Account Executive – Core Acquisition

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🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $110k - $145k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Darktrace

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2013

🔒 Cybersecurity

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

💰 Post-IPO Secondary - Darktrace on 2020-03

Cybersecurity • Artificial Intelligence

Darktrace is an AI-native cybersecurity company that delivers autonomous detection and response across network, email, cloud, endpoint, OT and identity environments. Its ActiveAI Security Platform uses self-learning machine learning models that learn an organization’s unique normal to spot novel and subtle threats, provide real-time detection, and take targeted autonomous actions to contain attacks. Darktrace serves enterprises and organizations worldwide with cloud-native, AI-driven security products, threat investigations, incident readiness services, and integrations for comprehensive cyber resilience.

📋 Description

• Drive new business acquisition by identifying and closing net-new logo opportunities within your assigned territory. • Develop and execute strategic sales plans to expand market presence and exceed revenue targets. • Self-generate leads through targeted outreach, networking, and leveraging marketing and inside sales support. • Engage and present Darktrace’s cybersecurity solutions to key stakeholders, including CISOs, IT leaders, and security professionals. • Own the sales cycle end-to-end, from prospecting and qualifying leads to negotiating and closing deals. • Upsell and expand within accounts by identifying additional opportunities for Darktrace’s solutions. • Collaborate cross-functionally with technical teams, including Solutions Engineers, Technical Account Managers, and Cyber Threat Analysts, to deliver tailored demos and Proof of Values (POVs). • Maintain accurate pipeline management using CRM tools and provide regular sales forecasts.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven success in full-cycle B2B new business sales, with a strong track record of closing net-new logos • Demonstrated ability to build pipeline from scratch, prospect into cold accounts, and sustain activity regardless of short-term results • Experience selling into organizations (≤ $1B revenue) with an understanding of their buying dynamics and constraints • Strong discovery and value-selling skills, with the ability to ask insightful questions, uncover customer priorities, and align solutions to business outcomes • Ability to establish executive-level credibility early, communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders • Skilled in objection handling, negotiation, and navigating complex or ambiguous sales cycles with resilience and persistence • Solid judgment and discipline, including pipeline management, forecasting, and deal qualification • Working knowledge of cybersecurity, SaaS, or technical solutions, with the ability to position offerings within a broader ecosystem • Strong collaboration skills, with experience working across cross-functional teams and partner channels

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% medical, dental and vision insurance, plus dependents • Paid parental leave • Pet insurance • Discount Life insurance • Commuter benefits • 401(k) • Employee Assistance Program