Principal Account Executive (Commercial, Midwest)
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Description
- As a Principal Account Executive, Commercial at SentinelOne, you own our largest and most strategic accounts in the segment
- This role will likely cover a Midwest territory. Qualified candidates should be based in, or willing to relocate to, this region
- Own full sales cycles across a geographically defined territory: prospecting, qualifying, presenting, negotiating, and closing
- Build and execute a territory plan that evolves through the year and drives where your activity and focus go, with an emphasis on net-new logo acquisition and platform expansion in existing accounts
- Run the extended account team. Pull in Sales Engineering, Channel, Customer Success, overlays, and leadership at the right moment rather than at the last minute
- Work directly with prospects and customers at the executive level, holding equal business stature with C-level buyers
- Develop and use deep partner relationships to build pipeline and shorten cycles
- Forecast to within 5% of your initial call, with an accurate weekly commit, key deals broken out in Clari by quarter and month, and no hidden deals
- Build and present your own decks and pricing, internally, to prospects, and at events
- Coach and raise the level of your peers within the bounds of an individual contributor role. You are the role model on the team
- Stay current on cybersecurity threats, competitor positioning, and the SentinelOne platform
- Represent SentinelOne at industry events, conferences, partner offices, and field marketing in your region
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employee assistance program
- Gym reimbursement
- Incentive-based challenges
- Mental health and mindfulness
- Unlimited Time Off
- Grandparent Leave
- Volunteer Time Off
- Paid Sick Time
- Paid Holidays
- 16 weeks Gender-Neutral Parental Leave
- Restricted Stock Unit Program
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
- 401K
- Team building activities
- Celebrations and social gatherings
- Community volunteering events
- Global all hands and local town hall events
- You bring a proven track record in cybersecurity sales and you operate as a leader without the title
- You model collaboration, proactivity, and organization, you see the big picture, and you take it in stride
- You have demonstrated your ability to close significant deals, $100K+ ACV, leading from the front and consistently exceeding quota
- You have already mastered commercial territory management
- Your experience, reliability, product knowledge, and ability to make the people around you better are what make you valuable to this team
- Proven ability to convert intent into result through deliberate action. You prepare for every engagement, respond quickly, and do what you said you would do
- Consistent closure of $100K+ ACV deals
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Mastery of MEDDPICC or an equivalent qualification methodology. You structure calls around what you heard, the problem you are solving, and the proposed solution
- Strong industry experience and command of the SentinelOne platform and product suite. You should be able to walk through and teach the platform with ease
- Deep channel experience: you know how to navigate partners and you have the relationships to prove it
- Open to direct feedback and quick to act on it. You are aware of what is happening around you and adjust without being asked
- 5 to 7 years of successful sales performance at SentinelOne or a comparable or more complex cybersecurity company, with a record of hitting and over-achieving quota
- Proven prospecting and hunting ability, with direct experience building out a commercial territory of large accounts
- Proficiency with Salesforce, Clari, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Outreach, and Actively.ai
- Professional, driven, collaborative, and honest. You look out for your peers