Senior Account Executive, Air Majors

Axon

$97K — $156K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of enterprise SaaS sales experience with large customers
  • Experience using Salesforce or equivalent CRM
  • Strong technical knowledge of drones and cloud technologies
  • Excellent organizational and presentation skills
  • Ability to travel 60% or more within the territory
  • Experience in consultative sales and account growth

Responsibilities

  • Develop deep technical knowledge of Air products for law enforcement sales
  • Collaborate with sales team as an expert on the Air program
  • Generate leads through various sources like Google alerts and RFP requests
  • Establish strong customer relationships to improve satisfaction
  • Execute account strategy for impactful value propositions
  • Monitor customer activity and provide competitor insights
  • Utilize Salesforce to manage accounts and identify opportunities

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
  • Discretionary paid time off
  • Paid parental leave for all employees
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Access to fitness programs
  • Emotional and mental wellness support
  • Opportunities for learning and development
  • Free snacks available in the office
Full Job Description
Your Impact

As a Senior Account Executive for Air products (drones and counter-drone solutions), you will partner closely with the Key Account Leader to drive complex, high-impact engagements with law enforcement agencies, helping them deploy drone, counter-drone, and Drone as First Responder (DFR) solutions. You will focus on some of the largest and most complex public safety agencies in the country, navigating sophisticated procurement processes and multi-stakeholder buying environments. You'll serve as a strategic advisor to senior public safety leaders while managing critical partner relationships-including Axon's Skydio partnership-to deliver integrated, real-time operational outcomes. This role offers significant autonomy and cross-functional influence as you help scale one of Axon's most strategic public safety initiatives.

What You'll Do
Territory: West (Based out of Los Angeles or San Francisco/Bay Area strongly preferred)
  • You develop a deep technical understanding of Axon's Air products and technology offerings in order to sell into domestic law enforcement agencies throughout your territory
  • You will partner with the broader Axon sales team as a functional expert on the Air program, to sell Air as a specific offering
  • You leverage Google alerts, RFP requests, and other sources to generate leads and pursue opportunities
  • You are customer centric - you know the customer's business and workflows, can develop a proper contact network within assigned accounts, and establish relationships to drive overall customer happiness
  • You develop and execute account strategy by collaborating with the team to deliver stronger and more impactful value propositions
  • You will make forecast predictions, update management of accounts in a timely fashion, collect intelligence on competitor activity, and give feedback to marketing for continual improvement
  • You track customer activity in Salesforce and other internal systems to execute on account strategy and identify additional opportunities
What You Bring
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent applicable experience
  • 5+ years of enterprise SaaS sales experience, selling to large enterprise customers.
  • Salesforce or equivalent CRM experience
  • Highly proficient computer skills including MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
  • Prominent organization and presentation skills
  • Willing to travel 60% or more within your territory (3-4 days a week, including overnights)
  • Strong understanding of drones, cloud and virtualization technology
  • Able to strategically approach and win accounts as well as continue to grow or expand existing accounts
  • Standout colleague that helps support teammates to reach success
  • You focus on a Solutions / Consultative sales process to ensure the right fit and long term success with your customers
  • End to end sales process experience - especially strong in prospecting, discovery, objection handling, and closing accounts
  • Ready to own & build a multi-state territory to success
  • Ability to work in an entrepreneurial fashion within a new initiative for the company
  • Startup experience & some vertical experience is a plus
  • You want to make a difference in society and grow within the organization
Benefits that Benefit You
  • Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
  • Discretionary paid time off
  • Paid parental leave for all
  • Medical, Dental, Vision plans
  • Fitness Programs
  • Emotional & Mental Wellness support
  • Learning & Development programs
  • And yes, we have snacks in our offices

Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work

Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit https://www.axon.com/careers.

Base Pay Range

$97,500-$156,000 USD

Don't meet every single requirement? That's ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you're excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Important Notes

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.

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