Cohesity

Enterprise Account Executive

Cohesity$247K — $309K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Boston, MA
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in sales, particularly in enterprise technology or cybersecurity
  • Strong understanding of security frameworks and compliance standards
  • Proven track record in net-new customer acquisition and account growth
  • Basics of data security, backup technologies, and willingness to learn
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Experience with AI tools for sales effectiveness is preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

  • Execute a territory plan for acquiring new logos and growing accounts
  • Build and manage a qualified sales pipeline, leveraging direct and channel sourcing
  • Identify key stakeholders in customer organizations to influence senior decision-makers
  • Lead customer engagements through discovery, proposal development, and solution alignment
  • Deliver value-based proposals connecting the product to customer needs
  • Work with channel partners like NVIDIA and AWS for deal execution
  • Maintain accurate sales tracking and contribute to quarterly performance

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
  • Vacation and paid holidays including refresh days
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Life and disability insurance coverage
  • Opportunities for bonus compensation and equity grants
Full Job Description
We strongly prefer candidates who are currently located in or near the designated job location. Candidates outside the area should apply only if they are committed to relocating prior to their start date and have the legal right to work in the job location.

We're seeking an Enterprise Account Executive to help develop and grow a defined territory. This is an active, hands-on sales role where you'll focus on prospecting, building pipeline, and closing opportunities, while also supporting the expansion of existing accounts. You'll work in a fast-moving space within enterprise technology-data security and AI-powered resilience-gaining exposure to complex customer needs and high-impact solutions.

HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE:

  • Execute a territory plan focused on net-new logo acquisition and account growth across adefined set of accounts
  • Build, manage, and progress a qualified sales pipeline, including opportunities you sourcedirectly and those supported through channel partners
  • Work within complex customer organizations by identifying key stakeholders, buildingrelationships, and engaging with senior decision-makers as your experience grows
  • Support and lead customer engagements through discovery, evaluation, proposal development,and solution alignment, with guidance from Sales Engineers and leadership
  • Develop and deliver clear, value-based proposals that connect Cohesity's platform to customersecurity, resilience, and operational needs
  • Collaborate closely with channel partners and technology alliances (including NVIDIA, IBM, HPE,and AWS) to support deal execution and expand market reach
  • Maintain accurate opportunity tracking and forecasting, and contribute to consistent quarterlyperformance
  • Share customer insights and competitive feedback with the wider sales and product teams tosupport continuous improvement


WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

  • Demonstrated experience selling into and partnering with Information Security / Cybersecurityteams, with a strong understanding of enterprise security frameworks, compliance standards, andthe ability to align solutions to customer security and risk requirements
  • A customer-focused mindset and strong interest in cybersecurity and data protection, especiallyransomware and recovery
  • Proven experience selling enterprise technology solutions, ideally within infrastructure, SaaS, oradjacent markets
  • Evidence of success contributing to net-new customer acquisition and growing existing accounts
  • Foundational understanding of data security and backup technologies, with a willingness todeepen technical knowledge
  • Familiarity with Cohesity solutions (DataProtect, DataHawk, SmartFiles) is a plus
  • Exposure to platforms such as NetBackup, Backup Exec, or InfoScale is helpful but not required
  • Comfort working with channel partners, with an interest in developing co-selling skills
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to customers and internalstakeholders
  • Demonstrated experience using AI tools to improve productivity, organization, and saleseffectiveness
  • Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Professional English language proficiency for customer and internal communication
  • Willingness to travel as required

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Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws - This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate's skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

Pay Range :

$247,760.00-$309,700.00

The compensation noted above is based on an annualized hourly rate assuming normal full-time employment.

Current pay transparency shows the OTE (On-Target Earnings) for commission-based roles.

About Cohesity

Cohesity is a data management company that provides a web-scale platform for consolidating secondary storage silos onto a single, easy-to-manage solution. The company's products include Cohesity DataProtect, Cohesity DataPlatform, Cohesity Helios, and Cohesity SmartFiles. Cohesity was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Learn more about Cohesity
Size
1,600 employees
Industry
Founded
2013

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