Enterprise Account Executive (Financial Services)

• Develop and implement a comprehensive territory plan
• Manage the entire sales process to ensure delivery against key performance metrics and quota, with a strong emphasis on generating net new business sales. This includes prospecting and outreach, providing product demos and trials, and engaging in strategic negotiations with customers and channel partners
• Meet or exceed individual targets and contribute to the overall team and the company. This includes proactively penetrating greenfield accounts and achieving a quarterly quota of at least 2-3 qualified net new logos
• Initiate and manage expansion discussions to drive customer retention. This includes identifying customers’ goals and requirements, including budgetary constraints and key decision makers
• Devise a comprehensive customer acquisition strategy and partner with Verkada’s channel partner sales organization to establish channel partner initiatives that result in a minimum of 5 deal registrations each quarter
• Drive business growth and enhance market presence, and help enterprise organizations modernize their physical security solutions through a combination of customer engagements, marketing campaigns, executive briefings, industry conferences, events, and physical security market knowledge/intelligence
• Gain an in-depth and detailed understanding of Verkada’s business and products, as well as the physical security market, and sell to C-level executives within Enterprise organizations
• Create effective presentations and proposals; create urgency to drive deal closure, negotiate pricing, and contractual agreements
• Provide account analysis, conduct quarterly business reviews, and generate accurate revenue forecasts
• This role requires regular travel, estimated to be more than 50% of the time, including both domestic and international destinations as needed. The successful candidate must be comfortable with frequent travel to support business operations, customer and partner engagements, and team collaboration. 

• 5-10+ years quota carrying B2B software/hardware technology sales with a focus on building a greenfield territory and landing new business within an Enterprise organization; 3+ years of Enterprise sales is highly preferred
• Proven track record of success in a sales-driven organization selling a highly complex technical solution (with the awards and references to prove it)
• Possess a hunter sales mentality with a strong desire to be successful, and have a proven track record of prospecting, closing new logos, and landing major accounts against incumbents
• Willingness to have a strong field presence multiple days per week; Must live in the territory & be willing to travel up to 50%
• A demonstrable track record of success managing longer, complex sales cycles and engaging with all levels from end users to business champions to C-level executives (Experience selling to CIO/CTO/CISO/CFO leaders at Fortune 1000 companies is highly preferred)
• Experience collaborating with internal and external channel partner teams to sell through and with channel partners is a plus
• Proven experience running a process-driven sales cycle 
• Relevant software or hardware industry experience in any of the following domains: security software, physical security, or hardware, computer networking, and “how the internet works”, subscription, SaaS, or Cloud software is a plus
• Strong knowledge and execution of MEDDIC is highly preferred
• Self-motivated, tenacious, confident, with a willingness to engage in prospecting to maintain individual funnels as expected
• Intellectually curious, High IQ, EQ, and self-awareness
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with peers, customers, and partners
• Thrive working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a strong sense of urgency
• BS/BA degree is strongly preferred
• Must live in Toronto or Montreal. 

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and well-being of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

• Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under most plans and 70% for family premiums
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
• Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, generous time off, and personal sick time
• Professional development stipend
• Wellness/fitness benefits

• You must be independently authorized to work in Canada. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at this time.