Remote Enterprise Account Executive

Summary

The job is for an Enterprise Account Executive at Pulumi, a cloud engineering company. The role involves prospecting and closing new business, managing forecasts, tracking customer data, and working closely with other teams to achieve customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate should have quota-carrying experience in a fast-paced market, be skilled in building business relationships, and have a track record of overachievement. The role is remote and located in the Pacific Northwest.

Requirements

• 4+ years field experience of quota-carrying experience in a fast-paced and competitive market with a focus on new business
• Demonstrated ability to articulate the business value of complex enterprise technology
• A track record of overachievement and hitting sales targets
• Skilled in building business champions and running a complex sales process
• Previous Sales Methodology training (e.g. MEDDPICC, SPIN, Challenger Sales)
• Familiarity selling infrastructure Software as a service (SaaS) products, devops and open source technology a plus
• Driven and competitive: Possess a strong desire to be successful
• Skilled in managing time and resources; sound approach to qualifying opportunities
• Possess aptitude to learn quickly and establish credibility. High EQ and self-aware
• Passionate about growing your career around an established market with a ton of momentum in software (Infrastructure as Software)
• Drive to build a business, hunger to find and close deals, and pride in the growth of the business
• Relentless focus on customer success and meeting the needs of present and future customers
• Experience building positive professional relationships with developers and executives
• Impeccable written, verbal, online and in-person communication skills
• Professionalism, attention to detail, and strong follow-up

Responsibilities

• Close business to meet and exceed monthly, quarterly and annual bookings objectives
• Proactively prospect, identify, qualify and develop a sales pipeline
• Evaluate, qualify and convert incoming leads, gathering information and following up with appropriate decision makers
• Build strong and effective relationships, resulting in growth opportunities
• Work closely with Customer Success Managers and Professional Services team to achieve customer satisfaction
• Facilitate customer engagements; helping connect customers to the right internal and external resources to follow up and close deals
• Know our products, competitive landscape and sales pitch to deliver the right messaging to the right audiences
• Look for and implement improvements to sales processes, tools, and materials

Benefits

• Health (US Only). - We offer competitive medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance. It is free for our direct employees to be on our insurance
• Time Off. - Unlimited personal time off (PTO) we ask that employees take at least 3 weeks off during the year in addition to the two annual company-wide wellness weeks and 13 US holidays
• 401K (US Only)
• Parental Leave. - 20 weeks paid parental leave for the birthing parent or primary caregiver, and 16 for non-birthing parent or secondary caregiver
• Remote-First. - We are a 100% remote-first company with employees in nearly 20 states, and growing internationally; we encourage asynchronous communication and autonomy. We also provide an annual work from anywhere fund to help cover the employee costs of working remotely
• Professional Development & Growth. - We encourage a lifelong learning mindset and every employee is given an annual professional development budget
• Equity. - As a small but growing startup, we all act like owners and you will earn equity in the company
• Additional Funds. - We offer employees a monthly wellness fund to be spent on anything physical and/or mental wellbeing related. We also provide a quarterly happiness fund to be used toward anything that makes our employees happy!