Major Account Executive
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Description
- Acquire new major and enterprise customers by building relationships across engineering, DevOps, QA, IT, and business leadership
- Own complex, consultative sales cycles from account strategy and prospecting through evaluation, negotiation, and close
- Position SmartBear’s software quality and development solutions around customer priorities, collaborating with internal specialists across the portfolio
- Develop and execute strategic account plans to penetrate large, complex organizations and create net-new business opportunities
- Own the full enterprise sales cycle, including prospecting, discovery, stakeholder mapping, solution evaluation, commercial negotiation, and closing
- Engage Directors, VPs, and senior technology leaders to understand software delivery priorities, challenges, and investment criteria
- Build and manage a qualified pipeline, maintain accurate forecasts, and deliver against assigned new-business revenue targets
- Partner with Sales Engineering, Marketing, Product, and Customer Success to articulate value and coordinate effective customer engagements
- Position relevant SmartBear capabilities based on each prospect’s needs, without being limited to a single product or sales team
Benefits
- Full Medical, Dental & Vision Plans
- 401k Match
- Wellness Reimbursement
- Paid Community Service Day
- Company Sponsored Events
- Medical
- Pension
- Sports Club Membership (Locations Vary)
- Benefits Package
- Strong consultative discovery, executive communication, negotiation, and account-planning skills
- Disciplined pipeline management and familiarity with Salesforce, Outreach, or LinkedIn Sales Navigator; a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated success creating pipeline, navigating multiple stakeholders, and winning net-new business in large organizations
- 5–7 years of software sales experience, including at least 2 years closing complex enterprise deals, ideally in SaaS, DevOps, developer tools, or enterprise software
- Experience discussing technical or platform-based solutions with engineering, DevOps, IT, or related buyers