World’s leading Data Intelligence Platform supercharging over 500,000 GPUs across all data workloads
Account Executive
Location
California
Posted
87 days ago
Salary
$150K - $175K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Account Executive
DDN
• Own and drive revenue growth within assigned Higher Education accounts and territory • Develop and execute strategic account plans targeting Higher Education customers • Identify, qualify, and close new business opportunities aligned with DDN’s AI and data platform solutions • Build strong relationships with key stakeholders including CIOs, CTOs, data leaders, and engineering teams • Partner with pre-sales engineers and solution architects to deliver tailored solutions that address customer challenges • Lead complex sales cycles from prospecting through negotiation and close • Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, product, and customer success teams to ensure successful customer outcomes • Maintain accurate pipeline management and forecasting within CRM systems
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of enterprise technology sales experience, preferably within storage, infrastructure, or data solutions
- Experience selling into Higher Education verticals
- Proven track record of meeting or exceeding quota in complex, solution-based sales environments
- Strong understanding of enterprise IT, data infrastructure, or AI/ML ecosystems
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and executive presentation skills
- Ability to manage long sales cycles and multiple stakeholders
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