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As an Enterprise Account Executive for the AMER region, you will drive strategic growth by acquiring new enterprise customers and expanding relationships within our existing large accounts (>$500M revenue). This is a high-impact, quota-carrying role focused on new logo acquisition, growing usage over baseline, and increasing customer commitments in one of Aiven’s most important markets.
Job Responsibility:
Drive New Business: Identify, target, and win new enterprise logos in the AMER region, focusing on organizations with $500M+ in revenue
Expand Strategic Accounts: Grow revenue within existing enterprise customers by uncovering new use cases, upselling additional Aiven services, and increasing commitments beyond baseline usage
Executive Stakeholder Engagement: Build trusted relationships at the C-suite and VP level, as well as with leaders in development, DevOps, and product management
Solution Selling & Value Articulation: Become an expert in Aiven’s platform and the open-source technologies we offer
MEDDPICC Sales Process: Rigorously qualify opportunities using the MEDDPICC framework to ensure a high-quality pipeline
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Marketing to generate pipeline, and partner with Solution Architects on technical validation and solution design for customers
Market Insight & Strategy: Stay informed on industry trends in cloud, data infrastructure, and the AMER enterprise market
Exceed Targets: Consistently meet and exceed your sales quotas and KPIs
Requirements:
5 to 10+ years of success in enterprise SaaS or cloud infrastructure sales, selling complex technical solutions to large organizations
A proven track record of overachievement against multimillion-dollar targets is required (e.g. President’s Club or top 10% performer)
Demonstrated ability to close complex, consultative deals with long sales cycles and multiple stakeholders
Experience engaging senior technical (CTO, VP Engineering, Architects) and business leaders
Skilled in outcome-based selling
Hands-on experience with MEDDIC/MEDDPICC or similar sales frameworks
Familiarity with open-source technologies, data infrastructure, cloud services, and developer platforms (e.g. Apache Kafka, databases, analytics, AI/ML use cases)
Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
A self-driven, entrepreneurial approach with the discipline to thrive in a high-performance, high-growth culture
Nice to have:
Experience in a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment is a plus
What we offer:
Participate in Aiven’s equity plan
Balance work and life with our hybrid work policy
Choose the equipment you need to set yourself up for success
Use your Professional Development Plan budget for learning opportunities
Receive holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program
Inquire about our Global Time Off Commitment (Parental and Sick Leave, as well as Personal Time)
Enjoy country-specific benefits for our global cast