Enterprise Account Executive - UK

London, England, United KingdomOnsiteFull TimePosted 2 months ago

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Role summary

LaunchDarkly is seeking an Enterprise Account Executive for its UK territory. This role involves owning and expanding relationships with large enterprise accounts, acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders. The executive will develop account plans, drive pipeline generation, ensure successful product adoption, and increase LaunchDarkly's visibility within target organizations. Key responsibilities include leading complex deal cycles through cross-functional team orchestration and influencing strategic initiatives. The ideal candidate possesses 10+ years of enterprise closing sales experience, a track record of exceeding quota, expertise in consultative sales with executive stakeholders, and experience with Land & Expand SaaS strategies. Familiarity with DevOps practices and emerging technology software companies is a plus.

About the Job:

As an Enterprise Account Executive, you will play a pivotal role in nurturing and expanding relationships with large enterprise accounts within your designated territory. You should possess exceptional business acumen, a customer-centric approach, and the self-motivation to thrive with minimal supervision. Moreover, you must be adaptable and proficient in wearing multiple hats as you take on this crucial responsibility. We have full confidence in your ability to make the right decisions and drive results autonomously.

LaunchDarkly is a rapidly evolving software company with a strong mission and vision, powered by a diverse and talented team. Our mission is to accelerate software development by empowering teams. Joining our dynamic and fast-growing team, you will make an immediate impact on our product and customer success.

Responsibilities:

Ownership of Large Enterprise Accounts: You will be the primary point of contact and relationship owner for large enterprise accounts within your territory. Serve as a trusted advisor to senior customer stakeholders, aligning technical and business value to enterprise transformation priorities.

Territory and Account Planning: Develop comprehensive territory and account plans, proactively drive outbound pipeline generation independently, and collaborate effectively with Business Development Representatives.

Ensure Successful Adoption: Ensure the seamless adoption of LaunchDarkly within these large enterprises through robust account management. Coordinate closely with pre-and-post sales engineering, customer success, and support teams to guarantee client satisfaction.

Elevate LaunchDarkly's Visibility: Increase LaunchDarkly's visibility and communicate our value proposition effectively to Vice Presidents and C-Suite executives within these large enterprises.

Cross-functional Collaboration: Lead complex deal cycles by orchestrating cross-functional teams (e.g., Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, Product) to deliver cohesive customer outcomes.

Strategic Impact: Partner with cross-functional leaders to influence strategic initiatives, including enterprise positioning, sales plays, and customer engagement models.

About You:

Entrepreneurial and Self-Motivated: You are driven and proactive, taking ownership of your role and responsibilities.

Passion for Learning and Growth: You are enthusiastic about continuous learning and personal development at LaunchDarkly.

Intellectual Curiosity and Ambition: You have a hunger for knowledge and strive for ambitious goals.

Excellent Communication: Your written and spoken communication skills are outstanding.

Highly Organized & Autonomous: You are capable of efficiently managing your workload and thrive in an environment that encourages autonomy.

Adaptability: You excel in a fast-paced and dynamic organizational setting.

Qualifications:

10+ Years of Enterprise (closing) Sales Experience

Demonstrable track record of consistently meeting or exceeding quota expectations.

You possess the expertise to navigate consultative sales cycles with Executive-level stakeholders at Fortune 500 companies.

You have experience implementing and succeeding with a Land & Expand SaaS Sales strategy, effectively expanding business within large enterprise accounts.

Recent experience working for an emerging technology software company is a significant plus.

Understanding of DevOps practices and technologies, including CI/CD pipelines, automation, cloud infrastructure, and containerization.

Familiarity with and experience using the MEDDPIC sales methodology is advantageous.

About LaunchDarkly:

Modern software delivery was supposed to be the foundation for a thriving digital business but reality has proven otherwise. Slow, inefficient development cycles, costly outages, and fragmented customer experiences are preventing developers from building their best software. The LaunchDarkly platform helps developers innovate on new features faster while protecting them with a safety valve to instantly rewind when things go wrong. Developers can target product experiences to any customer segment and maximize the business impact of every feature. And by gradually rolling out new application components, they escape nightmare "big-bang" technology migrations.

The LaunchDarkly platform was built to guide engineers to the next frontier of DevOps by:

Improving the velocity and stability of software releases, without the fear of end customer outages

Delivering targeted experiences by easily personalizing features to customer cohorts

Maximizing the business impact of every feature through the ability to experiment and optimize

Coordinating the release and optimization of software to provide consistent experiences across mobile platforms and device types

Improving the effectiveness and productivity of engineering teams, by providing insights into engineering cadence and stability

At LaunchDarkly, we believe in the power of teams. We're building a team that is humble, open, collaborative, respectful and kind. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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