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About This Role:
The Account Director is a highly motivated sales professional with a passion for building relationships and delivering value to clients. Using curiosity and an entrepreneurial mindset, this individual pursues growth opportunities by engaging with senior leaders and executives for Forrester’s existing accounts composed of Fortune-class companies. With a transparent, repeatable consultative sales process, this role achieves impactful outcomes by creating and orchestrating account penetration strategies. The Account Director anticipates client needs; understands what drives their success; challenges them to think differently; and provides highly valued business insights to enable clients to win, service and retain customers. Along the way, the Account Director will enjoy the opportunity to drive professional and financial growth.
This role will work closely with top executives and their teams, gaining a deep understanding of their challenges and demonstrating how Forrester can support their mission. Success in this position relies on the ability to build trust, foster relationships, and communicate effectively.
Job Description:
Key responsibilities
Skills and competencies
Business scope, impact, strategic contribution, and team interaction
Thought leadership, knowledge, and expertise
Employ domain expertise to identify creative solutions to complex issues.
Job Requirements:
This role offers a unique opportunity to work with some of the most influential brands in the high-tech industry and to grow as a sales professional. If you are passionate about driving client growth and building long-term relationships, we encourage you to apply.
Please note that the base salary range indicated here is inclusive of all applicable US geographies listed in this requisition. This salary range is based upon the position as described in the job listing. The offered compensation may vary within this range and is dependent upon the successful candidate’s primary work location, experience, training, education, and credentials.
Base salary range: $92,722 - $162,000
For employees based in Washington State, the percentage listed here is an estimated bonus target as a percentage of base salary, in accordance with the Forrester Sales Global Compensation plan. Individual and company performance, as well as other eligibility criteria, will determine the actual incentive amount.
Variable target: 66.67%
The application deadline is April 30, 2025. Please refer to the job posting on Forrester.com careers page if the deadline has been extended
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