Ana Jansen, Strategic Account Executive - LATAM on Influential Women

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Ana Jansen

Strategic Account Executive - LATAM, OneSignal

Austin, TX

Certifications · Degrees · Memberships

Degree Music Business degree from Berklee College of Music

Her Story

About Ana

I started my career in software with my first job in sales at a software company in marketing, where I was there for about a year. Before my current role, I was at Microsoft. I joined OneSignal in July last year as a Strategic Account Executive, but my role is really about helping the company expand to Brazil. OneSignal has been present in Brazil for a few years, but they didn't really have anybody that spoke the language or that understood the market, so that's where I'm coming in. Even though I'm an account executive, I'm managing partner relationships, bringing in new partners, thinking about events that we can do and running those events. I'm running specific accounts for the biggest customers that we have, making sure that all the relationships are on point, and I'm actually developing a sustainable and replicable strategy for us to continue to grow our footprint in the market. I also have a degree in the music business from Berklee College of Music, and I'm passionate about music - playing the guitar, singing, songwriting, and trying to get into production. I grew up in Brazil and now live in Texas with my wife and our Golden Retriever.

Her Interview

Ten minutes with Ana

01What do you attribute your success to?

I think just, honestly, work ethic. This is a feedback that I've gotten continuously, and that I do personally agree with. If there's something that I need to do, whatever it might be, if it's orders, and it's just something that we need to do when it comes to keeping the pipeline clean, or somebody shares best practices with me, I'm really good with following that and really testing it, and really making sure I'm doing everything that I need to do to be successful, and doing that every day, with consistency. I'm only here today, and I'm only getting the results that I'm getting, because I do it one day after the other, and I very, very rarely miss it.

02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?

I think that just talking to people, honestly. Talk to people that have done it before, not just in Latin America, but in other territories, understand what worked. Test different things - I know it's kind of cliche, but try to fail as fast as possible. Just try things out, see what sticks, talk to your customers, understand what resonates with them and what doesn't. So I think that the biggest advice is really just talk to people, and don't try to just figure it out based on what you think, or on what ChatGPT tells you. Have conversations, make that network, and see what people actually tell you. That's gonna be a better signal than anything else.

03What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?

I think honesty, honestly. I'm a person who really likes feedback, whether it's professionally, from my peers, from my leaders. I'm always the first one to ask how I'm performing, what can I do better, ask for advice, that kind of stuff. But also, I think that in my personal life, I'm very similar as well, in terms of my friendships. I just really appreciate honesty, I just really appreciate when people are straightforward as well. I like to be very straightforward if something's not right. I like to tell right away and see what we can do to change the scenario. So I think just honesty and being transparent - just be very transparent.

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