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About This Role:

We’re seeking a highly motivated sales professional with a passion for building relationships and delivering value to clients. Using your curiosity and entrepreneurial mindset, you’ll help expand our footprint within an existing account base of Fortune-class companies by engaging with senior leaders and executives. With a transparent and repeatable consultative sales process, you’ll achieve impactful outcomes through creative prospecting — leveraging tools like social media, industry events, and personal connections. Along the way, you’ll enjoy the opportunity to drive your professional and financial growth.

In this role, you’ll work closely with top technology leaders and their teams, gaining a deep understanding of their challenges and demonstrating how Forrester can support their mission. To succeed, you’ll rely on your ability to build trust, foster relationships, and communicate effectively.

Job Description:

• Prospect and close appropriate new business within existing account base.

• Sell primarily to senior management (director, C-level)

• Maintain the minimum weekly/daily metrics, and ensure quota is met.

• Produce accurate and timely forecasts.

• Develop a complete understanding of all our product offerings.

• Understand the changing business and technology issues that our potential clients face.

• Work with vertical and horizontal research teams to better understand the Forrester value proposition for our prospects.

Skills And Competencies:

• Demonstrates urgency, high energy, and a sense of purpose.

• Anticipates challenges, adapts to setbacks, and responds well to coaching.

• Adapts communication style to audience needs and listens actively.

• Owns decisions, actions, and challenges, actively working to overcome obstacles.

• Leverages data and insights to secure support and commitment.

• Applies critical thinking to anticipate challenges, make data-driven decisions, and achieve goals.

• Pursues continuous learning and embraces diverse perspectives.

• Prioritizes work effectively to align with organizational goals and follows standard processes.

• Builds trust through consistency, reliability, and strong rapport.

Business Scope, Impact, Strategic Contribution, And Team Interaction:

• The ability to manage and complete complex and diverse tasks independently, with limited oversight, especially those related to area of specialization.

• Builds relationships with key contacts outside of own domain.

• Decisions may impact team or department performance.

• Typically develops expertise in specific focus area.

Thought Leadership, Knowledge, And Expertise:

• Significant experience in the field and/or at Forrester.

• Employs domain expertise to identify creative solutions to complex issues.

Job Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree is preferred, but not essential.

• A minimum of eight years of relevant/consultative sales experience and demonstrated experience leveraging a SME during the selling cycle.

• Experience in building trust and selling business services to C-level professionals in a highly competitive market, specifically to the office of the CIO.

• The ability and willingness to make cold calls and book meetings.

• Proven experience in a new business role, achieving quota goals, and managing personal sales strategies.

• Effective presentation, organization, and time management skills.

• A team player.

• A fast learner who is at ease with technology.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

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, with the exception of Georgia. 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: $112,000 - $168,000

Base salary range for Georgia: $94,530 - $154,233

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%

For information on benefits, please visit: https://forresterbenefits.com/

The application deadline is April 30, 2026. Please refer to the job posting on Forrester.com careers page if the deadline has been extended.

We’re a network of knowledge and experience leading to richer, fuller careers. Here, we’re always learning. Whether you want to hone your strengths or discover new ones, Forrester is the place to go for it. It’s a place where everyone is given the tools, support, and runway they need to go far. We’ll be right there beside you, every step of the way.

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