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ChainguardChainguardUnited States

SMB Account Executive

SMB Account Executive responsible for defining and executing sales plans in the Eastern US timezone, evangelizing Chainguard's secure open source solutions to prospects, forecasting and exceeding quota via inbound/outbound leads, and managing the full sales cycle. Requires 1+ years SaaS/security sales experience, strong track record of overachievement, and domain familiarity with cloud, DevOps, and CI/CD tools.

170k – 170k/yr
Remote1+ YOEAccount Executive

About the role

Responsibilities

  • 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 in partnership with product, support, and sales engineering
  • Understand the competitive market, be familiar with competing companies and their offerings

Requirements

  • 1+ years of selling SaaS/Security experience required
  • Must be located in the Eastern timezone of the United States
  • 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

Nice-to-Haves

  • 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
  • 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

Compensation

On Target Earnings: $170,000

Benefits

  • 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
  • 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents
  • ∞ 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

Skills

SaaS Salessecurity salesKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPDevOpsCI/CDGitHubGitLabJenkinsSDLCCRM
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