Customer Account Executive

Tailscale

$100K — $125K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Up to 1 year of experience as an Account Executive or Account Manager with quota-carrying responsibilities.
  • Experience selling technical or developer products, particularly in a product-led growth environment.
  • Familiarity with presenting to senior management and executives.
  • Ability to juggle multiple sales opportunities at various stages while consistently meeting targets.
  • Experience with Gong or similar tools for internal collaboration and pipeline management.
  • Proven ability to partner with Sales Engineering, Support, and Customer Success teams.

Responsibilities

  • Develop a deep understanding of Tailscale's benefits for customers.
  • Build and maintain a strong sales pipeline focused on upselling and renewing customer accounts.
  • Take ownership of upsell and renewal targets for your accounts.
  • Educate clients on Tailscale's value during their evaluation and adoption phases.
  • Deliver both short-term sales results and long-term pipeline stability.
  • Provide accurate sales forecasting and report on revenue progress weekly.
  • Collaborate with customers to create strategic action plans that help them maximize Tailscale's services.

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment promoting authenticity and diversity.
  • Competitive compensation package including base salary and equity incentives.
  • Immediate access to comprehensive health, vision, and dental benefits.
  • Remote-first company culture with opportunities for co-working and social events.
  • Employer-funded retirement matching contributions up to 0.75% of eligible compensation.
  • Support for professional development with an annual budget for learning and mentorship.
  • Generous paid time off policy to encourage work-life balance.
  • Customizable home office setup provided by the company with reimbursement for internet and workstation expenses.
  • Extensive paid parental leave program, offering 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Join our rapidly growing Sales team where you will play an important role at one of the fastest growing companies in the Developer Security space.

As a Customer Account Executive, you will be responsible for helping expand and renew current customer accounts. You will focus on finding additional use cases, educating the client base on new feature releases, and ensuring the successful adoption of Tailscale across all of your existing customer accounts. You will partner closely with the Solutions Engineering team, as well as collaborate with the Customer Success, Support, Marketing, and Product teams.

Key Responsibilities
  • Become an expert in how Tailscale helps our customers
  • Build a credible pipeline every quarter by engaging with clients on upsells and renewals
  • Own an upsell and renewal number across your accounts
  • Help educate customers on the value of Tailscale throughout the evaluation & adoption cycle
  • Generate short-term results while maintaining annual pipeline coverage
  • Provide accurate weekly forecasting & revenue delivery
  • Create mutual action/success plans with prospective and existing customers where appropriate to help them evaluate and expand their usage of the Tailscale product
  • Participation in video-recorded customer meetings is a core part of this role. Recordings are used for training, collaboration, and quality improvement.

What We Are Looking For
  • Up to 1 year of quota-carrying or closing experience, in an AE or an AM role
  • A strong desire to join a high-growth software startup in a fully remote role
  • Has sold developer and/or technical products, especially in a product-led growth (PLG) motion
  • Experience presenting to senior managers and executives
  • The ability to manage many opportunities simultaneously at various stages, coupled with a strong track record of meeting and exceeding quota
  • Experience using Gong, or similar, to collaborate internally and manage pipeline
  • Experience partnering with a Sales Engineering team, support, and customer success team to drive positive outcomes for clients
  • Proactive from lead to close - the hiring manager for this role is Ike Dunaway. If this opportunity really excites you, please don't just apply on the website. Prospect thoughtfully and tell us why you're the best candidate for this position.
  • This role is based in Denver and is hybrid required (3 days/week in-office).

As a company, we strive to maintain fair and equitable compensation practices within our team across all roles and all levels. Tailscale's compensation package includes base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits. The salary range displayed on each job posting represents the target range for a new hire's base salary. Individual offers may vary based on experience and skill set.

For this position, our pay ranges reflect target OTE (on target earnings), inclusive of base salary and variable compensation tied to the attainment of quarterly sales targets.

US Pay Range (OTE)

$100,000-$125,000 USD

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What We Offer
  • An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self. We recognize the impact of diverse voices and backgrounds on the growth of our people, product, and company. And that flexibility in how and when you work empowers our team to integrate work and life.
  • A competitive total compensation package. This includes a base salary, an equity incentive plan and variable commission (for quota-based roles).
  • Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period. Take advantage of coverage for health, vision, dental, and more for you and your family!
  • Remote first company-most of our teams work fully remotely. Enjoy a change of scenery wherever you can get wifi, participate in virtual and in-person social events, and leverage our corporate co-working program to visit WeWork (or other similar spaces near you). Some roles require in-office collaboration depending on team needs, which will be clearly noted in the job description.
  • Employer-funded retirement contributions. Tailscale will match your retirement contributions dollar-for-dollar, up to a maximum annual employer contribution equal to 0.75% of your eligible compensation.
  • Connect with other Tailscalars IRL. Attend our annual company retreat, participate in team off-sites, and collaborate in person with teammates across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Singapore. We support intentional in-person connection through team travel and distributed collaboration.
  • Support for your personal and professional development. Grow your career thoughtfully with $1500 USD annually for professional development, or take advantage of mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities.
  • Paid time off and a healthy work-life integration. Our flexible, paid time off program supports you for any situation life throws your way, whether moving homes or travelling the world!
  • A build-your-own home office setup. You choose your own company-owned laptop (Mac or PC), receive a monthly home internet reimbursement, and $500 USD to customize your workstation to make it your own.
  • Paid parental leave program. We care about your life outside of work and encourage new parents to take advantage of parental leave top-ups (20 weeks for birthing parents, 16 weeks for non-birthing parents).

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