
Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. With more than 1 billion members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune 500…

Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. With more than 1 billion members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune 500…
Founded: 2003 (started 2002, launched May 5, 2003)
Core product: Professional networking platform with Talent, Marketing, Sales solutions and Premium Subscriptions
Scale: More than 1 billion members; ~26,000 employees
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California
Liquidity event: Acquired by Microsoft (December 2016)
Professional networking, talent acquisition, sales/marketing enablement and professional career development.
2003
Software Development
Approximately $150–155 million prior to IPO
Raised multiple private financings before IPO; notable rounds reported in 2007 and 2008.
Approximately $352.8 million (gross proceeds)
Public offering in May 2011.
Acquired by Microsoft in 2016 (primary liquidity event for prior investors).
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Company Description LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.
Join us to transform the way the world works.
Job Description This role will be based in New York City or Chicago.
At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.
This is an opportunity to join the exciting and dynamic LinkedIn Sales Solutions global accounts program selling Sales Navigator. The role is for a Global Client Director, responsible for renewing and growing the Sales Navigator footprint within a select number of vitally important named accounts. This is a senior IC sales role responsible for owning global new business and expansion quota across Fortune 200 multinationals.
LinkedIn Sales Solutions is a mission-driven and values-based organization. We educate and inspire companies to maximize the potential of their sales teams and guide them through the change management of implementing a Sales Navigator program. As a team, our Mission is to “Build trusted and valuable buyer-seller relationships powered by the world’s largest professional network”.
Sales Navigator is transforming the sales process and elevating the sales profession. Being able to find, research and stay informed on target buyers means that cold outreach is being replaced with warm informed outreach at the right time.
Sales Navigator is the disruptive, enablement software sitting within the sales productivity suite which is catalyzing sales effectiveness and has proven itself to be the indispensable solution for companies, helping them to grow pipelines and increase close rates.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Suggested Skills:
LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.
The pay range for this role is $236,000 - $360,000 OTE. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.
Additional Information Equal Opportunity Statement We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.
LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.
Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:
A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information.
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