Itron, Inc.
Innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water.
Enterprise Client Executive
Location
Connecticut + 4 moreAll locations: Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia
Posted
43 days ago
Salary
$125K - $265K / year
Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Achieve assigned bookings quota through new and incremental business across designated utility accounts.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive account, engagement, and opportunity plans to support quota attainment.
• Understand market dynamics, customer drivers, competitive landscape, and customer challenges to inform strategy.
• Collaborate with internal teams to create and deliver impactful sales presentations and solution demonstrations that highlight ROI and business value.
• Identify customer buying processes and decision-making structures; engage senior leadership to define needs and deliver tailored solutions.
• Lead all aspects of the sales strategy, coordinating cross-functional deal teams including portfolio managers, solution architects, product specialists, legal, finance, and delivery partners.
• Serve as a trusted advisor, fostering long-term relationships and ensuring customer satisfaction across the enterprise.
• Partner with delivery teams to meet commitments and proactively manage risks associated with contracts and delivery.
• Ensure solutions enable customer success metrics, creating active and referenceable accounts.
• Participate in internal business reviews, forecasting, and planning activities to align with organizational goals.
• Manage all pre-transaction activities throughout the sales cycle with accountability and agility.
Job Requirements
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience in sales within the major utility or similar marketplace.
- Proven success in consultative selling of enterprise-scale solutions, systems, software, or SaaS to the utility industry.
- Established relationships with at least three major utilities within the territory; strong connections with senior management, engineering, finance, and supply chain teams highly desirable.
- Consistent track record of exceeding sales quotas.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to deliver compelling presentations.
- Demonstrated ability to close complex deals and manage strategic customer relationships for win-win outcomes.
- Familiarity with opportunity validation frameworks such as BANT, Blue Sheet/Gold Sheet, and Challenger Sales methodology.
Benefits
- financial, social, health and wellbeing programs
- paid vacation
- 401k matching
- employee stock purchase program
- hybrid work schedule