Account Executive, Strategic

OneTrust•Los Angeles, CA

37d•Hybrid

About The Position

OneTrust’s mission is to enable innovation through the responsible use of data and AI. We believe that ensuring data is trusted shouldn’t slow teams down—it should accelerate what’s possible. This led us to develop the first technology platform for responsible data use in 2016. Today, with AI representing the latest and most impactful expansion of data yet, OneTrust is once again redefining what responsible innovation looks like. OneTrust, the AI‑Ready Governance Platform™, unifies regulatory intelligence, automation, and connected governance workflows so businesses can continue to move at the speed of AI while ensuring good governance to prevent data misuse at scale. Trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide, OneTrust is shaping the future where trusted data becomes a transformative force for business and society. We are looking for an Account Executive, Strategic. Account Executives have a critical role and responsibility to deliver new client acquisition in zero-base accounts, while also ensuring successful relationships and revenue growth with existing customers. OneTrust is a fast-growing SaaS enterprise platform with a strong growth trajectory. We invest heavily in our Sales Team through demand generation, methodology-driven sales philosophy, weekly sales trainings, customer-driven roadmaps, and a readily-available executive team to help close deals. The Account Executive (AE) is responsible for consistently generating, qualifying, and executing opportunities that support our customers in the pursuit of becoming more trusted organizations and drive revenue for OneTrust. AEs are expected to use their thorough knowledge of the industry and excellent value-based sales skills to create the best solutions and solve complex customer problems. AEs must bring useful insights and best practices to customers and prospects.

Requirements

Strong experience selling B2B Enterprise-level software or related technologies, ideally 12+ years, but exceptions may be made for the right candidate
Previous experience in Value Selling
Strong track record of performance with landing net new logos while growing and supporting existing key accounts
Previous experience running sales presentation/demos
Familiarity with Salesforce: The Customer Company or similar CRM solution

Nice To Haves

Experience in Privacy, Security, Third-Party Risk management, Compliance
Experience directly selling into the Information Security department
CIPP/E or CIPM certified
Trained in Command of Message

Responsibilities

Meet or exceed quota
Conduct outreach to generate pipeline consistently even when engaged in closing activities
Demonstrate resourcefulness to identify & leverage stakeholders, leaders, and champions to drive execution of the sales strategy appropriately
Work effectively in a cross-functional manner with Business Development, Partner Channel, and Solutions Engineering to successfully land and expand key accounts
Utilize two-sided discovery & impeccable communication to understand the customers’ needs and articulate valuable solutions
Understand key competitors and their strategies to clearly differentiate OneTrust’s solutions in the marketplace
Establish customer relationships that enable OneTrust to be viewed as a trusted advisor
Manage and optimize a targeted geographic territory