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Senior Sales Account Executive

New York, New York, United StatesRemoteFull-time

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Drives end-to-end enterprise sales of cybersecurity solutions, building strategic customer relationships and expanding business within the cybersecurity domain.

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This role is for one of Weekday’s clients


Min Experience: 8+ years
Location: New York, United States
JobType: full-time

We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Senior Sales Account Executive with 8–14 years of experience to drive revenue growth, build strategic customer relationships, and expand business within the cybersecurity domain. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of cybersecurity solutions, enterprise sales, consultative selling, and account management.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive the complete end-to-end sales cycle, from prospecting and lead generation to negotiation, closure, and account expansion.
  • Identify and develop new business opportunities across enterprise and mid-market customers.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with C-level executives, IT leaders, CISOs, security teams, procurement teams, and other key stakeholders.
  • Understand customer cybersecurity challenges and position relevant security solutions based on their business and technical requirements.
  • Conduct product presentations, discovery meetings, solution discussions, and commercial negotiations.
  • Manage sales pipelines, forecasts, opportunity stages, and revenue targets using CRM platforms.
  • Develop account strategies to increase customer acquisition, retention, cross-selling, and upselling opportunities.
  • Collaborate with cybersecurity consultants, pre-sales, solution architects, marketing, and customer success teams to develop tailored proposals.
  • Prepare proposals, RFP/RFI responses, pricing documents, presentations, and commercial agreements.
  • Monitor industry trends, emerging cybersecurity threats, customer requirements, and competitive offerings.
  • Participate in industry events, conferences, webinars, and networking activities to generate qualified opportunities.
  • Consistently achieve or exceed assigned sales quotas and revenue targets.
  • Maintain accurate sales forecasts and provide regular updates to senior management.
  • Build long-term partnerships with customers and identify opportunities for strategic account growth.

Must-Have Skills

  • Cybersecurity – strong understanding of cybersecurity products, services, solutions, and industry trends.
  • Enterprise Sales – proven experience selling technology or cybersecurity solutions to enterprise customers.
  • End-to-End Sales – ability to independently manage the complete sales lifecycle.
  • Strong B2B Sales and Account Management experience.
  • Excellent consultative selling, negotiation, and closing skills.
  • Strong understanding of customer decision-making processes and enterprise procurement cycles.
  • Ability to engage effectively with C-suite and senior technology/security stakeholders.
  • Strong pipeline management, forecasting, and CRM expertise.
  • Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to consistently meet or exceed sales targets.

Experience & Qualifications

  • 8–14 years of overall sales experience, preferably within cybersecurity, information security, SaaS, cloud security, or enterprise technology.
  • Proven track record of achieving revenue and sales targets.
  • Experience managing strategic accounts and complex enterprise sales cycles.
  • Experience working with multiple stakeholders across technical, business, and procurement functions.
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Technology, or a related field is preferred.

Skills

Account ManagementB2b SalesCommercial NegotiationsConsultative SellingCRMCross-sellingCustomer AcquisitionCybersecurityEnterprise SalesPipeline ManagementPricing DocumentsRFP/RFI ResponsesSales ForecastingUpselling

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