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Okta

Secures digital identities for people and software

Corporate New Business Account Executive

Account ExecutiveUpdated on Nov 13
Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • Two years of experience selling to net-new customers in a SaaS or cloud business-to-business environment.
  • A proven track record of acquiring new customers, including prospecting and identifying growth opportunities, with a focus on new logos.
  • Experience using a sales framework such as MEDDICC, Challenger, or Sandler; the company uses MEDDPICC.
  • An understanding of selling in partnership with the channel ecosystem.
  • Experience collaborating within the go-to-market ecosystem, including account executives, xDRs, solution engineers, relationship managers, customer success managers, and partners.
  • Prior experience managing a territory-based quota.
  • Confident presentation skills and the ability to run product demonstrations for C-level executives and other decision-makers.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to travel to customer sites at least once per month and travel as needed for company events and team offsites.

Responsibilities

  • Engage with marketing-provided leads to understand new-customer demands and work with solution engineers to design relevant solutions.
  • Proactively drive top-of-funnel activity through calls, InMails, events, networking, and other avenues, maintaining sufficient pipeline to meet targets.
  • Generate self-sourced opportunities and partner with Marketing, SDRs, and partners to win new logos.
  • Build and maintain a sales pipeline to achieve and exceed sales targets.
  • Conduct product demonstrations and presentations for potential customers.
  • Develop and execute an assigned quota and territory plan focused on acquiring new customers.
  • Facilitate customer onboarding to newly sold products and process sales orders.
  • Maintain new-customer relationships until accounts are handed over to the Customer Account Executive team.
  • Maintain a database of potential customers and opportunities to pursue.
  • Report on sales achievement and forecasts.

Desired Qualifications

  • Three or more years of demonstrated success selling to mid-sized and/or enterprise customers.
  • IT or security sales experience.
  • Located near an Okta office hub or in the region.
  • A Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree.

About the Company

Okta

Secures digital identities for people and software

Okta builds cloud identity software that controls how employees, customers, and automated systems access applications and company resources. Its single sign-on product lets people use one login across their work tools, while passwordless sign-in and additional identity checks protect accounts from stolen credentials. Administrators use its directory, access policies, and lifecycle tools to grant permissions when someone joins an organization and remove them when they leave. Organizations pay subscriptions based on the products they use and the identities they manage, with support included. Okta was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Founded
2009

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