Strategic Account Executive

Vercel Vercel · Enterprise · United States · Remote · Account Executive

Vercel is seeking a Strategic Account Executive to drive growth across their most valuable enterprise customers. This role involves owning a portfolio of named accounts, acting as a trusted business advisor to C-suite executives, and managing complex, multi-quarter deal cycles for Vercel's full product suite, including AI-powered products. The primary focus is on revenue growth and building long-term strategic relationships with lighthouse customers.

What you'd actually do

  1. Consistently exceed $M+ annual quota through a combination of expansion and new logo acquisition
  2. Build trusted relationships with C-suite executives (CTOs, CDOs, VPs of Engineering, VPs of Product)
  3. Collaborate closely with Product & Engineering leadership to inform enterprise feature development and long-term product investments
  4. Manage 6-18 month sales cycles with a methodical approach to qualification, discovery, evaluation, and procurement
  5. Lead complex contract negotiations involving multi-year commitments, custom pricing, and enterprise terms

Skills

Required

  • Enterprise software sales
  • Fortune 100 account management
  • Developer tools sales
  • Cloud infrastructure sales
  • Platform/API sales
  • Quota attainment
  • Strategic account management
  • Complex deal negotiation
  • C-suite relationship building
  • Technical decision-maker engagement

Nice to have

  • Deep technical understanding of web technologies
  • Web infrastructure sales
  • AI-powered product sales
  • Startup experience
  • Pre-existing enterprise account relationships

What the JD emphasized

  • 12+ years of enterprise software sales experience
  • 4+ years selling to Fortune 100 accounts or multi-billion dollar Digital Natives
  • Developer tools, cloud infrastructure, or platform/API sales experience required
  • Proven track record of consistently exceeding quota in strategic/major account sales roles
  • Experience closing $1M+ ACV deals with sales cycles of 6-12+ months
  • History of managing $M+ in total account ARR with strong net retention performance
  • Track record of building C-suite relationships and navigating complex, matrixed organizations
  • Experience selling to engineering, product, or technical decision-makers who evaluate solutions hands-on