
Senior Sales Executive, Software, Industrial Sector
Chicago, ILFull-time$95–126K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
UL Solutions is seeking a Senior Sales Executive to grow sales of its ULTRUS software and supplier marketing offerings in the industrial sector. The role manages customer relationships across the sales cycle, identifies subscription, upgrade, renewal, and expansion opportunities, and works with account managers and technical teams to support complex sales. The position requires 5+ years of related sales experience and significant experience selling industrial-sector SaaS solutions.
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Full job description
Our ULTRUS™ portfolio offers industry-leading software enables Innovation, Compliance and Safety in Industrial sector. We help customers achieve their safety, compliance and sustainability goals with our regulatory expertise and software. Our testing and certification services help demonstrate compliance with safety, performance and market requirements.
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Support the development of leadership’s multi year account plans for ULTRUS by providing insight on materials intelligence, supplier marketing solutions, and customer use cases across key industries.
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Contribute to the development of strategy for ULTRUS products and services by sharing customer needs, pain points, industry trends, and feedback with product and service managers.
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Maintain an ongoing plan to prioritize a portfolio of accounts, build relationships throughout the year, and identify opportunities for software subscriptions, upgrades, and renewals.
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Under moderate guidance, deliver product demonstrations and advise customers on how ULTRUS integrates into their existing product development, formulation, and sourcing workflows.
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Use technical and industry credibility to build strong relationships with buyers, product developers, engineers, and centers of influence in support of global account leadership.
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Serve as the primary point of contact for ULTRUS customers throughout the sales cycle, from discovery through close.
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Communicate the value proposition of ULTRUS to customers based on a strong understanding of materials data, supplier discovery, compliance insights, and marketing solutions.
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Maintain ongoing customer relationships post sale to support renewals, expansion opportunities, and long term account growth.
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Work under the guidance of sales leadership on proposals and closings for assigned software products and services.
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Actively identify and pursue opportunities to sell ULTRUS software solutions and supplier marketing offerings.
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Partner with account managers on discovery, opportunity identification, and account planning related to ULTRUS.
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Collaborate with Solution Architects and other technical resources to gather customer requirements and support complex sales opportunities.
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Serve as the primary point of contact for ULTRUS specific products and services, articulating value, managing client interactions, and bringing in additional technical or subject matter experts as needed.
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Provide input to account owners on growth opportunities within assigned industries and solution areas.
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Build trusted advisor relationships with key stakeholders and account owners.
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Support a smooth handoff to implementation teams or customer success partners following close to ensure strong adoption and customer satisfaction.
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5+ years of related sales experience.
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Bachelors and/or graduate degree in software engineering or related field.
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Significant experience selling SaaS solutions in the Industrial sector
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Proven ability to meet and exceed sales targets.
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Business acumen and deep understanding of business sales processes.
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Proficient in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook), and CRM software.
What we offer:
Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The base salary is $94,500 - $125,900 USD. Members of the sales function are eligible to participate in the UL Solutions Sales Commission Plan on day one and it is uncapped. The annual target incentive for this position is contingent upon performance. Compensation is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors.
This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).
The application deadline for this position is 4/27/27
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A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
UL LLC has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To assure full implementation of this equal employment policy, we will take steps to assure that:
Persons are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, color, age, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, religion, creed, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, marital or familial status, or any other protected category under applicable law.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,142 open Sales Executive jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$95–126K/yr
- Illinois median$106–185K/yr66 salary ranges
- US median$122–194K/yr1,643 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $110K, is 23% below the Illinois median midpoint ($143K) — in the middle half of Sales Executive salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 77 open Sales Executive jobs in Illinois and 2,142 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Deloitte10 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Sales Executive postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,698 postings).
- Education
- 297 of the 2,142 open Sales Executive jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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