Corporate Account Executive - California

Chainguard

5d • Remote

About The Position

Chainguard is seeking highly motivated sales executives with strong market knowledge and relationship-building skills to evangelize secure and reliable software. The sales team aims to understand customer needs and demonstrate the value and expertise of Chainguard's solutions. This role involves defining and executing sales plans, conveying value propositions, forecasting and exceeding quotas, managing leads, tracking opportunities in CRM, collaborating with internal teams, and understanding the competitive market.

Requirements

• 3+ years of closing experience in the SaaS/Security/DevOps industry required
• Must be located in California
• 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)

Nice To Haves

• 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

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

Benefits

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed