Senior Account Executive - Midwest

Everbridge is seeking a seasoned sales professional with a proven track record in business continuity, disaster recovery, and risk management solutions. The ideal candidate combines mission-driven discipline with the ability to build lasting client relationships and deliver complex continuity strategies to enterprise clients- especially within Fortune 1000 companies.

Candidate should be located in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, or adjacent state.

What you'll do:
Develop and implement a sales strategy for your assigned territory that includes mix of new business, growth, and cross-sell opportunities. Cultivate relationships with prospective clients and nurture existing ones. Develop and close sales from around $75,000 to $100,000 in annual value. Lead the entire sales cycle from prospecting to negotiation and closing, engaging with various stakeholders to demonstrate the platform’s value and ROI. Accurately manage and forecast your sales pipeline using Salesforce.com . Collaborate with Sales Engineers and product-specific teams to create tailored solutions that ensure customer success and long-term partnerships. Build strategic alliances within the sales ecosystem, including Channel Partners and Service Providers. Partner with internal teams to effectively complete RFPs. Meet or exceed quarterly and annual sales targets. Travel up to 50% within the assigned territory. Represent the company at industry events, conferences, and user groups.

What you'll bring:
5+ years of experience in B2B sales, ideally in business continuity, SaaS, or enterprise resilience services. Solid understanding of business continuity frameworks (ISO 22301, NIST, FEMA standards, etc.). Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills. Proven ability to navigate long, complex sales cycles. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, or related field (or equivalent experience).

The reasonably estimated salary for this role at Everbridge ranges from $125,000 - $130,000 and may also include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Everbridge offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, disability income benefits, life and AD&D insurance, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, and fitness reimbursements.
 
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About Everbridge
Everbridge empowers enterprises and government organizations to anticipate, mitigate, respond to, and recover from critical events. In an unpredictable world, resilient organizations protect their people and operations, adapt under pressure, and return to productivity faster. Our Critical Event Management (CEM) technology combines intelligent automation with comprehensive risk intelligence to help organizations strengthen resilience, keep people safe, and maintain operations.
 
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