Enterprise Account Executive

3 Months ago • 5 Years + • Account Management • $125,000 PA - $270,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Account Executive will join the growing team to identify potential client opportunities and generate new business. This role involves nurturing and growing customer relationships by owning accounts and delivering exceptional performance and service. Responsibilities include exceeding sales targets by acquiring new clients and expanding existing customer relationships, conducting competitive analysis, managing the sales pipeline, building strategic relationships, and coordinating resources for pre and post-sale experiences. Candidates should have at least 5 years of full-cycle sales experience, preferably in the Enterprise space and DevOps. They should be effective communicators, results-oriented, and possess strong negotiation and presentation skills. The role requires a track record of quota attainment and experience in closing large, complex deals.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of full-cycle sales experience, ideally in the Enterprise space.
  • Experience managing a list of 20+ accounts, existing and new customers.
  • Track record of quota attainment.
  • Strong business development background and experience in opening new logos.
  • Effective communication skills, strong interpersonal skills and results-oriented.
Perks:
  • Minimum of 25 days annual leave.
  • Up to 10 days of paid sick and carers leave.
  • 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave with flexible return options.
  • Generous health care (100% individuals, 75% dependents).
  • Dental and vision.
  • 401K matching.
  • Pension contributions of up to 5%.
  • Stock options.

Job Details

Octopus Deploy sets the standard for Continuous Delivery, empowering software teams to deliver value in an agile way. Over 4,000 organizations globally –  including Ubisoft, ASOS, Xero, monday.com, Stack Overflow, NASA, and Disney – rely on our Continuous Delivery, GitOps, and release orchestration solutions. 


Founded in Australia in 2012, our team of over 300 Octonauts now spans the globe. We combine high growth and big ambitions with a sustainable, balanced working environment. Our revenue has grown consistently between 30–50% every year for the past 8 years, and we’ve been profitable for 10 out of the past 11 years.


We’ve been remote-first since 2015 and work with an uncommon level of transparency. You can read our public handbook to learn how we work. We have a transparent approach to compensation that ensures people doing the same work with the same skill get paid the same, with well-defined career pathways. We foster a supportive, collaborative, and high-trust environment. We leave our job titles at the door and focus on doing what’s best for our customers and team. Our leaders never shy away from answering the tough questions at our all-hands calls or in 1:1s. We conduct interviews and onboarding virtually as part of being a remote-first company.


The Account Executive will join our growing team and will help to identify potential client opportunities and generate new business. In this role, you will nurture and grow our relationship with customers by owning accounts and delivering exceptional performance and service. 


To help our teams work together effectively, you must have unrestricted work rights in the United States to apply for this opportunity. Ideally, this candidate will reside on the West Coast.



What you'll do:
  • Exceeding your number by winning new logos and expanding existing customers.
  •  Competitive analysis to continually feed vertical opportunities into the pipeline for assessment.
  • Developing and managing sales pipeline & accurate forecast through the CRM system.
  • Building multi-threaded strategic relationships within assigned named accounts.
  • Serving as key client contact for all customers and coordinating resources to support pre & post-sale experience,, and technical account team.
  • Keeping abreast of competition, competitive issues, and products in the DevOps industry.
  • Developing and presenting executive-level presentations to new and existing customers.


Your background:
  • Live in the West Coast USA and have working rights.
  • Enjoy working in a team environment, putting your hand up to help where needed, mentoring junior team members, and making a positive contribution to the culture of the business.
  • Are ambitious and driven: You enthusiastically create new business opportunities.
  • Effective communicator, strong interpersonal skills, motivated, driven and results-oriented.
  • Excellent negotiation, presentation, account planning, and problem-solving/execution skills.
  • Have at least 5+ years of full-cycle sales experience, ideally in the Enterprise space and DevOps.
  • Know the industry and can demonstrate 5+ years of software sales experience. 
  • Have experience managing a list of 20+ accounts, existing and new customers.
  • Practice effective, excellent communication with management, customers, and partners.
  • Can demonstrate a track record of quota attainment.
  • Have a strong business development background and experience in opening new logos.
  • Understand the value of a strong sale methodology like MEDDPICC, and storytelling techniques to solve customer problems.
  • Track record in closing large, complex deals across verticals in the Fortune 2000.


Octopus has an internally open and transparent system for compensation. Any Octonaut can view the compensation for any role at any level. This ensures people doing the same work with the same skill get paid the same. 


The compensation for this role is:

Level 4:

Maturing: $125,000 base + variable + stock options; OTE $250,000

Performing: $135,000 base + variable + stock options; OTE $270,000



Benefits include a minimum of 25 days annual leave, up to 10 days of paid sick and carers leave, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave with flexible return options, generous health care (100% individuals, 75% dependents), dental and vision, 401K matching, pension contributions of up to 5%, and stock options. Learn more.


Interview Process

Below is the interview process you can expect for this role. We know interviewing can seem daunting, but rest assured we designed our interview process to move quickly while still getting you all the information you need.


👋🏼Initial chat [30 min]

Talent acquisition screen: Meet with your Talent Acquisition team and get a feel for what it would be like to be an Octonaut!


💻Technical assessment [60–90 min]

Technical assessment: Designed to showcase your skill set, we give you in-house exercises to gauge your professional scope and expertise.


🧑‍💻Hiring manager chat [45–60 min]

Hiring manager chat: Designated time to chat with the hiring manager. This is a great opportunity to get to know each other. You should expect the hiring manager to ask questions about your professional background and goals. We welcome any questions you may have for us!


🎉Panel interview [60–90 min]

Final round chat: In this final round call, you meet cross-functional team members. You can expect a mix of leaders and individual contributors to join the chat. By the end of this call, you should have a great idea of what it’s like to work at Octopus. We should also have a great idea of what it would be like to have you on the team! We’ll ask any final questions and encourage you to do the same.








Our public employee handbook is the best place to learn more about life at Octopus. It includes our values, how we structure teams, career progression, leave and benefits, and much more. 


If you're enthusiastic about this position, even if you don’t meet all the criteria above, we wholeheartedly encourage you to submit your application. Our talent team is in-house, and we recognize that every individual brings something unique. We take the time to review every application and consider how you might add to the team. 


We know your time is precious. If you apply, we promise to update you at least once per week about the status of your application and to give you clear expectations for each step in the journey. 



Important Notice About Recruitment Scams

Please be aware that individuals and organizations may attempt to scam job seekers by offering fraudulent employment opportunities under the name of Octopus Deploy or Codefresh by Octopus Deploy. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, text messages, or other communications claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers.


Octopus Deploy will never:

• Ask for sensitive personal information, such as credit card details, bank account numbers, or other financial information during the recruitment process.

• Request payment, fees, or purchases from job seekers.

• Send checks for equipment purchases prior to employment.


Official Communication Channels:

All communication from Octopus Deploy recruiters or hiring managers will come from official email addresses ending in @octopus.com. If you receive messages from other domains (e.g., name.sr.octopus.com or generic addresses like @yahoo.com), these are not from Octopus Deploy.

If you are unsure about the authenticity of a communication claiming to be from Octopus Deploy, do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at recruitment@octopus.com.


Reporting Fraud

If you believe you have been a victim of a recruitment scam, please report it to the appropriate authorities:

United States: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Europe: European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)

New Zealand: NetSafe

Australia: Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)


Signs of a Recruitment Scam

Be vigilant about the following red flags:

• The sender uses email domains that do not end in @octopus.com (e.g., name.sr.octopus.com or generic addresses like @yahoo.com or @hotmail.com).

• Poor spelling and grammar in emails or official-looking documents.

• Requests for payment, financial details, or fees to proceed in the hiring process.

• Receiving a check and being asked to deposit it for equipment purchases before employment.

• Contacting you through informal channels such as WhatsApp, particularly in the United States.

• Pressure to act quickly or threats of losing the opportunity if immediate action is not taken.


We take fraudulent activities seriously and are committed to ensuring the integrity of our hiring process. Thank you for helping us protect our community and future Octonauts!



[Note to Search Firms/Agencies]

Octopus Deploy does not compensate search firms for unsolicited assistance unless they have a written search agreement with Octopus Deploy and the requisition is position-specific. Any resumes, curriculum vitae and other unsolicited assistance from search firms that do not have a written search agreement or position-specific requisition submitted to any Associate of Octopus Deploy will be deemed the sole property of Octopus Deploy and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Octopus Deploy.

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