Commercial Account Executive

Summary

Join Chainguard as a highly motivated sales executive with strong market knowledge and a passion for building relationships with key decision makers. You will define and execute sales plans, convey the value proposition, forecast and exceed quota, manage leads, and collaborate on sales cycle improvements. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of closing experience in SaaS/Security/DevOps, a proven track record of exceeding sales targets, and excellent communication skills. Domain experience with compute platforms, DevOps tooling, or CI/CD platforms is strongly recommended. Chainguard offers a flexible, remote-first culture with various benefits including 100% covered health insurance, flexible time off, and 18 weeks of paid parental leave.

Requirements

• 3+ years of closing experience in the SaaS/Security/DevOps industry required
• Strong track record consistently overachieving sales targets (Top 10-20% of company)
• Entrepreneurial – Willing to go the extra mile, strong work ethic, resourceful
• Team player
• Competitive/Driven
• Ability to learn new products and create/learn processes quickly
• Excellent communication skills verbal and written
• Must be willing to travel to clients to support sales relationships (if required)

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, including product, support, and sales engineering
• Understand the competitive market, being familiar with competing companies and their offerings

Preferred Qualifications

• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a $400 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 (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!)
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck
• ��� 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