Commercial Account Executive - NY

MinIO
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for technically proficient B2B SaaS sales professionals who lead full-cycle deals and collaborate across teams, with experience in cloud-native infrastructure and AI/ML platforms.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with B2B SaaS sales experience in cloud-native infrastructure and a track record of closing mid-market deals
    — “Three or more years of direct B2B SaaS or infrastructure sales experience with consistent quota achievement.”
  • Individuals who have successfully managed technical sales cycles with measurable value outcomes
    — “Lead opportunities from first meeting through technical validation, security and procurement, pricing, negotiation, and close.”
  • Professionals with credibility in technical executive roles and a metrics-driven approach to sales processes
    — “Credibility with VPs of Infrastructure, Engineering leaders, Enterprise Architects, and related technical buyers.”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of technical acumen and may not suit purely business-focused sales candidates
    — “This is a full-cycle technical selling role, not a high-volume transactional one.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in leading technical deals and quantifying value for enterprise clients
    — “Communicate MinIO's value to technical and business stakeholders, tying architecture to measurable customer outcomes.”
  • Emphasize your ability to manage the full sales cycle and use structured methodologies like MEDDPICC
    — “Use MEDDPICC or a comparable method, and keep accurate pipeline, forecasts, activity, and next steps in Salesforce.”
  • Showcase your ability to collaborate across teams and deliver a strong customer experience
    — “Collaborate with Field Architects, Marketing, Customer Success, Product, and partners to deliver a strong customer experience.”
  • Demonstrate familiarity with object storage, S3, or cloud-native platforms in your resume and interview responses
    — “Object-storage, S3, or cloud-native experience.”
  • Position your experience in hybrid product-led and sales-driven motions as a key differentiator
    — “Experience in a hybrid product-led and sales-driven motion.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • new business
  • technical validation
  • customer outcomes
Typical background
B2B SaaS salestechnical sales

Skills & requirements

Required

B2B Saas SalesTechnical SellingPipeline ManagementValue SellingNegotiation

Preferred

Cloud-native TechnologyAi/mlObject Storage

Stack & domain

B2B Saas SalesCloud-native TechnologyData InfrastructureObject StorageAi/mlLakehouseAnalyticsHPCMetrics-based ApproachPipeline CreationQualificationValue SellingForecastingNegotiationEnterprise AIData And Memory Foundation

About the role

Original posting from MinIO via Greenhouse

MinIO is the data and memory foundation for enterprise AI. Built for the speed, scale, and economics that AI and analytics demand, AIStor and MemKV unify every layer of the data stack, from agentic and inference context memory to tables and objects across core, edge, and cloud. Trusted by 77% of the Fortune 100, MinIO is redefining how AI factories, intelligent applications, and autonomous agents secure, persist, and unlock the full value of their data.

We are seeking a technical, entrepreneurial Commercial Account Executive to own new and expansion opportunities across commercial and mid-market accounts. You will manage the full sales cycle, from account prioritization and pipeline creation through discovery, technical validation, quantified value, pricing, negotiation, close, and expansion.

This is a full-cycle technical selling role, not a high-volume transactional one. You will keep the discipline in discovery, validation, and value that technical buyers expect.

What You Will Do

Prospect, qualify, and close new business across commercial and mid-market accounts.

Build and manage a healthy pipeline using direct outreach and the product, Marketing, BDR, partner, and customer signals available to you. You are accountable for pipeline quality and progression.

Lead opportunities from first meeting through technical validation, security and procurement, pricing, negotiation, and close.

Communicate MinIO's value to technical and business stakeholders, tying architecture to measurable customer outcomes.

Expand and retain assigned customers by identifying new workloads, capacity, use cases, and business units, and hand off cleanly to post-sale teams.

Use MEDDPICC or a comparable method, and keep accurate pipeline, forecasts, activity, and next steps in Salesforce.

Collaborate with Field Architects, Marketing, Customer Success, Product, and partners to deliver a strong customer experience.

Share what you learn in the field to help sharpen MinIO's commercial playbook as we evolve toward a hybrid product-led and sales-driven motion.

Your Skills and Experience

Three or more years of direct B2B SaaS or infrastructure sales experience with consistent quota achievement.

Evidence of sourcing and closing new customers and managing commercial or mid-market sales velocity.

Experience leading technical deals in the $50K–$300K+ range.

Familiarity with cloud-native technology, data infrastructure, object storage, AI/ML, lakehouse, analytics, HPC, or adjacent platforms.

Credibility with VPs of Infrastructure, Engineering leaders, Enterprise Architects, and related technical buyers.

A metrics-based approach to pipeline creation, qualification, value selling, forecasting, and negotiation.

Experience expanding accounts through cross-sell, upsell, and measurable customer value.

Comfort in an early-stage or growth-stage environment and strong cross-functional collaboration.

Object-storage, S3, or cloud-native experience.

Experience in a hybrid product-led and sales-driven motion.

Familiarity with Salesloft, Outreach, or LinkedIn Sales Navigator.

MEDDPICC, Force Management, or Challenger training.

Partner co-sell experience.

What We Offer:

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

401K with 3% Contribution

Pre-IPO Stock Options

At least 12 Public Holidays

Flexible Time Off

Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)

MinIO is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Source: MinIO careers (Greenhouse)

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