Corporate Account Executive

Posted:
11/5/2024, 6:27:01 AM

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Sales & Account Management

Workplace Type:
Remote

Who Are We?

Postman is the world’s leading API collaboration platform, used by more than 35 million developers and 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaboration—enabling users to create better APIs, faster.

P.S: We highly recommend reading The "API-First World" graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman.

The Opportunity.

Each Corporate Account Executive has a territory of around 100 accounts, containing existing Postman users on all levels of Postman. The goal is to build strategies to manage target accounts while working with Sales Development representatives, with the intention of understanding how they are using Postman, and introduce them to all the capabilities of our Enterprise Suite. This is a unique opportunity to join the rapidly growing sales team at Postman and we are looking for passionate, energetic people to further scale our fast-growing business. The ideal candidate has personally driven significant sales growth at Technical SaaS companies.

What You'll Do. 

  • Take ownership of the full sales cycle from prospecting to closure
  • Build a strategic plan for your territory 
  • Create and manage sales sourced outbound opportunities
  • Execute a land and expand sales strategy to drive widespread adoption and larger deployments
  • Educate customers on the value of Postman throughout the evaluation and adoption cycle
  • Navigate key decision makers to build Postman Enterprise awareness within organizations
  • Leverage data to understand your customers and prospects to gain insight into their business challenges
  • Provide recommendations based on customers’ business needs and usage patterns
  • Identify customer needs and collaborate with Postman teammates to ensure long term customer success
  • Communicate and effectively organize topics appropriately including: billing, legal, security, onboarding, and technical inquiries
  • Provide a detailed and accurate forecast
  • Collaborate and work with Solutions Engineering, Customer Success Managers, Sales Development representatives, Leadership, etc. to build strategic adoption plans for customers in large accounts

Be a great listener!

About You.

  • A top performer with 3-5 years experience hunting and closing net new logos
  • Experienced with creatively sourcing pipeline outside of inbound lead flow 
  • Able to strategically map out and break into accounts
  • Relevant sales experience in an Enterprise SaaS organization
  • Experience selling developer and/or technical products
  • Excellent communication skills both with customers and within an organization
  • Proven negotiation and closing skills, as demonstrated by regularly exceeding sales targets while selling right-fit customers.
  • Strong track record of navigating organizations
  • Ability to develop senior level relationships quickly and effectively
  • Experience presenting to senior managers and the C-suite
  • Ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously at various stages of the buying process
  • Takes an active interest in increasing customer satisfaction and deepening customer relationships

Our Values:

At Postman, we create with the same curiosity that we see in our users. We value transparency & honest communication about not only successes, but also failures. In our work, we focus on specific goals that add up to a larger vision. Our inclusive work culture ensures that everyone is valued equally as important pieces of our final product. We are dedicated to delivering the best products we can.

What Else?

This remote role is based in the United States of America, and the reasonably estimated base salary for this role ranges from  $180,000 to $200,000, plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition to our pay-on-performance philosophy, we offer a comprehensive set of benefits, including full medical coverage, flexible PTO, wellness reimbursement, and a monthly lunch stipend. Salaries will vary outside of the listed metropolitan areas & the U.S.

PS: Here's a timeline of Postman’s journey in becoming an API Platform

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