Enterprise Account Executive (northeast - State)

Verkada · Enterprise · Connecticut, New Jersey, NY · Remote · Enterprise State

Verkada is seeking an Enterprise Account Executive to sell their AI-powered integrated physical security platform to enterprise clients in the Northeast region. The role involves managing the full sales cycle, sourcing new business, and exceeding sales quotas. Prior experience in technology sales to enterprise and government clients, with a focus on procurement processes and RFI/RFP responses, is required. The role emphasizes a hunter mentality and strong sales skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Source and close new business to consistently meet or exceed quarterly sales quotas
  2. Build an intimate understanding of Verkada products and their place in the industry
  3. Manage the full sales cycle: Prospect for new customers, host online demos, create proposals, and close deals
  4. Maintain accurate pipeline management with expert-level forecasting
  5. Aggressively exceed goals consisting of outbound phone calls, emails, online demos, and trials every quarter

Skills

Required

  • 5-10+ years of quota exceeding Sales experience working for a technology vendor selling Enterprise solutions into State Agencies
  • Prior Experience in Government procurement processes and regulations, security standards and policies
  • Experience responding to Government RFI's and RFP's
  • A track record of developing a greenfield territory, adding net new logos in an Enterprise software role
  • Hunter mentality with solid Sales DNA
  • Strong verbal and written communications skills

Nice to have

  • BS/BA degree strongly preferred

What the JD emphasized

  • quota exceeding Sales experience
  • selling Enterprise solutions into State Agencies
  • Prior Experience in Government procurement processes and regulations, security standards and policies
  • Experience responding to Government RFI's and RFP's
  • developing a greenfield territory
  • adding net new logos in an Enterprise software role
  • Hunter mentality
  • travel, estimated to be more than 50% of the time