Strategic Account Executive

Ping Identity; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uncapped earning potential

Hybrid work culture

Parental leave

Retirement programs

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Ping Identity is seeking a Strategic Account Executive for VIC & QLD (New Logo). This field-based role focuses on hunting net-new enterprise logos, negotiating complex deals, and building foundational partnerships across commercial and public sectors.

You will work with a strong support team and a transparent, rewarding compensation plan designed to maximize earning potential as you scale in Melbourne or Brisbane. Hybrid work is available.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of hitting enterprise quotas with net-new logos.
• Ability to navigate long, multi-stakeholder sales cycles and close six/seven figure deals.
• Strong engagement with C-level executives and enterprise buying groups.

Responsibilities

• Drive territory strategy for VIC & QLD focusing on net-new enterprise logos.
• Lead multi-threaded sales cycles from pipeline to close.
• Articulate business value of Ping solutions to CIOs/CISOs/CDOs.
• Coordinate with pre-sales, architects, services, and leadership to progress deals.
• Collaborate with partners and alliances to uncover joint opportunities.
• Maintain CRM hygiene and provide accurate, transparent forecasting.
• Represent market feedback to product, marketing, and engineering teams.

Skills

Enterprise hunter

Complex deal mastery

Executive presence

Value selling MEDDPICC

Job description

About Ping Identity:

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it.

Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear.

While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work.

We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management.

Strategic Account Executive – VIC & QLD (New Logo)

Location: Melbourne or Brisbane (Field-based/Hybrid)

Territory: Victoria & Queensland

Travel: Regular monthly interstate travel, plus deal-driven customer visits

About the Role

As a Strategic Account Executive (VIC & QLD), you will take ownership of an expansive, high-potential territory with a focus on hunting and securing net-new logo accounts.

This is a field-based, strategic sales role designed for a proactive builder who thrive on opening new enterprise doors, navigating multi-stakeholder enterprise deals, and establishing foundational partnerships across key commercial and public sector.

You won't be doing it alone. While the role demands an autonomous hunter’s mindset, you will be backed by a strong bench of dedicated technical architects, business value consultants, marketing, and a leadership team that brings deep, proven experience selling Ping solutions into net-new environments. We set our reps up to win with realistic, market-tested quotasand atransparent, highly rewarding compensation plan built to maximise your earning potential as you scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive New Business: Build and execute a territory strategy focused on acquiring strategic net-new enterprise logos across Victoria and Queensland.
• Lead Complex Sales Cycles: Direct multi-threaded enterprise sales engagements from pipeline generation through to commercial negotiation and closing.
• Articulate Business Value: Position our identity and security platforms to C-level executives (CIOs, CISOs, CDOs) and enterprise buying committees.
• Leverage Internal Ecosystems: Orchestrate pre-sales engineering, solution architects, professional services, and executive leadership to advance and de-risk critical deals.
• Co-Sell with Partners: Collaborate closely with global systems integrators, regional channel partners, and alliance ecosystems to uncover and co-deliver strategic opportunities.
• Accurate Pipeline Management: Maintain disciplined CRM hygiene and provide predictable, transparent forecasting to regional leadership.
• Customer-to-Product Loop: Act as the voice of the market, translating feedback from prospect interactions directly to our product, marketing, and engineering organizations.

What We Are Looking For

• Enterprise Hunter Pedigree: Extensive, proven track record carrying and exceeding enterprise quota, specifically driven by net-new logo acquisition.
• Complex Deal Mastery: Documented success closing six and seven-figure transactions involving long, multi-stakeholder sales cycles.
• Executive Presence: Strong network and confidence engaging C-level stakeholders, translating technical capabilities into tangible business outcomes and risk mitigation.
• Methodology-Driven Execution: Formal grounding in structured value-selling and enterprise account planning frameworks (e.g., MEDDPICC, Challenger).
• Partner Acumen: Experience working alongside global and regional system integrators to identify, validate, and win joint pursuits.
• Location & Travel Flexibility: Based in either Melbourne or Brisbane, with willingness to travel interstate on a regular monthly basis and as required to drive high-impact customer interactions.

What We Offer

• Uncapped Earning Potential: Highly competitive base salary, realistic quota design, and transparent commission structure.
• Experienced Leadership: Direct support from a local management team that has walked in your shoes and knows how to close new logo enterprise accounts in this market.
• Dedicated Deal Support: Comprehensive technical, marketing, and bid management resources to give you an unfair advantage on every pursuit.
• Flexible Work Culture: Autonomous, outcomes-focused environment balancing hybrid work with meaningful on-site customer and team engagement.

Life at Ping:

We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day.

Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special:

• A company culture that empowers you to do your best work.
• Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.
• Regular company and team bonding events.
• Competitive benefits and perks.
• Global volunteering and community initiatives

Our Benefits:

• Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule
• Parental Leave
• Progressive Healthcare Options
• Retirement Programs
• Opportunity for Education ReimbursementCommuter Offset (Specific locations)

Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.