Major Account Executive

Skills
Software As A ServiceBusinessCustomer SuccessHighspotNegotiationNew Business OpportunitiesRecord Of Success
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of direct enterprise account hunting experience
  • Proven new logo acquisition in Fortune 500 or Global 500 accounts
  • Track record of closing complex high-value deals
  • Experience with cross sell and upsell in existing accounts
  • Strong cold prospecting multi-threading and negotiation skills
  • Consistent over quota performance or top 5% results
  • Technical knowledge of security email cloud and AI
  • Cyber security SaaS sales experience selling to CISOs and security teams
  • Start-up experience in an early stage or underdog environment
  • BS BA degree or equivalent experience

Nice to have

  • Hunter mindset
  • Process oriented
  • Data disciplined
  • Resilient
  • Resourceful
  • Strong presenter
  • Business case builder

Day to day

  • Own relationships across about 20 major UK accounts and act as the main driver for account growth
  • Prospect, qualify, and build pipeline for enterprise and global accounts while managing deals from first conversation to signed contract
  • Partner closely with Sales Engineering Customer Success Product Marketing and other internal teams to win new business and expand existing customers

Hiring process

  • Submit application
  • Interview process with recruiting team
  • Conditional offer if successful
  • Pre-employment checks