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Commercial Account Executive II

Udemy
$122,000-$153,000 USD
United States, Colorado, Denver
1860 Blake Street (Show on map)
Mar 04, 2025
About us At Udemy, we're on a mission to transform lives through learning. Through our intelligent skills platform and a global community of instructors, we've helped over 70 million learners and 16,000 organizations achieve their goals. Come join us in ensuring everyone, everywhere has access to the skills they need to unlock their potential and create possibilities for themselves and others. Hybrid work Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco with global offices in Australia, India, Ireland, Turkiye, and other US locations. Our robust hybrid work model spans San Francisco, Denver, Ankara, Dublin, Mexico City and Melbourne. This hybrid position requires two days per week in the office at the nearest hub. About you You're an active listener and a determined person who thrives in a collaborative environment like ours. You want to use your skills to help others progress, whether that's internally with your team or seeing the impact your work can have on people around the world as you help us expand into new markets. You're ready for a challenge and aren't afraid to try new ideas. About this role Account Executives on the Commercial team will prospect, consult, and sell to companies with up to 1,000 employees, with an industry focus of Professional Services, Consulting, Financial Services, Technology and Manufacturing. This is a complex and challenging role involving both transactional and longer sales-cycle/strategic deals, across both new business and existing clients. In this role, you will learn to master more complex sales tactics, balance short term vs long term pipeline, and how to effectively source deals from a wide variety of channels. What you'll be doing Prospecting into current customers and new logos to generate pipeline Managing full cycle selling from discovery to close, selling both transactional and multi-year, 5-figure deals Driving value to your prospects by identifying business needs and aligning Udemy's offering through a strategic evaluation, leveraging our Value Selling methodology and MEDDPICC for qualification Creating and delivering accurate sales forecasts through strong pipeline management and deal knowledge Collaborating with the greater sales team to share best practices and innovate What you'll have 2-4+ years relevant closing experience B2B sales experience (SaaS preferred) Strong communication, strategic thinking, prospecting and planning skills Ability to adapt, or willing to learn how to develop a growth mindset Motivated with a competitive drive, eager to learn, and humble Your values align with Udemy values: Lead the Way, Embody Ownership, Act as One Team, Relentless Focus and Never Stop Learning About Your Skills: Account Management. You're capable of independently managing a book of assigned accounts, taking ownership of customer relationships and satisfaction. You develop and implement account management plans, focusing on customer retention and revenue growth. You proactively identify customer needs and opportunities, and collaborate with internal teams to deliver solutions. You're able to resolve complex customer issues and conflicts, demonstrating strong problem-solving skills. You proactively identify opportunities to expand customer relationships and upsell/cross-sell Udemy Business solutions. You communicate clearly and proactively with your clients, by setting clear expectations, managing the vision, and consistently driving your business forward. You maintain accurate and up-to-date customer records in our CRM, tracking all interactions and activities. Prioritization. As a Commercial AE, your success hinges on your ability to prioritize effectively. You'll strategically focus on the most promising opportunities, identifying deals with the highest potential value, fastest close times, and best alignment with Udemy solutions. This means analyzing your pipeline, rigorously qualifying leads, and allocating time to nurture your key accounts. By saying "no" to less impactful activities, you'll efficiently deploy your resources to drive impactful results and consistently exceed sales targets, making you a top performer. Critical Thinking. Your critical thinking sets you apart in your business. Your curiosity leads you to go deeper in discovery - you aren't interested in surface-level solutions for surface-level problems; rather, you ask insightful questions to get to the core issues, which enables you to provide true solutions. You are constantly looking for creative ways to bring in future business. Coachability. You constantly take initiative toward your own skill development, exploring new resources and soliciting feedback to improve. You are both a mentor and a mentee, and enjoy being part of a team that celebrates wins, learns from losses, and improves together. You are celebrated for your emotional intelligence. You seek out leadership opportunities, demonstrating initiative and resourcefulness in driving team and business growth. At Udemy, we strive to be transparent around compensation. Actual compensation for this role is based on several factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, qualifications, experience, and specific work location due to differences in the cost of labor. In addition to a base salary, this role is also eligible for benefits, equity and uncapped OTE. OTE Compensation Range $122,000 - $153,000 USD We understand that not everyone will match each of the above qualifications. However, we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align, we'd love to hear from you! Life at Udemy We aspire to be as vibrant and dynamic as the communities we serve, as inquisitive as those who use our platform, and as revolutionary as the future we strive to open for everyone. Here are some of the things we love about life at Udemy: We're invested in creating an inclusive environment that welcomes a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. From creating employee resource groups, ensuring we're a Fair Pay Workplace, and building a flexible work culture, our belonging, equity, diversity, and inclusion (BEDI) initiatives always put our people first. We want you to be able to bring your authentic self to work because when we all do, we're better for it. Learning is what we do - inside and out. Our Learning & Development team is second to none, helping ensure your journey is one of continuous progression. You'll also have unlimited access to Udemy courses, monthly UDays (meeting-free professional development days), and a generous annual professional development stipend. Our reason to exist is to revolutionize learning - that calls for taking risks and learning from failures. Whether it's our hackathons (a company-wide effort to envision new possibilities for our product) or sharing our prototypes, we see experimentation as a crucial step on the path to success. We're committed to creating world-class employee experiences and are proud of the recognition of this by Great Place to Work. Of course, the best thing about being part of Udemy is knowing your work makes a difference for people and organizations around the world. You've got the skills; why not use them to help others develop theirs? At Udemy, we value diversity and inclusion and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, or disability. Our Benefits Start with U Our benefits start with you and were built to provide you and your family with the protection and care you need, making it easy to access the right coverage when you need it most. Benefits vary by region, and we encourage applicants to review our US Benefits and Ireland Benefits pages to get an understanding of some of the benefits we offer. For details on region-specific benefits, please refer to the information provided during the hiring process. Information regarding data privacy is available within the Udemy Careers Privacy Notice.