Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

This role is based in Kong Kong.

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.

We are looking for an Account Executive to join our team in Hong Kong where you will be responsible for finding new business acquisition opportunities and generating new business revenue in the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets.

What You’ll Do:

• Prospect relentlessly to build pipeline and build strong personal relationships with prospects
• Create reliable forecasts and be completely transparent with management on the pipeline status
• Close new business consistently at or above quota level
• Develop and execute on a strategic plan for the territory and document and distribute competitive information
• Invest in colleagues and give coaching and advice when you see an opportunity for improvement
• Work to develop and circulate the set of best practices that will be the foundation of this team
  
  
  

What Success Looks Like:

• Listen to the needs of the market and share insights with product and marketing teams
• Be proactive about solving problems even if it’s outside of your area and be ready to take on additional initiatives and responsibilities as they emerge
• Seek out opportunities to be a leader and do everything you can to help the company achieve its larger objectives
  
  
  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in a quota-carrying role
• Fluency in Cantonese, Mandarin and English required due to local market needs
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Recruiting/HR software
• Experience with SaaS opportunities
• Knowledge of software contract terms and conditions with the ability to create fair transactions
• Strong negotiation and accurate forecasting skills
• Demonstrated ability to find, manage and close high-level business in an evangelist sales environment
• Ability to assess business opportunities and use data to inform decision making and persuade others
• Ability to manage many prospect situations simultaneously while positioning company products against direct and indirect competitors
  
  
  

Suggested Skills:

• New business hunting
• Consultative Sales
• Influencing
• Planning & prioritizing
  
  
  

Additional Information

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Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates
This document provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: https://lnkd.in/GlobalDataPrivacyNotice