Senior Sales Account Executive - Upstream Oil and Gas - job 1 of 2

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 6000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

We are looking for a Senior Account Executive to join our dynamic team of sales professionals in the upstream oil and gas technology space!

Essential Duties:

• Responsible for pro-actively driving sales campaigns to existing customers and to targeted prospects inside the oil & gas upstream space
• Develop and maintain good domain knowledge and competitive intelligence within the upstream industry
• Builds and executes on a plan to hit targets for software, services, and managed services
• Develop and update the sales forecast and pipeline in CRM on a daily basis.
• Achieve quarterly and annual sales quota.
• Liaise and work with departments within IFS (e.g. Finance, Operations, Legal Department) to achieve desired business results
• Provide sales and executive management with account updates, sales forecasts, etc.
• Negotiate pricing and contractual agreements to close the sale in line with IFS processes and procedures
• Identify and develop strategic alignment with third party influencers and partners as needed
• Travel would be required (up to 50%)

• Bachelor degree or equivalent amount of experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a business software or related field
• Able to handle a mix of new business activities including prospecting with long term account planning and management of current accounts
• Successful track record closing complex, multi-influencer, IT-related and/or Oil & Gas technology sales
• Knowledge of upstream oil and gas industry
• Comfortable and confident dealing at senior management level, selling business value and business process improvement.
• Strong Microsoft Office, Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills
• Experience using CRM solutions to manage accounts/opportunities 
• Must be a team player, have a positive attitude, highly organized, and have the ability to penetrate new accounts and meet with key stakeholders and decision influencers
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation and interpersonal skill

At IFS you will work in a growing, global enterprise software company where informal hierarchies promote simplicity and trust with responsibility. We strive to deepen our expertise by taking on challenging and varying work assignments in a collaborative environment together with committed colleagues.

With professionalism and a strong customer focus in everything we do, from R&D to Sales and Consultancy, we are proud to serve world-class customers all over the globe with our leading products.

If you want to change the status quo, we'll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

What We’re Offering

• Salary Range: $130,000 to $150,000 annually + commission
• Flexible paid time off, including sick and holiday
• Medical, dental, & vision insurance
• 401K with Company contribution
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• Tuition assistance
• Community involvement and volunteering events

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Equal Opportunity Employer