Account Executive, Emerging Enterprise

Braze Braze · Enterprise · Austin, TX · Sales

Account Executive for Braze's Emerging Enterprise General Business team, managing the full sales cycle for companies with 1,000-2,000 employees in verticals like QSR, Health & Life Sciences, Travel & Hospitality, and Technology. Requires 5+ years of SaaS enterprise sales experience with deal sizes of $200K-$1M+, strong prospecting, business development, and CRM skills. Familiarity with analytics, marketing automation, or content marketing solutions is a plus. The role involves managing a portfolio of 12-15 accounts, identifying expansion opportunities and churn risks, and collaborating with internal teams. Requires strong forecasting accuracy, operational rigor, and knowledge of frameworks like MEDDPICC. Compensation includes base salary and OTE with equity.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage the full sales cycle from prospecting to close.
  2. Manage a customer portfolio of 12 - 15 accounts, proactively identifying expansion opportunities and churn risks, collaborating closely with internal customer success, product, and technology teams.
  3. Demonstrated success in navigating large organizations, with the ability to quickly identify key decision-makers and understand their buying processes for substantial SaaS investments.
  4. A proven track record of forecasting accuracy, including operational rigor in ensuring forecasts and opportunity details are kept up to date on a regular basis.
  5. A proven ability to lead and strategically manage a group of internal cross-functional stakeholders as part of a complex sales motion (Solutions Consulting, executive alignment, Value Consulting, Customer Success, etc.)

Skills

Required

  • SaaS Sales professional
  • full sales cycle management
  • prospecting
  • business development
  • enterprise client sales
  • CRM systems (Salesforce.com preferred)
  • forecasting accuracy
  • operational rigor
  • stakeholder management
  • cross-functional team leadership

Nice to have

  • Experience in Marketing Technology
  • Familiarity with analytics, CRM, marketing automation, digital media publishing, or content marketing solutions
  • Knowledge of MEDDPICC framework
  • Command of the Message experience
  • Experience with emerging enterprise segments

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of experience selling SaaS solutions
  • at least 5 years of overall industry experience
  • Enterprise Sales for Marketing Technology preferred
  • Experience selling solutions that engage stakeholders across IT and business departments is highly valued
  • MEDDPICC scorecards updated regularly
  • Salesforce.com CRM or other CRM systems is required
  • Knowledge of the MEDDPICC framework
  • lead and strategically manage a group of internal cross-functional stakeholders