Enterprise Account Executive

Descope

$150K — $170K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in enterprise SaaS or cybersecurity sales
  • Proven success building territories in NYC and NJ
  • Engagement experience with CTOs and technical decision makers
  • Strong technical discovery and communication skills
  • Ability to connect technical solutions to business outcomes
  • Familiarity with identity and application security technologies
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute a strategic pipeline generation plan
  • Meet and exceed revenue targets and support territory growth
  • Build a detailed territory plan for pipeline and bookings
  • Identify and foster relationships with key decision makers
  • Manage the entire sales cycle from prospecting to close
  • Articulate Descope's value aligned with customer goals
  • Leverage partnerships and industry relationships for opportunity creation
  • Travel as needed to strengthen customer and partner engagement

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
  • Mental health support and wellness resources
  • 401k plan with employer match
  • Tax-advantaged healthcare and dependent care options
  • Maternity leave designed for support during critical times
  • Monthly internet allowance for remote work
  • Paid lunches for in-office days
  • Budget for personal development including training and conferences
Full Job Description
What You'll Do:
  • Develop and execute a short and long term strategy for generating new logo pipeline across New York City and New Jersey
  • Consistently meet and exceed revenue targets while driving year over year territory growth
  • Build and execute a territory plan that generate pipeline, advances opportunities, and delivers predictable bookings
  • Identify and build relationships with key decision makers across Product, Engineering, Security, Architecture, and executive leadership
  • Own the complete sales cycle, from initial prospecting and technical discovery through negotiation and close
  • Clearly communicate Descope's value and connect modern identity solutions to each customer's technical priorities and business goals
  • Leverage technology partners, channel partners, and industry relationships to identify and create new opportunities
  • Partner closely with Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, Marketing, and leadership to deliver an exceptional customer experience
  • Build a strong presence for Descope across the New York and New Jersey market
  • Travel throughout the territory as needed to develop relationships with customers, prospects, and partners

What We're Looking For:
  • 7 or more years of demonstrated success selling sophisticated enterprise SaaS or cybersecurity solutions
  • A strong track record of building New York and New Jersey territories, acquiring new enterprise customers, and consistently exceeding revenue targets
  • Experience selling to CTO organizations and engaging Product, Engineering, Security, and Architecture decision makers
  • Strong technical discovery skills and the ability to communicate effectively with developers and technical leaders
  • Experience connecting complex technical solutions to meaningful business outcomes
  • Familiarity with identity, authentication, CIAM, developer tools, application security, or cloud infrastructure is strongly preferred
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills across both technical and executive audiences
  • A confident, driven, and collaborative approach, combined with the humility required to succeed as part of a team

Nice to Have:
  • Experience successfully displacing established incumbent technologies and navigating complex migration or modernization initiatives
  • An established network of enterprise technology, security, and engineering leaders across the New York and New Jersey market
  • Experience selling CIAM, IAM, developer infrastructure, cybersecurity, or other highly technical platforms into large enterprises
  • Demonstrated success building pipeline from the ground up through executive relationships, partners, events, and targeted outbound-not solely relying on inbound opportunities
  • Strong relationships with technology partners, cloud providers, VARs, SIs, and other channel partners that can help create and accelerate opportunities
Benefits
  • Health, sorted: Medical, dental, and vision with strong coverage and flexible HSA and FSA options
  • Feel good, actually: Mental health support and wellness resources when you need them
  • Future you will thank you: 401k plan with employer support to help you build long term
  • More money in your pocket: Tax advantaged benefits for healthcare and dependent care
  • Life happens, and we make space for it: maternity leave designed to support you when it matters most.
  • Stay connected: Monthly internet allowance to support your work from anywhere
  • Lunch is on us: Paid lunches when you're working from the office
  • Keep growing: Budget and opportunities for personal development, including courses and conferences

Compensation

Base salary range: $150,000 to $170,00/On target earnings range: $225,000 to $255,000

Final offer will depend on experience, skills, location, and overall market data. We also consider leveling, scope, and internal equity to make sure offers are fair and consistent.

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