Account Executive - Commercial

New Relic New Relic · Enterprise · Ireland · Commercial

Account Executive role focused on selling New Relic's observability and security platform, which is described as being in an AI-first world and utilizing AI-driven analytics (AIOps). The role involves managing existing strategic customers, driving enterprise-wide adoption, and converting product usage into committed revenue. It emphasizes strategic pipe ownership, identifying consumption opportunities, driving platform consolidation, maintaining account plans, navigating to economic buyers, and leading with OpenTelemetry, AIOps, and Security capabilities.

What you'd actually do

  1. Proactively mine consumption data and telemetry to identify Consumption Opportunities (CO) and convert elastic usage into predictable Annual Committed Revenue (ACR).
  2. Map existing accounts to identify silos using legacy point solutions and execute aggressive "Take-out" strategies to drive platform consolidation.
  3. Execute mandatory Customer Business Reviews (CBRs) and maintain live Account Plans to ensure technical usage aligns with the customer's FY27 business goals and digital transformation milestones.
  4. Secure "Access to Power" by navigating beyond DevOps leads to Economic Buyers (CTO/CIO/VP Eng) to secure multi-year, 5+ -figure commitments and Global MSAs.
  5. Lead with OpenTelemetry (OTel), AI-driven analytics (AIOps), and Security (SIEM/CSPM) capabilities to drive "Center of Excellence" models and estate-wide displacement of niche competitors.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of experience in Enterprise Account Management or Sales (AE/SAE)
  • Proven track record of driving Land-and-Expand motions in high-growth SaaS environments
  • Maintaining long relationships with existing customers
  • Expert-level experience in competitive displacement
  • Articulating the ROI of moving from fragmented tools to a unified observability and security platform
  • Ability to translate raw technical consumption into business-level ROI and Value Realization frameworks for C-suite stakeholders
  • Experience acting as a "Player-Coach"
  • Experience managing complex, multi-BU expansions and global master service agreements
  • Degree in Business, Marketing, or equivalent practical experience
  • Experience navigating complex, multi-layered enterprise sales cycles and MEDDPICC-based forecasting
  • Strong track record of achieving or exceeding revenue targets
  • Experience engaging senior stakeholders
  • Experience with SFDC

Nice to have

  • credibility to do so effectively

What the JD emphasized

  • designated Pipe Owner
  • high-velocity product usage
  • high-value enterprise partnerships
  • enterprise-wide
  • top-down
  • foundational observability and security layer
  • Annual Committed Revenue (ACR)
  • Take-out strategies
  • Account Hygiene Excellence
  • Customer Business Reviews (CBRs)
  • Account Plans
  • FY27 business goals
  • digital transformation milestones
  • Executive Navigation
  • Access to Power
  • Economic Buyers (CTO/CIO/VP Eng)
  • multi-year, 5+ -figure commitments
  • Global MSAs
  • Expansion Motion
  • OpenTelemetry (OTel)
  • AI-driven analytics (AIOps)
  • Security (SIEM/CSPM)
  • Center of Excellence models
  • estate-wide displacement
  • niche competitors
  • established organisations
  • Commercials segment
  • existing and net new business
  • Below $100k Customers
  • full New Relic platform
  • complex, cross-functional business challenges
  • disciplined pipeline management
  • forecasting accuracy
  • complex, multi-opportunity environment
  • Expansion Expertise
  • Enterprise Account Management or Sales (AE/SAE)
  • Land-and-Expand
  • high-growth SaaS environments
  • long relationships with existing customers
  • Tool Consolidation Specialist
  • competitive displacement
  • shelfware
  • ROI
  • unified observability and security platform
  • Executive Literacy
  • raw technical consumption
  • business-level ROI
  • Value Realization
  • C-suite stakeholders
  • Mentorship/Engagement (Senior AE)
  • Player-Coach
  • FY27 Sales Playbook
  • complex, multi-BU (Business Unit) expansions
  • global master service agreements
  • Degree in Business, Marketing, or equivalent practical experience
  • complex, multi-layered enterprise sales cycles
  • MEDDPICC-based forecasting
  • strong track record of achieving or exceeding revenue targets
  • Experience engaging senior stakeholders
  • capability and credibility to do so effectively
  • Experience with SFDC
  • provide credible customer references