Strategic Sales Executive

BART, A Portside Company

Strategic Sales Executive at Portside driving growth across key aviation segments. Fostering executive relationships and expanding customer adoption within the aviation technology industry.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and grow a portfolio of strategic accounts across charter, fractional, corporate, regional airline, emergency services, and government aviation segments.
Develop and execute account strategies that drive adoption of the broader Portside platform through cross-sell, upsell, and expansion opportunities.
Position Portside as a strategic technology partner by aligning solutions to customers' operational, financial, and commercial objectives.
Build and maintain executive-level relationships with key stakeholders, including C-suite leaders, operations teams, finance organizations, maintenance leaders, flight departments, and IT teams.
Lead complex sales cycles from opportunity identification through negotiation, contracting, and successful handoff to implementation and customer success teams.
Collaborate closely with Customer Success, Product, Marketing, and Leadership teams to maximize customer value and long-term account growth.
Identify opportunities created by mergers, acquisitions, fleet growth, operational changes, and evolving regulatory requirements.
Maintain a deep understanding of aviation market trends, customer challenges, competitive dynamics, and emerging technology solutions.
Deliver accurate forecasting, pipeline management, account planning, and territory management while consistently achieving revenue objectives.
Act as the voice of the customer by providing market intelligence, competitive insights, and product feedback to support Portside's product and go-to-market strategies.
Leverage CRM, sales intelligence, and AI-assisted tools to improve account planning, prospecting, forecasting, and customer engagement.
Represent Portside at industry events, conferences, and customer meetings to strengthen relationships and expand market presence.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in enterprise SaaS sales or strategic account management roles.
Experience selling into aviation, transportation, logistics, financial services, or other complex operational industries is preferred.
Proven track record of growing existing accounts through expansion, cross-sell, upsell, and strategic relationship management.
Experience managing complex sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders and executive-level decision-makers.
Strong consultative selling skills with the ability to align technology solutions to business outcomes.
Experience developing and executing strategic account plans and territory growth strategies.
Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
Ability to leverage data, analytics, CRM platforms, and AI-assisted tools to drive sales effectiveness and forecasting accuracy.
Knowledge of business aviation operations, fleet management, flight operations, maintenance, or aviation technology is a strong plus.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth, and collaborative environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and performance-based commission structure.
Health, dental, and vision insurance.
Flexible remote work environment.
Professional development and career growth opportunities.
Opportunity to help shape the future of aviation technology at a rapidly growing, market-leading software company.

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Hard Skills & Tools

enterprise SaaS salesstrategic account managementconsultative sellingaccount planningterritory growth strategiessales cycle managementforecastingpipeline managementrelationship managementdata analytics

Soft Skills

communicationpresentationnegotiationrelationship-buildingcollaborationstrategic thinkingcustomer engagementadaptabilityproblem-solvingleadership