Account Director
Chicago, IL 
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Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world's most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo's 133,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo's communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.

The Account Director will support accounts in need of and in support of a broad spectrum of communications infrastructure. The position is responsible to achieve sales and revenue growth targets through consistent account management & hunting activities, meet monthly, quarterly, and annual sales goals set by the leadership team through aggressive selling. The ideal candidate has the ability to work on large, complex deals applying a consultative and trusted advisor approach.

Responsibilities:

  • Generate sales revenue by actively promoting Zayo products and services to targeted account patches.

  • Present proposals and manage customers through the sales process.

  • Attain high Net Promoter Score results based on excellent customer support in the sales process

  • Maintain current business relationships with customers, securing existing revenue on long-term commitments and or selling net new accounts

  • Apply knowledge of customers, industry, and services to achieve revenue objectives

  • Work with the current Sales team to develop account strategy, solution design, and relationship management on targeted accounts

  • Manage high volume of work while maintaining a high degree of responsiveness

  • Track, analyze and report on sales performance and activities in Salesforce and other reporting tools

  • Provide accurate and timely forecasts of sales opportunities.

  • Develop and maintain records of customer activity for reporting of sales and forecasts.

  • Provide accurate and timely information to management.

  • Coordinate closely with other departments to ensure customer satisfaction is maintained and revenue objectives met.

  • Collaboratively work as a part of a team while concurrently performing as an individual with minimal supervision.

  • The Account Director will support accounts in need of and in support of wireless infrastructure.

  • The successful candidate will develop customer relationships and drive sales of Connectivity, Colocation and infrastructure services to prospects and customers in the developing 5G ecosystem.

Qualifications:

  • The position is responsible to achieve sales and revenue growth targets through consistent account management activities as well as acquiring new accounts.

  • Meet monthly, quarterly, and annual sales goals set by the leadership team through aggressive prospecting and selling.

  • A demonstrated ability to succeed in an autonomous environment is key to this role.

  • The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of wireless connectivity to macro towers, small cell and backbone networks with the ability to work on large, complex deals applying a consultative and trusted advisor approach.

    Base pay range: $85,400 - 120,000, commensurate with experience

    Benefits, Rewards & Wellness

    • Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance

    • Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan

    • Fitness membership discounts

    • Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave

    Zayo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.

    This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.


    Zayo is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. EEO IS THE LAW Zayo invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company’s written Affirmative Action Plan. This plan is available for inspection upon request by emailing our People Ops team.

     

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    As soon as possible
    Employment Term and Type
    Regular, Full Time
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