Drives a strong hunter mindset by proactively identifying whitespace, displacement, and expansion opportunities
Owns strategic pipeline generation in partnership with BDRs and broader ATU teams
Leads and orchestrates the ATU across sales, technical, customer success, renewals, marketing, and partner functions
Balances short-term revenue execution with long-term customer growth and platform adoption strategies
Maintains strong forecasting discipline, pipeline hygiene, and operational rigor
Consistently achieves and exceeds sales targets quarter over quarter through disciplined execution and strong commercial leadership
Leverages partners strategically for scale and execution while maintaining Autodesk leadership of the customer relationship and sales motion
In addition, AEs are responsible for driving strategic account portfolio planning and prioritization. This includes:
Understanding the full parent-account structure and customer landscape across assigned portfolios
Assessing whitespace, business potential, competitive positioning, and expansion opportunities across child accounts
Prioritizing the highest-potential accounts and opportunities for focused engagement
Providing strategic direction, prioritization guidance, and feedback to BDRs to support effective research, outbound engagement, and pipeline generation activities
Key Metrics for Success
Quarterly and annual quota attainment
Pipeline generation and pipeline coverage ratio
Expansion growth across assigned account portfolio
Strategic account penetration and whitespace conversion
Forecast accuracy and CRM hygiene
Executive relationship depth and customer engagement quality
Autodesk platform standardization and multi-product adoption
Competitive displacement and new opportunity creation
Account plan quality and execution effectiveness
Collaboration effectiveness across ATU and partner ecosystem
Requirements
9 years of experience in field sales with Mid-Market / Large Customers
Experience in Go-to-market strategy
Experience in software solution selling
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Job Requisition ID #
26WD97906
Position Overview
The Account Executive is a strategic growth leader who owns and drives expansion across a focused portfolio of strategic accounts. They operate as the primary orchestrator of the customer strategy, leading the Account Team Unit (ATU) to drive customer transformation, Autodesk platform standardization, and long-term business growth.
Autodesk · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia