Enterprise Account Executive
Enterprise Account Executive
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SENIORITY
Senior
About the role
- New Business Development: Identify, prospect, and acquire new mid-market enterprise customers, expanding DefensX's presence and market share within the assigned territory.
- Full Sales Lifecycle Management: Own and manage the entire enterprise sales process, from initial prospecting and qualification through discovery, solution demonstrations, proof-of- concept (POC) evaluations, contract negotiations, and closing.
- Sales Strategy: Develop and execute territory and account-based sales strategies to penetratetarget enterprise accounts, build a qualified pipeline, and consistently achieve or exceed revenue targets.
- Executive Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with CIOs, CISOs, IT Directors, security leaders, and other business decision-makers, positioning DefensX as a trusted cybersecurity partner.
- Consultative Solution Selling: Understand customer security challenges and businessequirements, effectively communicating the value of DefensX solutions across browsersecurity, phishing prevention, AI governance, data loss prevention (DLP), and Zero Trust Business Access (ZTBA).
- Technical Sales Engagement: Collaborate with sales engineering and technical teams todeliver compelling product demonstrations, manage POCs, address technical requirements, and drive successful customer evaluations.
- Revenue Generation: Drive new logo acquisition and recurring revenue growth by developingopportunities, managing complex enterprise sales cycles, negotiating commercial agreements, and consistently closing business.
- Pipeline Development: Build and maintain a robust pipeline through proactive outboundprospecting, account targeting, networking, industry events, and collaboration with marketing and business development teams.
- Market Intelligence: Stay current on cybersecurity trends, emerging threats, competitivesolutions, and evolving enterprise security requirements to identify new opportunities andeffectively position DefensX.
- Sales and Marketing Collaboration: Work closely with marketing to execute targetedenterprise campaigns, account-based marketing initiatives, webinars, and industry events that generate qualified opportunities.
- Reporting and Forecasting: Maintain accurate CRM records, opportunity management, pipeline visibility, and reliable sales forecasts ensuring accountability against sales targets.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams, including product, marketing, customer success, and sales engineering, to align solutions with customer requirements, accelerate sales cycles, and ensure successful customer onboarding and long-term growth.
- 5+ years of experience selling cybersecurity and/or SaaS solutions to mid-market enterprise customers, while working in partnership with resellers and MSPs, with a demonstrated history of success.
- Proven track record of exceeding sales quotas, driving new logo acquisition, building qualified pipelines, and consistently closing mid-market enterprise opportunities.
- Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles, including prospecting, discovery, solution positioning, technical evaluations, POCs, contract negotiations, and closing.
- Familiarity with MEDDIC/MEDDPICC, Sales as a Science, and other structured enterprisesales methodologies, with demonstrated ability to apply them throughout the sales process.
- Experience engaging C-level executives and IT/security decision-makers, including CIOs, CISOs, IT Directors, and other key stakeholders, with the ability to articulate both technical andbusiness value.
- Strong understanding of the mid-market enterprise cybersecurity landscape, including customer buying behaviors, procurement processes, security priorities, and competitive dynamics.
- Demonstrated ability to independently develop and manage a territory, generate outboundopportunities, build strategic account plans, and maintain a healthy pipeline to consistently achieve revenue targets.
- Experience selling subscription-based SaaS solutions, with an understanding of recurring revenue models, enterprise licensing, and multi-year commercial agreements.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to translate complex cybersecurity capabilities into compelling business outcomes for technical and executive audiences.
- Willingness to travel to industry events and customer sites. >50% depending on business needs.
- Established network within the mid-size enterprise community. People that trust you at both the customer side and within the channel (VAR/SI/MSP/MSSP).
- Experience working with SaaS cybersecurity solutions, including cloud-based security platforms, EDR, AV, SIEM, or identity and access management (IAM) solutions.
- Familiarity with tools commonly used by tech teams such as RMM, Microsoft, SaaS, etc.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, IT, related field or equivalent experience.
- Competitive comp: base salary with an uncapped commission structure.
- Opportunity for equity.
- Health benefits.
- Remote work flexibility and a supportive work environment based on mutual respect that embraces diversity.
- Professional development opportunities, including certifications and training in cybersecurity and channel sales.
- Collaborative culture focused on innovation, teamwork, and growth.
- Opportunity to make a significant impact in the fast-growing field of cybersecurity with a dynamic up-and-coming company and a motivated team.
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