Full-Time

Enterprise Account Executive

Updated on 2/21/2025

Expel

Expel

501-1,000 employees

Provides managed detection and response services

Cybersecurity

Compensation Overview

$300k - $320kAnnually

+ Equity

Senior

No H1B Sponsorship

Remote in USA

Looking to hire in set territories across the United States, specifically in the Pacific Northwest - Washington, Oregon & Idaho.

Category
Enterprise Sales
Sales & Account Management
Required Skills
Sales

You match the following Expel's candidate preferences

Employers are more likely to interview you if you match these preferences:

Degree
Experience
Requirements
  • A real passion for consultative, customer-focused sales based on transparency, honesty, and integrity
  • A deep understanding of information security -- technologies, products, and services; direct experience with managed security is even more helpful
  • Resiliency -- you have a keen sense of where you’re going and what you can accomplish here, setbacks or challenges don’t interfere with your momentum
  • Empathy for your clients and their challenges
  • An ability to talk to both business and technical buyers about what you’re selling - you don’t have to be an engineer, but you do need to understand what you sell
  • A Bachelor’s degree or a compelling story
  • 5+ years of professional experience, with at least 3 in enterprise information security sales
Responsibilities
  • Act as a change agent and educator, you’re not just a salesperson
  • Understand what Expel does and how it maps to your customer's business problems
  • Introduce Expel to the customers who believe in you and tell them what we do. Find where we fit and bring them on board, so we can help them together.
  • Engage with new prospective customers. Begin to build your personal relationship with them as you tell them about Expel. If Expel fits, change them from prospects to customers.
  • Tell us what you learn as you explore the market. Help us understand where Expel fits, what we are missing, how can we be better, and ultimately, get to “yes” before “no”
  • Seamlessly own the full sales cycle with a high degree of technical proficiency, familiarity with MEDDPIC is a plus
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with MEDDPIC is a plus

Expel provides Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services to help businesses safeguard their digital assets. Their service works by integrating with a company's existing technology, such as cloud services and on-premise systems, to gather logs and alerts. This data is then analyzed by a combination of human experts and automated systems to identify and respond to potential security threats. Expel stands out from competitors by offering a software-driven approach that allows for quick integration with new technologies and provides clear, measurable results that help businesses improve their security strategies and return on investment. The goal of Expel is to enhance the security maturity of their clients while offering proactive recommendations to prevent future incidents.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$280.9M

Headquarters

Herndon, Virginia

Founded

2016

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Expel's expansion into EMEA addresses growing cybersecurity needs in Europe.
  • Recognition as a leader in IDC MarketScape boosts Expel's market credibility.
  • Increased demand for MDR services due to remote work and cloud adoption benefits Expel.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from companies like MorganFranklin Consulting and CACI.
  • Matter Communications' expansion could overshadow Expel's brand presence.
  • Raft's strengthened position in defense contracts poses a competitive threat.

What makes Expel unique

  • Expel offers unmatched transparency in security operations through its Workbench platform.
  • The company integrates AI-driven automation with human expertise for rapid threat response.
  • Expel's flexible MDR offerings cater to organizations of all sizes and maturity levels.

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Benefits

Unlimited vacation

401k plan

Healthcare plan with dental and vision

Flexible work hours

Opportunity to work from home

One paid conference per year

Parental leave

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

0%
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Business Wire
May 6th, 2024
Expel Unveils New, Flexible Offerings To Allow Organizations Of Any Size And Budget To Benefit From Leading Mdr Technology

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RSA CONFERENCE — Expel, the leading managed detection and response (MDR) provider, today announced new MDR offerings to meet the varied needs of modern organizations, no matter where they are on their maturity journey. The expanded offerings deliver more flexible ways to adopt Expel technology and services, better addressing its growing partner and customer base’s unique use cases and security needs. The new, flexible offerings make it easier for more organizations to incorporate Expel’s award-winning MDR services into their security strategies, by meeting their current requirements and budgets while also providing the ability to scale over time. “Expel MDR™ has never been a one-size-fits-all solution, and with these new offerings, we’re meeting more organizations where their security programs and needs are right now—whether they’re early in their journey and don’t have much experience with MDR, or are further along and are considering more advanced use cases and applications,” said Yonni Shelmerdine, Chief Product Officer, Expel. “We’re committed to ensuring that more organizations are able to experience our best-in-class MDR services and solutions in the face of growing cyber threats, complex security stacks, and a crowded MDR marketplace.”. Current Expel MDR customers will not experience any changes to their existing service at this time

Business Wire
Apr 25th, 2024
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HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Expel, the leading managed detection and response (MDR) provider, today announced that IDC named the company a Leader in the 2024 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Emerging Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services. IDC recognized Expel for its commitment to delivering comprehensive security solutions, fueled by its purpose-built security operations platform, Expel Workbench™. IDC also called Expel's AI-based automated enrichment, correlation, and investigative activities—integrated within Workbench—a strength, and urges organizations of all sizes, with or without established SOC operations, to consider Expel MDR when looking to outsource threat management. “We’re on the cutting edge of MDR because we strike the right balance of automation and human expertise, delivering usually unheard of positive outcomes—like our sub-23-minute MTTR [mean-time-to-respond],” said Dave Merkel, CEO and co-founder, Expel. “Our unique approach provides customers with 100% transparency in our security operations, offering them the ability to follow along with every step of the investigation as a true security partner for customers. Recognition as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape further fortifies our commitment to pioneering an approach to MDR that’s unmatched in customer value.”

Business Wire
Aug 28th, 2023
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Business Wire
Jun 9th, 2023
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