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Max

Director Of Sales - Strategic Accounts

Ouster Lidar Inc.

University of Colorado, Boulder
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8 years of Strategic Account Management, deal negotiation, and business development in emerging technologies and first to enter markets. Sprinkle some chat GPT in there.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Technology
Sales and Client Management
Economics

Q1Career path

Product Management

Sales

Strategic Deals

1:10

"I found that the interaction with customers was probably what I was best at."

Q2Main responsibilities

Strategic Account Management

Sales Management

Business Development

1:11

"the fun part to me is doing the strategic negotiations and the contract portions to get these deals done."

Q3Day in the life

Sales

Project Management

Executive/Leadership

0:56

"Being very conscious of how you spend your time is a key part about being a successful salesperson."

Q4Most important skills - role

Organization

Communication

Strategic Thinking

1:46

"the key differentiator is strategic thinking. Um, not just about what's in front of you, but what's 10 steps ahead or what can help grow your business in a beneficial way."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Negotiation

Sales

Strategic Partnerships

1:33

"The most fun part is the deal itself—creating, fostering, working through it, especially strategic deals."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Stress Management

Sales Management

Communication

1:22

"as long as you handle that though, you know, things, things are typically fine."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Emerging Technologies

Technology

Sales

1:07

"this technology has a variety of use cases and we're still learning more"

Q8Who thrives in industry

Risk-Taking

Problem-Solving

Technology

0:50

"just being willing to take that risk and, and see something grow, um, is, is key."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Stress Management

Strategic Thinking

Time Management

1:18

"It's a shift in thinking to not, like, what tasks do I need to do right now? It's like, how do I strategically move something along?"

Q10Entry-level positions

Business Development

Product Management

Sales

1:57

"It's about performance. So, you know, it, it shows"

Q11Significant lesson - career

Internal Communications

Sales

Interpersonal Relationships

1:49

"Building internal relationships is almost more important than building external relationships."

Q12College ideas for success

Networking

Communication

Sales

1:02

"Relying on that ability [networking] is probably what I picked up most in college."