SMB Account Executive - Central

Chainguard

$85K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1+ years of SaaS/Security sales experience required
  • Strong track record of overachieving sales targets
  • Familiarity with compute platforms and DevOps tooling
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to thrive in an agile environment
  • Willingness to travel as needed
  • Entrepreneurial spirit with a strong work ethic

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute sales plans for your territory
  • Convey product value propositions to customers
  • Forecast and exceed sales quotas
  • Develop and manage leads funnel through inbound and outbound efforts
  • Track opportunities and manage business through CRM
  • Collaborate to enhance the sales cycle and processes
  • Stay informed about the competitive landscape

Benefits

  • Flexible and remote-first work culture
  • Equity options upon hire and promotion with extensive exercise window
  • 100% health, vision and dental insurance coverage
  • Unlimited flexible time off for work-life balance
  • 18 weeks paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
Full Job Description
The role, in a nutshell:

We're looking for highly motivated sales executives who have strong market knowledge and enjoy building relationships with key decision makers to evangelize building secure and reliable software. Our sales team walks a mile in their customers shoes and wants our customers and prospects to see the immense value and expertise Chainguard's solutions offer.

Skills/Job Requirements:
  • Define and execute sales plans for your assigned territory
  • Convey value prop and product differentiators to prospects and customers
  • Forecast, meet, and exceed quota
  • Through a combination of inbound and outbound leads, develop and manage leads funnel
  • Manage business and track opportunities through CRM and other supporting tools
  • Collaborate on and improve all aspects of the sales cycle, including product, support, and sales engineering
  • Understand the competitive market, being familiar with competing companies and their offerings

Candidate Background:
  • 1+ years of selling SaaS/Security experience required
  • Ideally located in the Central timezone
  • Domain experience with one or more of the following strongly recommended: Compute platforms (Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), DevOps Tooling, CICD platforms (Github, Gitlab, jenkins), and overall SDLC.
  • Strong track record consistently overachieving sales targets
  • Ability to learn new products and create/learn processes quickly
  • Competitive/Driven
  • Excellent communication skills verbal and written
  • Team player
  • Must be willing to travel to clients to support sales relationships (if required)
  • Entrepreneurial - Willing to go the extra mile, strong work ethic, resourceful.

Desired Qualifications:
  • SaaS or Developer tools sales experience
  • Startup experience
  • A strong sales aptitude and fundamental understanding of the sales process
  • A sound, tech-savvy business acumen and the ability to articulate a compelling value proposition in a complex and evolving business environment
  • Ability to thrive in an agile environment with an ever-evolving set of solution

On Target Earnings: $170,000

Base Salary Range

$85,000-$85,000 USD

A few of the benefits we offer:
  • Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
  • Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
  • 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
  • ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need - to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
  • 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.

If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

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