Founding Account Executive

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$150K — $300K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of enterprise sales experience
  • Experience selling to CISOs and security leaders
  • Background in startups (Series A or smaller)
  • Proven track record in lead generation and pipeline management
  • Willingness to travel monthly for client engagements
  • Bonus: Existing network in target accounts and attendance at major security conferences

Responsibilities

  • Own and close enterprise accounts from start to finish
  • Develop and execute a creative top-of-funnel strategy
  • Manage the sales cycle from discovery to close
  • Engage effectively with InfoSec audiences
  • Collaborate with go-to-market and customer engineers on projects
  • Influence the development of the enterprise sales motion
  • Plan for team expansion as the role grows

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with flexibility for remote work
  • Opportunity to build and lead a sales team
  • Access to substantial enterprise accounts and revenue potential
  • Support from engineering teams during the sales process
  • Direct reporting to founders for an impactful role
Full Job Description
Location: San Francisco, CA (remote considered for candidates with a strong existing book)

Work Model: Hybrid (~1-2 days/week in office); remote possible for the right profile

Industry: Application security software

Compensation: ~$150K base, ~$300K OTE (50/50 split)
The Opportunity

This is a founding Account Executive role with the chance to own enterprise accounts and, over time, build and lead your own team. There are more large enterprise opportunities than founder-led sales can handle, so you will both work inbound demand and source your own. You will own creative top-of-funnel strategy and lead generation, with a go-to-market engineer available to help execute campaigns and a customer engineer assigned to every proof of concept.

Deals run from discovery through stakeholder meetings to a short, capped POC and close, with an average contract value around $75K and clear opportunity to land $500K to $1M+ enterprise deals. Because POC outcomes are largely binary, you can focus your energy on qualification, sourcing, and navigating procurement. You will report directly to the founders.
Responsibilities
  • Own and close enterprise accounts end to end
  • Source your own pipeline and own creative top-of-funnel strategy
  • Run the full cycle: discovery, stakeholder alignment, POC, and close
  • Hold your own with InfoSec audiences (CISOs, security and application security leaders)
  • Partner with the go-to-market engineer and assigned customer engineers
  • Help shape the enterprise motion and, over time, build out the team
Requirements
  • ~5+ years of enterprise sales experience
  • Sold to the same buyers: CISOs, security engineers, application security leaders
  • Startup experience (Series A or smaller)
  • Genuine hunter mentality and willingness to travel at least monthly
  • Bonus: a strong existing book with named relationships at target accounts, attendance at security conferences (RSA, Black Hat, DefCon), or a technical background (software development, solutions engineering, or vibe coding)

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