Enterprise Account Executive - UK

IVP; Camden Town; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment firm is seeking a Remote Enterprise Account Executive to drive new logo acquisition in the Greater London area. Candidates will leverage their 5+ years of enterprise sales experience and collaborate with various internal resources to meet business targets. The position offers competitive compensation, equity, comprehensive healthcare, and flexible time off, making it an enticing opportunity for qualified professionals.

Benefits

Competitive compensation with equity

Comprehensive healthcare with dental and vision

Flexible paid time off

12 weeks of new parent or family leave

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise sales experience.
• Experience evangelizing new technology into large enterprise accounts.
• Strong ability to understand a customer's business issues and articulate value to a solution.

Responsibilities

• Identify, qualify, and close sales pipeline across territory and accounts.
• Demonstrate understanding of the Obsidian Security offering.
• Partner with internal resources across Sales Engineering and Customer Success.

Skills

Enterprise sales experience

Sales concepts and methods

Relationships with IT Security

Prospecting and deal qualification

Market trends and competitor analysis

Tools

CRM databases

Job description

Overview

We're looking for a hardworking, focused and driven Enterprise Account Executive to channel energy, passion and initiative into new logo acquisition. You'll be responsible for developing and executing against a comprehensive account/territory plan whilst working collaboratively with our internal and external resources. This is a 100% remote role with preference for candidates located in the Greater London Metro.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify, qualify and close sales pipeline across your territory and accounts
• Close business to meet and exceed monthly, quarterly and annual business targets
• Demonstrate an extensive understanding of the Obsidian Security offering and our value to our customers
• Align with our partners and alliances to optimize opportunities
• Partner with internal resources across Sales Engineering, Customer Success and Professional Services
• Demonstrate accurate pipeline forecasting and management
• Actively participate in our sales enablement training

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise sales experience
• Working knowledge of sales concepts, methods and techniques
• Experience evangelizing new technology into large enterprise accounts
• Able to maintain and manage existing client relationships and accounts
• Able to utilize existing client and/or C-Level relationships, as well as build new relationships across IT Security as well as other lines of business
• Self starter that creates and maintains a sales pipeline by capturing accurate and complete information in selected CRM databases including activity, closing, project forecast, close ratios and market intelligence
• Strong ability to understand a customer\'s business issues and needs and be able to articulate and map back value to a solution
• Strong prospecting skills, deal qualification, and POV management skills, leading to acquisition of new business
• Team player with the ability to collaborate well with internal stakeholders or partners to drive opportunities to closure
• Need to maintain and keep up with market trends, competitor analysis, and market conditions which may impact customers
• Able to learn quickly and ramp to be able to effectively articulate and differentiate the value of our product to prospective clients

About Obsidian Security

Founded in 2017, Obsidian Security was created to close a critical gap: securing the SaaS applications where modern business happens—platforms like Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and hundreds more. Backed by top investors including Greylock, Norwest Venture Partners, and IVP, we\'ve built a complete SaaS security platform to reduce risk, detect and respond to threats, and prevent breaches at the source. Our team includes leaders who helped define the categories of endpoint and identity security at CrowdStrike, Okta, Cylance, and Carbon Black. Now, we\'re transforming how SaaS is secured—in the era of agentic AI. Today, Obsidian is trusted by global enterprises like Snowflake, T-Mobile, and Pure Storage. We protect more than 200 organizations across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand—inclusive of many of the world\'s largest Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies. With strong global momentum, a growing partner ecosystem including SentinelOne, Databricks, and Google Cloud, and a major fundraise on the horizon, we\'re scaling quickly toward long-term growth and IPO readiness. Join us as we define the future of SaaS security!

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with equity and 401k
• Comprehensive healthcare with dental and vision coverage
• Flexible paid time off and paid holiday time off
• 12 weeks of new parent or family leave
• Personal and professional development resources

Pay transparency: The base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location, knowledge, skills and experience. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is eligible for equity awards and may be eligible for sales commission or incentive compensation based on the role or function within the company.