Territory Account Executive - Digital Native Start Ups

Cloudflare Cloudflare · Enterprise · London, United Kingdom · Mid Market

This role is for a Territory Account Executive focused on selling Cloudflare's services to digital native startups. The role involves driving new business, managing the full sales cycle, and collaborating with technical teams. While the company mentions leveraging AI internally and having AI-native curiosity as a cultural trait, the core function of this role is direct sales, not AI/ML development or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Execute sales plans to achieve monthly, quarterly, and annual quota targets
  2. Build and manage a portfolio of high-potential Digital Native - Emerging accounts focused on application security and performance
  3. Generate and maintain pipeline through proactive outbounding and account engagement
  4. Partner with BDRs and Marketing to drive demand and awareness
  5. Research target accounts to understand business models, growth plans, and technical priorities

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years B2B new business sales experience with at least 2 years closing
  • Outbound prospecting experience (BDR or full-cycle AE)
  • Track record selling to high-growth or VC-backed technology companies
  • Experience selling technical, cloud, SaaS, security, or infrastructure solutions
  • Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure and modern application architectures
  • Experience managing both short and complex sales cycles
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • High ownership, resilience, and adaptability
  • A disciplined, driven sales professional with high integrity and energy

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of application security (WAF, API security, DDoS) highly desirable

What the JD emphasized

  • outbound, direct sales role
  • Proven ability to leverage ecosystem and channel relationships to influence, originate, and accelerate opportunities in startup and digital native segments