Twilio

Senior Strategic Account Executive

Twilio$158K — $220K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10 years of full-cycle sales experience, with at least 3 years in highly analytical roles.
  • Experience directly selling technical SaaS or CPaaS solutions.
  • Proven track record in outbound and inbound prospecting for new accounts.
  • Strong technical solutions selling experience with real customer interaction.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business leaders.
  • Analytical skills to develop account strategies based on data and proven outcomes.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset aiming to create effective processes and programs.

Responsibilities

  • Drive new customer acquisition and meet assigned quotas for incremental account contract value.
  • Lead consultative sales cycles to secure wins in competitive environments using Twilio's messaging, voice, and email solutions.
  • Engage with customers to identify their technical needs and tailor Twilio's solutions appropriately.
  • Collaborate with Finance, Legal, and Operations to design customer-focused contracts while maintaining business interests.
  • Utilize interpersonal skills to present complex information clearly and build customer confidence in solutions.
  • Manage multiple projects and competing priorities effectively as needed.
  • Serve as the customer voice to inform Twilio's product and carrier teams on user needs and experiences.

Benefits

  • Competitive pay and generous time off policies.
  • Parental and wellness leave benefits.
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage.
  • Retirement savings program options.
  • Opportunities for remote work, with up to 20% travel anticipated for customer engagement.
Full Job Description
About the job

This position is needed to lead prospecting, solution selling and closing new business opportunities across our Messaging, Voice and Email products. In this role, you will be directly responsible for expanding our messaging business with some of the largest and fastest growing mid-market and enterprise companies, spanning industries. New Business Account Executives are experts in the CPaaS ecosystem and Twilio's product offerings. This role is highly cross functional, with deep integration with product management, carrier relations, finance, and solutions engineering teams.

Responsibilities

In this role, you'll:
  • Drive new customer acquisition, while being assigned a quota for iACV (incremental Account Contract Value)
  • Own highly analytical and consultative sales cycles to win business in competitive vendor sourcing cycles with Twilio's messaging (e.g. SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Google Business Messages, Account Security, etc.), voice and email solutions.
  • Work with customers across assigned verticals to understand their business and technical requirements, and match them to the capabilities of Twilio's communications API platform, designing a solution for their specific use cases.
  • Work with teams in Finance, Legal, Pricing, and Operations to design mutually beneficial contracts to address customer requirements, while balancing the needs of our business.
  • Be passionate about what you do, think outside the box, and use world-class interpersonal and communication skills to present complex contractual, technical, and financial details to prospects in a way that builds confidence and comfort in the proposed solution.
  • Balance competing priorities and manage multiple projects and deals at the same time.
  • Partner cross functionally with sales, services, product, and finance to develop long range territory strategies and sales plans.
  • Act as the voice of the customer to Twilio's product and carrier relations teams.
  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of the CPaaS industry - staying up to date on key industry initiatives and new capabilities - on behalf of your customers and the wider Twilio go-to-market organization.
  • Generate and maintain an accurate pipeline and forecast utilizing our CRM, Salesforce.
  • Stay current with industry changes and collaborate with your team and peers to learn and share best practices.

Qualifications

Twilio values diverse experiences from all kinds of industries, and we encourage everyone who meets the required qualifications to apply. If your career is just starting or hasn't followed a traditional path, don't let that stop you from considering Twilio. We are always looking for people who will bring something new to the table!

*Required:
  • Possess a total of 10 years of full cycle sales experience, with a minimum of 3 years managing or leading quantitative highly analytical products or solutions for their customers.
  • Directly selling technical SaaS or CPaaS
  • Experience outbound prospecting into install base, greenfield prospecting into new accounts, and executing strong QBR strategy for territory penetration
  • Technical solutions selling experience working with real customers, listening to them, and solving problems
  • Comfortable working with business and highly technical leaders, while influencing their understanding and building supportive partnerships
  • Analytical account development strategy based on using data to find opportunities and prove value
  • Demonstrated track record of managing business forecasts and financial models
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with appetite to define process and build programs
  • Record of delivering market driven results, especially to scale and enterprise customers
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English)
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of experience

Desired:
  • Deep experience working with telecom companies, including CPAAS, SMS aggregators, carriers, or global communications platforms.
  • Domain expertise from a highly quantitative industry such as DevOps, Fintech, advertising optimization, investment banking, security or commodity trading especially in non-standard segments.
  • Software, SaaS, CPaas or PaaS selling experience.

Location
  1. This role will be remote and based in the USA.

Travel

We prioritize connection and opportunities to build relationships with our customers and each other. For this role, approximately 20% travel is anticipated to help you connect in-person in a meaningful way.

What We Offer

Working at Twilio offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, a retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.

Compensation

*Please note this role is open to candidates outside of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Washington D.C., and Washington State. The information below is provided for candidates hired in those locations only.

The estimated pay ranges for this role are as follows:
  • Based in Colorado, Hawaii, Minnesota or Vermont : $158,632.00 - $198,290.00.
  • Based in Washington D.C., Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts or California (outside of the San Francisco Bay Area): $167,440.00 - $209,300.00.
  • Based in New York, New Jersey, Washington State, or the San Francisco Bay area, California: $176,256.00 - $220,320.00.
  • This role may be eligible to participate in Twilio's equity plan. All roles are generally eligible for the following benefits: health care insurance, 401(k) retirement account, paid sick time, paid personal time off, paid parental leave.
  • This role is eligible to earn commissions.

The successful candidate's starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.

Applications for this role are intended to be accepted until July 15, 2026, but may change based on business needs.

About Twilio

Twilio is a cloud communications platform that enables developers to build, scale, and operate communications within software applications. The company's platform allows businesses to communicate with their customers via voice, video, messaging, and email. Twilio's products are used by a wide range of companies, from startups to large enterprises, across various industries including healthcare, financial services, and retail. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Twilio
Size
8,199 employees
Market Cap
$8.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$490.9 million
Founded
2008
5 Year Trend
+59.3%
Revenue
$1.7 billion
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