Enterprise Account Executive

Summary

Join PagerDuty as an Enterprise Federal Account Executive and leverage your SaaS sales expertise to drive growth within existing Federal accounts. You will be responsible for managing a sales pipeline, exceeding sales targets, and building strong customer relationships. This role requires a consultative sales approach, deep understanding of customer needs, and experience selling multi-product solutions to large enterprises. You will develop strategic plans, negotiate positive business outcomes, and collaborate with internal teams to achieve success. The position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and flexible work arrangements.

Requirements

• 8-12 years field sales experience, preferably in software sales / SaaS sales
• 5+ years of experience expanded into new areas of existing Federal accounts
• Enterprise Account Management experience with $500M+, Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies
• Sold in a multi-product selling environment before
• Travel expectations around 25-30%

Responsibilities

• Value Selling- Focus on highlighting the unique PD value and benefit our products and services can provide to a customer. It goes beyond just features and price, emphasizing the impact and solutions that address the customer's specific needs or challenges
• Possess a deep understanding of the problems and focus areas of your stakeholders and effectively communicating the technical wins and strategic business outcomes we can align to and drive with a PagerDuty partnership
• Develops strategic plans that anticipate and address customer needs and preferences based on competitor knowledge and industry trends
• Identifies long-term strategies to grow accounts by aligning with our customers Big Problems and objectives
• Sales Effectiveness- Establishing, overseeing and maintaining genuine connections with customers
• Negotiate positive business outcomes with existing customers for PagerDuty
• Managing and closing complex, multi-product sales cycles in the +$500 million in revenue space
• Conducts consistent and effective conversations with senior-level executives (VP+) to garner interest and support for new initiatives
• Strong presentation skills verbally and visually by customizing content and slides to an internal or external audience; Shares information with customers to build credibility, show integrity, and highlight the value of PagerDuty; and tailors presentations to suit the audience's level and interests
• Encourages positive conversations between existing customers and sales teams, leading to solutions aligned with the customer's strategic vision
• Sales Execution- Ensuring that one’s own and other’s work and information are complete and accurate; careful preparation for meetings and presentations; following up with others to ensure that agreements and commitments have been fulfilled to contribute to PagerDuty's long-term strategic initiatives
• Planning - Mapping out your territory assignment, priority account targets and working with your greater support team to drive an effective territory strategy
• Utilize historical data and market trends to provide accurate forecasts to management
• Prospecting - leveraging our Marketing, Alliances, BDR programs to develop a point of view and approach to opening net new logo opportunities with a specific focus on Executive level alignment
• Create effective strategies and qualify opportunities within accounts, including plans for winning business for PagerDuty
• Documenting key qualification details, including use case, purchase timeframes, and next steps (MEDDICC & COM Framework)
• Proactively engages internal resources and partners at the right time and in the right manner in order to move the sales process forward throughout their accounts

Preferred Qualifications

• Effective time management, complex deal management, account planning, and analytical skills
• Consistent track record of exceeding sales targets
• Self-sufficient with the ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Previous Sales Methodology training (e.g. MEDDIC, SPIN, Command of Message, Challenger Sales)

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package from day one
• Flexible work arrangements
• Generous paid vacation time
• Paid holidays and sick leave
• Dutonian Wellness Days - scheduled company-wide paid days off in addition to PTO
• Company equity*
• ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Program)*
• Retirement or pension plan*
• Paid parental leave - up to 22 weeks for pregnant parent, up to 12 weeks for non-pregnant parent (some countries have longer leave standards and we comply with local laws)*
• HibernationDuty - an annual company paid week off when everyone at PagerDuty, with the exception of a small, coverage crew, is asked to take a much needed break to truly disconnect and recharge
• Paid volunteer time off - 20 hours per year
• Company-wide hack weeks
• Mental wellness programs