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Klir

Making Water Better

Strategic Account Executive

Location

United States

Posted

3 days ago

Salary

$130K - $150K / year

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Strategic Account Executive

Klir

• Own and grow a named book of ~60 strategic accounts • Develop structured annual and multi-year territory plans • Build strong relationships across senior leadership (GMs, AGMs), IT, mid-management, and operator teams • Drive complex enterprise sales cycles • Run qualification, first calls, deep-dive discovery, and multithreading • Lead RFP responses for highly competitive procurement cycles • Partner with your SE for demo strategy and technical alignment • Build compelling business cases aligned to modernization, compliance, efficiency, and risk reduction initiatives • Build healthy pipeline from day one • Work with a dedicated BDR to drive outbound campaigns • Leverage targeted account-based programs from marketing • Proactively warm accounts that may not buy this year — but will in future years • Maintain disciplined pipeline hygiene and forecasting accuracy • Orchestrate the deal team • Work closely with executive sponsors for strategic pursuits • Partner cross-functionally with Product, SE, and Customer Success to shape enterprise solutions • Lead internal strategy calls for win planning and competitive positioning • Navigate high-complexity procurement & competitive evaluations • Establish procurement relationships early • Influence evaluation criteria when possible • Drive deals through contracting, security review, legal negotiation, and board approvals • Travel regularly to advance deals

Job Requirements

  • A proven strategic seller
  • 5+ years selling six-figure SaaS deals
  • Experience carrying, meeting, and exceeding a $1M+ quota
  • Demonstrated success in long, complex enterprise cycles
  • Public sector or regulated industry experience strongly preferred
  • A relationship builder + strategist
  • Exceptional at multithreading across senior leadership
  • Strong executive presence — credible at GM/AGM level
  • Skilled at navigating political environments and group decision-making
  • A builder with grit
  • Comfortable in fast-paced, growth-stage environments
  • Self-directed, resourceful, resilient
  • Thrives without perfect information
  • Strong written communicator (RFPs, proposals, business cases)
  • An accountable owner
  • You run your territory like a business
  • You overprepare, follow through, and raise the bar
  • You know pipeline is built , not inherited — especially in Year 1
  • You’re not intimidated by competition or complex procurement cycles.

Benefits

  • Benefit package
  • Unlimited vacation
  • MacBook

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