Senior Enterprise Account Executive
The Enterprise Account Executive will grow Okta’s French enterprise territory by generating pipeline, developing strategic relationships, and closing SaaS and cloud sales with large organizations. The role requires a successful enterprise sales track record, senior-level value-based selling experience, and strong partner collaboration.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build territory planning based on a pipeline reconciliation plan.
- Engage with Okta’s internal ecosystem.
- Build trusted relationships with Okta partners.
- Develop and execute sales strategies and tactics to generate pipeline, drive sales opportunities, and deliver repeatable, predictable bookings.
- Generate new business with large organizations.
- Position Okta at both the functional and business-value levels with target stakeholders.
- Champion Okta to prospective clients through sales presentations, site visits, and product demonstrations.
- Build effective working partnerships with channel partners, sales engineering, business value management, customer success, and other Okta teams.
- Travel to customer and partner sites, Okta’s EMEA headquarters in London, and the United States.
Requirements
- Passion for technology and how it can help organizations compete and thrive.
- Excitement about joining a fast-growing SaaS provider’s French territory team.
- Track record of success selling Software-as-a-Service and/or cloud computing services to large, complex organizations in France.
- Experience with value-based selling to senior and C-level stakeholders.
- Reputation as a trusted business partner within the local reseller and systems integrator community.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to travel.
Nice-to-haves
- Understanding of and experience with Identity and Access Management, Single Sign-On, and API-based solutions.
- BSc/BA degree or equivalent.
Compensation and Benefits
- Annual on-target compensation in France: €168,000–€231,000 EUR.
- OTE includes base salary and incentive compensation; actual compensation depends on skills, qualifications, experience, and work location.
- Equity where applicable.
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage and financial benefits, including paid time off and parental leave.
Skills
SaaS, Cloud Computing, Identity And Access Management, Single Sign-On, API, Value-Based Selling, Territory Planning, Pipeline Generation, Sales Strategy, Product Demos
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