Job Description: Account Executive - South Africa

Position Overview

UiPath is seeking a driven and experienced Account Executive to work with the largest companies across South Africa. In this role, you will engage with C-level executives, business leaders, and heads of process improvement and automation to deliver significant business and individual value within client organizations.

Employment Type

Full-Time

Life at UiPath

The people at UiPath believe in the transformative power of automation to change how the world works. We’re committed to creating category-leading enterprise software that unleashes that power. To make that happen, we need people who are curious, self-propelled, generous, and genuine. People who love being part of a fast-moving, fast-thinking growth company. And people who care—about each other, about UiPath, and about our larger purpose. Could that be you?

Your Mission

• Work with the largest companies across South Africa.
• Engage daily with C-level executives and business leaders, through to heads of process improvement and of automation, to deliver business and individual value at client organizations.

What You'll Do at UiPath

• Analyze territory/market potential and develop sales strategies to maximize revenue potential.
• Achieve agreed-upon sales targets and outcomes within the quarterly schedule.
• Evangelize UiPath’s brand in the marketplace by presenting, promoting, and selling our solutions using a value selling approach.
• Educate customers on how our solutions can benefit them financially and professionally.
• Establish, develop, and maintain positive business and customer relationships in the territory.
• Develop trusted relationships with local partners and global systems integrators to cultivate new opportunities and drive successful customer implementations.
• Partner with the CSM group to ensure customers receive maximum value and to expedite customer issues as they arise.
• Monitor industry competitors, new products, and market conditions to understand specific customer needs.
• Supply management with reports on customer needs, problems, interests, competitive activities, and potential for new products and services.
• Comply at all times with UiPath’s policies as communicated and available on Inside UiPath.

What You'll Bring to the Team

• Ability to communicate new and complicated concepts in an easy-to-understand way that creates a high level of desire for the solution.
• Ability to grow an enterprise client portfolio.
• High aptitude for cross-functional collaboration and influence internally and externally.
• Strong ability to navigate a client organization and develop key points of contact in multiple departments and at multiple levels of leadership.
• Provides valuable insights into how to improve customers' business operations.
• A research and data-driven approach to account planning.
• Ability to proactively identify opportunities from business-led discussions.
• Highly developed critical thinking skills to solve customer problems and bring deals to fruition when roadblocks are present.
• Ability to sell to a financial buyer based on value and a business case versus features and functions.
• Fluent English.
• #LI-GW1

Application Information

Maybe you don’t tick all the boxes above—but still think you’d be great for the job? Go ahead, apply anyway. Please. Because we know that experience comes in all shapes and sizes—and passion can’t be learned.

Many of our roles allow for flexibility in when and where work gets done. Depending on the business needs and the role, the number of hybrid, office-based, and remote workers will vary from team to team. Applications are assessed on a rolling basis, and there is no fixed deadline for this requisition. The application window may change depending on the volume of applications received or may close immediately if a qualified candidate is selected.

Company Culture & Values

We value a range of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. We pride ourselves on our diversity and inclusive workplace that provides equal opportunities to all persons regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, disability, neurodiversity, military and/or veteran status, or any other protected classes. Additionally, UiPath provides reasonable accommodations.