Full-Time

Account Executive

North Central

Posted on 10/31/2025

Cyera

Cyera

1,001-5,000 employees

AI-powered cloud data discovery and protection

No salary listed

Remote in USA

Remote

Category
Sales & Account Management (2)
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Requirements
  • Results-oriented mindset and history of overachievement when selling large deals in a hyper growth startup environment.
  • Minimum 8 years selling enterprise SaaS solutions in the cloud/security/data space to Fortune 500 customers.
  • Proficient in value-based solution selling, with a keen focus on delivering tangible business outcomes, ensuring alignment with end business value.
  • Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills. Strong presentation skills and ability to develop creative solutions that move the sales process along.
  • Proven understanding of cloud environments (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform), security in the cloud, and data risk. Strong preference for candidates with a cloud security, data, or artificial intelligence sales background.
  • Basic understanding of various data security and compliance frameworks and how this impacts business value.
  • Must demonstrate proficiency in executing a formal sales process and possess familiarity with qualification frameworks and sales forecasting / management tools.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with the ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances.
  • This is a US-based position. Willingness and ability to travel as needed, approximately 50% depending on the sales cycle.
Responsibilities
  • Demonstrate an intimate understanding of Cyera’s Data Security Solutions and the value to our customers.
  • Create clear goals and complete accurate forecasting through developing a detailed territory plan.
  • Lead the sales cycle from pipeline generation to close.
  • Create and deliver custom meetings, exceptional Points of Value and business value onsite with customers.
  • Demonstrate ability to position and advise Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Data Officer, Chief Privacy Officer, and Chief Information Officer level executives with industry Point-of-View business insights; continue to listen, build and grow executive relationships with customers.
  • Negotiate and close business with new and existing customers.
  • Grow Cyera’s presence with alliance and channel partners.
  • Attend marketing events, conferences, and industry networking events.
  • Understand and embody Cyera’s company ethos, direction, and market presence.
  • Build effective working relationships with Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, Product, Marketing, Delivery, and Executive teams to ensure strategy alignment and achieve company objectives.

Cyera is a cloud-based data security platform that gives organizations full visibility into their sensitive data across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments. It uses artificial intelligence to discover, analyze, and classify data across a client’s entire data landscape without requiring agents. The product continuously scans and secures cloud data via native APIs, enabling rapid deployment and cost-effective operation. Compared with competitors, Cyera stands out by being agentless and cloud-native, offering automated, AI-driven data classification and risk prioritization that reduces manual security work and speeds response to threats. The company’s goal is to help customers prevent data breaches and leaks by understanding where data lives, how it’s used, who can access it, and which configurations to adjust to mitigate risk.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Series F

Total Funding

$1.7B

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2021

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • FedRAMP High 'In Process' unlocks US federal contracts for AI data security.
  • $400M Series F at $9B valuation fuels product development and 15-market expansion.
  • Cohesity partnership delivers 95% precision DSPM for enterprise cyber resilience.

What critics are saying

  • Wiz encroaches on DSPM with native classification, stealing Paramount and Chipotle customers by Q2 2027.
  • Ryft integration fails, destroying $100M value and delaying AI governance by 12 months.
  • $1B ARR target misses as Europe underdelivers, forcing down-round by mid-2027.

What makes Cyera unique

  • Cyera's AI-native DSPM deploys agentlessly across cloud, SaaS, on-prem, and AI environments.
  • Ryft acquisition integrates automated governance for AI agent data access control.
  • Otterize buy adds intent-based access control to cloud identity security.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Leave

Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

5%

2 year growth

4%
Business Wire
Apr 2nd, 2026
Cyera achieves FedRAMP High "In Process" status to help US agencies secure AI adoption

Cyera, an AI security platform, has achieved FedRAMP High "In Process" designation, advancing towards full authorisation under the US government's most rigorous standards for high-impact data. The company is launching Cyera for Government to help federal agencies secure AI deployment. The platform provides visibility and control over sensitive data across hybrid environments, automatically discovering and classifying information to ensure compliance with federal standards including OMB M-25-21. It addresses the challenge of AI agents and employees accessing, copying and moving controlled unclassified information across systems. Cyera is valued at $9 billion and has raised over $1.7 billion from investors including Accel, Blackstone, Sequoia and Lightspeed. The company already partners with major enterprises including Paramount, Chipotle and Valvoline.

Truth in IT
Mar 26th, 2026
Cyera raises $400M at $9B valuation to scale data and AI security

Cyera has raised $400 million in a Series F funding round at a $9 billion valuation, tripling its value from a year ago. The round positions the data and AI security company as a key enabler for enterprises seeking to adopt AI technologies safely. CFO Joe Iantosca said the capital will be invested heavily in product development to address the rapidly evolving threat landscape. Cyera helps organisations secure data that feeds AI models whilst protecting against threats from malicious actors also using AI tools. The company has expanded internationally into 15 markets and grown to 1,100 employees globally, with further aggressive expansion planned. Cyera addresses the boardroom question facing enterprises worldwide: how to leverage AI for business advancement whilst maintaining security.

Business Wire
Mar 10th, 2026
Cohesity partners with $9B Cyera to launch AI-powered DSPM for enterprise cyber resilience

Cohesity has launched Cohesity Data Security Posture Management, powered by Cyera, to address AI-related data risks. The solution combines data discovery, classification and protection to help organisations manage sensitive data across cloud, SaaS and AI workflows. The platform uses agentless scanning and AI-powered classification to deliver 95% precision visibility across petabytes of data within minutes. It continuously monitors sensitive data and provides security teams with a centralised view of risks, enabling prioritised remediation before incidents occur. The partnership integrates Cyera's AI security platform with Cohesity's cyber resilience platform, closing the loop from discovery to protection and recovery. Cyera, valued at $9 billion with over $1.7 billion in funding from investors including Accel, Sequoia and Lightspeed, is trusted by numerous Fortune 1000 companies.

TechCrunch
Jan 9th, 2026
Data security startup Cyera hits $9B valuation six months after being valued at $6B | TechCrunch

Cyera raised another $400 million just six months after its last huge round.

Surperformance
Dec 17th, 2025
Blackstone leads $400M investment in data-security firm Cyera at $9B valuation

Blackstone is leading a $400 million investment in data-security firm Cyera, valuing the New York-based company at $9 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The funding marks a significant valuation for the data-security startup, though further details about the investment were not immediately available.

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