Patch Management That Just Works | Real-time discovery and remediation of third-party and OS vulnerabilities
Account Executive – SLED
Location
United States
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Account Executive – SLED
Action1
• Drive SLED Revenue Growth: Own a defined U.S. SLED territory and meet or exceed quota targets through disciplined pipeline generation, account planning, and deal execution. • Manage the Full Sales Cycle: Lead opportunities from prospecting through close — including discovery, stakeholder mapping, value alignment, technical validation, procurement navigation, negotiation, and contract execution. • Sell to IT & Security Leaders: Engage IT Managers, Directors of Infrastructure, CISOs, CIOs, SysAdmins, security teams, and technical buying committees with credibility and consultative expertise. • Build & Maintain Strong Pipeline Coverage: Generate pipeline through outbound prospecting, partner collaboration, and strategic account planning. Maintain disciplined forecasting and opportunity hygiene in Salesforce. • Navigate Complex Buying Processes: Manage multi-threaded sales cycles, security reviews, procurement workflows, public sector buying requirements, and competitive displacement strategies. • Partner with Solutions Engineers: Collaborate closely with pre-sales/technical resources to ensure strong technical validation and alignment with customer requirements. • Execute Account Expansion Strategy: Identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities within SLED customers to drive expansion revenue and long-term retention. • Stay Market-Aware: Maintain a strong understanding of cybersecurity trends, endpoint management, patch management, vulnerability remediation, public-sector IT priorities, and competitive positioning. • Operate with Ownership: Work independently in a remote-first environment while collaborating cross-functionally with Marketing, Channel, Customer Success, Product, and Sales Leadership. • Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner closely with marketing, product, channel, and sales leadership to incorporate field feedback and refine messaging for public-sector and education accounts.
Job Requirements
- 3–7+ years of quota-carrying B2B sales experience in SaaS, cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, endpoint management, or adjacent technical solutions.
- Proven success consistently owning deals with a minimum average deal value of $30K.
- Proven success selling into mid-market, enterprise, public sector, education, or other complex buying environments.
- Experience engaging IT buyers, including IT Directors, SysAdmins, Security Leaders, Infrastructure teams, and technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to generate pipeline and close complex deals.
- Strong forecasting discipline and Salesforce hygiene.
- Experience navigating longer, multi-stakeholder sales cycles, including technical validation, security review, procurement, and legal/commercial negotiation.
- Excellent discovery and consultative selling skills.
- Comfortable in a high-growth, fast-paced startup environment.
- Ability to operate independently in a developing territory and create structure without relying on a fully mature sales motion.
- We are seeking candidates who can start as soon as possible due to business needs.
- SLED, public sector, education, government, or regulated-market sales experience.
- Experience selling cybersecurity, endpoint management, patch management, vulnerability management, EDR, MDR, IAM, IT operations, or infrastructure solutions into public sector or education accounts.
- Familiarity with public sector procurement processes, cooperative purchasing, contract vehicles, RFPs, reseller-led motions, or budget cycles.
Benefits
- A collaborative environment encouraging you to own your domain and implement best practices
- Stable income, benefits, flexible working hours, and opportunities for promotion.
- Friendly and professional peers, eager to help and help you grow.
- A multitude of interesting challenges and opportunities.
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