Account Director (DACH)

Snyk
London Local, United Kingdom
Remote

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for enterprise sales professionals who navigate complex organizations and sell into cybersecurity or DevOps domains, with experience in technical product cycles and a consultative approach.

Best fit for

  • Enterprise sales veterans with a consultative approach and proven success in cybersecurity or DevOps domains
    — “You've excelled at selling into Cybersecurity, DevOps, or DevSecOps groups”
  • Candidates with experience managing large, complex accounts and navigating executive-level decision-making
    — “Build and nurture strong relationships with key stakeholders and C-Level Executives”
  • Individuals who thrive in cross-functional collaboration and can lead virtual resource management
    — “You leverage your ecosystem internally and externally, understanding that selling is a team sport at Snyk”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a high level of autonomy and ownership over the entire sales and success cycle
    — “Own the end-to-end sales and success cycle for prospective and existing Enterprise customers”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in developing dual-speed account strategies with both small and large enterprise clients
    — “Develop complex account plans that incorporate multiple lines of business, channel ecosystems, and executive coverage models”
  • Emphasize your ability to manage and forecast large-scale revenue opportunities with precision
    — “Forecast with accuracy and detail for both short and long-term opportunities”
  • Showcase your track record in closing million-dollar ARR deals in technical enterprise sales
    — “closing million-dollar+ ARR transactions”
  • Demonstrate your ability to work cross-functionally and manage virtual resources effectively
    — “leveraging your ecosystem internally and externally, understanding that selling is a team sport at Snyk”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • Own the end-to-end sales cycle for large Enterprise customers
  • Build and nurture strong relationships with key stakeholders and C-Level Executives
  • Manage renewal and expansion for your customer base
Typical background
Significant Enterprise Sales ExperienceProven Track Record in Sales

Skills & requirements

Required

Enterprise SalesAccount ManagementCustomer SuccessComplex Account PlansCross-functional CollaborationExecutive PresenceConsultation Skills

Preferred

CybersecurityDevOpsDevSecOpsEnterprise Software Sales

Stack & domain

SalesCustomer SuccessChannel PartnersMarketingProductFinanceLeadershipCommunicationCybersecurityDevOpsDevSecOpsEnterprise Software

About the role

Original posting from Snyk via Ashby

UNLEASH AI INNOVATORS, SECURELY

Software is being rewritten in real time. AI agents are starting to write more code than humans do, at a speed no security team has ever had to match, and that single shift is opening up the biggest opportunity our industry has seen in a decade. We're not bracing for it, we're building the company that owns it.

Snyk is building the next generation security platform where security isn't a set of tools people operate. It's a team of security agents working alongside your engineers, finding, fixing, and governing risk at the speed software is now built. These agents work alongside both the company build and the agents they adopt. Security stops being a queue of work waiting for people, and becomes a coordinated workforce companies direct and trust.

Job Summary

As an Account Director at Snyk, you'll own the end-to-end sales and success cycle for prospective and existing Enterprise customers focused on Digital Transformation. You'll work directly with senior leaders across Security and Engineering organizations, using your territory knowledge and market connections to grow your account base and help embed security into every part of the AI-native development lifecycle.

About the Team

You'll join a sales team that is resilient, business savvy, and curious. We see the value our product offers and want it to be part of every software development process.

What You’ll Do

  • Own the end-to-end sales cycle for large Enterprise customers, including prospecting, selling, and retaining customers.
  • Build and nurture strong relationships with key stakeholders and C-Level Executives within Security and Engineering organizations.
  • Develop complex account plans that incorporate multiple lines of business, channel ecosystems, and executive coverage models to build a dual-speed business of smaller, faster-moving accounts and larger, more complex accounts.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with leadership, customer success, channel partners, marketing, product, and finance to drive deals and ensure customer success.
  • Manage renewal and expansion for your customer base, ensuring long-term outcomes and partnership growth.
  • Forecast with accuracy and detail for both short and long-term opportunities while proactively mitigating close-lost rates.

What you’ll bring

  • Significant Enterprise Sales Experience: A minimum of 5 years of experience owning the entire sales cycle for a technical product on Enterprise level accounts (Fortune 1000).
  • Proven Track Record: You are self-motivated and hard-working, with a history of exceeding your quota and closing million-dollar+ ARR transactions.
  • Domain Expertise: You've excelled at selling into Cybersecurity, DevOps, or DevSecOps groups, or have significant enterprise software sales experience generating and closing large and complex transactions.
  • Strategic Collaboration: You leverage your ecosystem internally and externally, understanding that selling is a team sport at Snyk where managing virtual resources is a must-have skill.
  • Executive Presence: You practice extreme ownership, are skilled in navigating complex organizations, and can engage confidently with C-Level Executives.
  • Consultative Approach: You have strong consultation skills to work with multiple levels within a customer organization to address business challenges.
  • It'd be awesome if you also bring fresh ideas and aren't afraid to challenge the status quo, love solving complex problems with a collaborative team, and have a sense of humour. We take our mission seriously, but not ourselves!

ABOUT SNYK

Snyk is committed to creating an inclusive and engaging environment where our employees can thrive as we rally behind our common mission to make the digital world a safer place. From Snyk employee resource groups, to global benefits that help our employees prioritize their health, wellness, financial security, and a work/life blend, we aim to support our employees along their entire journeys here at Snyk.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Snyk is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Source: Snyk careers (Ashby)

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