
Enterprise Account Executive, US, CA
Akeyless Security
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $250,000 - $300,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Engage new and existing enterprise accounts to demonstrate how they can be more successful with our platform.
- Articulate and evangelize the vision and positioning of both the company and products.
- Partner with Sales Engineering, Product, Marketing and our C-suite to execute on a sales cycle and deliver customer outcomes.
- Uncover business, security, and technical drivers early to qualify opportunities effectively and align the overall Akeyless solution to the customer’s needs.
- Manage multi-stakeholder enterprise sales cycles with various teams like Security, Cloud engineering, Platform engineering teams and execute a sales cycle from discovery through technical validation to close.
- Execute value selling and build clear business cases that quantify impact, cost savings, and risk reduction.
- Generate high-quality pipeline through focused outbound efforts and strategic account engagement.
- Accurately qualify opportunities based on MEDDPICC and strong CRM discipline to manage deal health and predictability at all times.
Requirements
- 5+ years of enterprise sales experience in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, or DevOps, with a proven track record of closing complex deals in security-mature enterprises.
- Strong cloud and infrastructure knowledge, with awareness of security and operational impact.
- Comfort engaging multiple buyer personas , effectively discussing compliance and risk with CISOs and operational efficiency and automation with DevOps and platform leaders.
- Disciplined, process-driven seller who applies structured sales methodologies such as MEDDPICC, Challenger, and Command of the Message to navigate complex, multi-month sales cycles.
- Proven hunter mindset , experienced in opening under-penetrated territories, building pipeline from scratch, and consistently owning and exceeding revenue targets.
- Consistent record of meeting or exceeding quota , with strong accountability for results.
- Deeply curious and analytical , going beyond the pitch to understand customer architecture, uncover root causes of risk, and identify true business pain.
- Extensive strategic account experience , including customer development and enterprise deal execution.
- Strong operational discipline , with experience building quarterly and annual plans and maintaining forecast accuracy.
- Executive presence and credibility , with strong interpersonal and communication skills across senior stakeholders.
- Excellent CRM hygiene and proficiency with modern sales tools and ecosystems.
Benefits
- Company Stock Options
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Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
enterprise salescybersecuritycloud infrastructureDevOpsMEDDPICCChallengerCommand of the Messagevalue sellingpipeline generationtechnical validation
Soft Skills
process-drivenhunter mindsetanalyticalcuriousinterpersonal skillscommunication skillsexecutive presenceaccountabilitystrategic thinkingcustomer development