Account Executive III

Sumo Logic
SoCal, US
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for B2B sales professionals who hunt and close net new business in the mid-market space, with a technical background in IT Infrastructure Management or Cloud Security.

Best fit for

  • B2B sales professionals with a technical background in IT Infrastructure Management or Cloud Security
    — “3+ years of quota-carrying experience selling B2B applications; on-demand/SaaS, IT Infrastructure Management or Cloud Security offerings”
  • Candidates who have a history of exceeding quotas when selling to technical decision-makers
    — “History of quota over-achievement selling to a technical audience like IT operations, Security, and DevOps teams”
  • Individuals with experience managing full sales cycles and building contact networks
    — “Own the full sales cycle, from prospecting to close, in order to fill Sumo Logic's pipeline”

Things to consider

  • Must be authorized to work in the U.S. as the company cannot sponsor nonimmigrant visas
    — “Must be authorized to work in the United States at time of hire and for duration of employment”
  • Geographic territory management may require local presence or travel within the region
    — “Target, manage and sell to a defined geographic territory with up to 1,500 employees”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in delivering results against a quota and technical sales success
    — “delivering results against a quota”
  • Showcase your ability to create accurate sales forecasts and manage pipeline effectively
    — “Create and deliver accurate sales forecasts”
  • Demonstrate your experience with product demos using web tools and consultative sales approach
    — “Perform product demos using web tools to prospects and customers”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

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What success looks like

  • filling Sumo Logic's pipeline
  • delivering accurate sales forecasts
  • performing product demos
  • partnering with internal resources to provide a stellar experience for prospective customers
Typical background
3+ years of quota-carrying experience selling B2B applicationsstrong interpersonal and communication skills

Skills & requirements

Required

Quota-carrying Experience Selling B2B ApplicationsHistory Of Quota Over-achievementStrong Interpersonal And Communication SkillsContact Network Within The Big Data EcosystemSalesforce Power User

Preferred

Experience Working With A Global Contract Research Organization

Stack & domain

B2B ApplicationsIT Infrastructure ManagementCloud SecuritySalesforcePipeline ManagementLead GenerationContact Network DevelopmentSales CultureSalesIT OperationsSecurityDevOps

About the role

Original posting from Sumo Logic via Greenhouse

Account Executive

As a Mid-Market Account Executive, you will be working on reinforcing our leadership in the mid-market space. You should demonstrate skills associated with working in a high-performance sales culture, especially demonstrating pipeline management, lead generation, contact network development and delivering results against a quota. This is a full sales cycle role with the focus on hunting and closing net new business.

The Mid-Market Account Executive team's charter is to provide the best sales experience possible to Sumo Logic’s mid-market segment customers. This team has a consultative sales approach, a track record of growing sales, demolishing quotas, and keeping customers happy and wanting to dive more into our product.

Responsibilities

Target, manage and sell to a defined geographic territory with up to 1,500 employees

Own the full sales cycle, from prospecting to close, in order to fill Sumo Logic's pipeline

Create and deliver accurate sales forecasts

Perform product demos using web tools to prospects and customers

Partner with internal resources to provide a stellar experience for prospective customers and ensure their needs are being met

Required Qualifications and Skills

3+ years of quota-carrying experience selling B2B applications; on-demand/SaaS, IT Infrastructure Management or Cloud Security offerings

History of quota over-achievement selling to a technical audience like IT operations, Security, and DevOps teams

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, collaborative mindset a must

Contact network within the Big Data ecosystem, highly preferred

Salesforce power user

About Us

Sumo Logic, Inc. helps make the digital world secure, fast, and reliable by unifying critical security and operational data through its Intelligent Operations Platform. Built to address the increasing complexity of modern cybersecurity and cloud operations challenges, we empower digital teams to move from reaction to readiness—combining agentic AI-powered SIEM and log analytics into a single platform to detect, investigate, and resolve modern challenges. Customers around the world rely on Sumo Logic for trusted insights to protect against security threats, ensure reliability, and gain powerful insights into their digital environments. For more information, visit www.sumologic.com.

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The expected annual base salary range for this position is $88,000 - $103,000. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors which include (but aren’t limited to) role level, skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, location, and experience. In addition to base pay, certain roles are eligible to participate in our bonus or commission plans, as well as our benefits offerings, and equity awards. 

Must be authorized to work in the United States at time of hire and for duration of employment. At this time, we are not able to offer nonimmigrant visa sponsorship for this position.

Source: Sumo Logic careers (Greenhouse)

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