive stakeholders to shape and close complex services deals.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire confidence and trust in clients.
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About AHEAD
Digital platforms for modern enterprisesAHEAD engineers data, developer, and infrastructure platforms for enterprises, and provides consulting and managed services to improve IT operations.
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