Account Executive, Digital Native

StreamNative; United States; Remote; USD 90.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

StreamNative, Inc. is seeking an Account Executive, Digital Native, to sell to cloud-native, high-growth tech companies. You will open new accounts via outbound outreach, run the full sales cycle with a pre-sales engineer, and close cloud contracts that start small and scale with usage.

This is a hunter role with a fast-paced deal cadence, engaging developers and budget owners alike. You will build relationships from technical users to economic buyers, own deals end-to-end, and collaborate with

Qualifikationen

• 3+ years quota-carrying experience in B2B SaaS or infrastructure software.
• Proven outbound success with clear sequences, channels and accounts.
• Experience managing small to mid-sized sales cycles with limited support.
• Strong communication with both technical and business buyers.
• Working knowledge of CRM and prospecting tools (HubSpot, Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, Gong).
• Sufficient technical curiosity to explain streaming platforms to developers.

Aufgaben

• Build pipeline through outbound prospecting and account-based campaigns.
• Qualify inbound and outbound leads; turn them into early-stage opportunities.
• Engage both developers and budget owners to advance deals.
• Run the full sale cycle from first meeting to signed contract with SE support.
• Match StreamNative to each customer's real-time data use case.
• Forecast accurately and keep CRM data clean.

Kenntnisse

Quota carrying

Outbound success

B2B SaaS

Sales cycles

CRM tools

Technical curiosity

Tools

HubSpot

Sales Navigator

ZoomInfo

Gong

Jobbeschreibung

StreamNative, founded by the creators of Apache Pulsar, is redefining real-time data streaming. Our platform empowers organizations to process and analyze massive data streams at scale with unparalleled efficiency. At its core is the URSA engine, which seamlessly integrates Apache Pulsar and Apache Kafka, delivering unmatched compatibility and performance. By simplifying deployments and enabling direct integration with modern lakehouse architectures, URSA helps businesses innovate faster and more effectively. With our cost-efficient solutions, companies can build cutting-edge, real-time applications that drive measurable outcomes. Join us in revolutionizing data streaming and enabling organizations to thrive in a fast-paced, data-driven world.

About the role

As an Account Executive, Digital Native, you will sell StreamNative to cloud-native, high-growth technology companies, whose engineering teams move fast and choose their own tools. You will open new accounts through outbound prospecting, run the full sales cycle with a pre-sales engineer, and close cloud contracts that start small and grow with usage. This is a hunter role with a high pace of deals, built for someone who likes talking to developers and data engineers as much as to the budget owner.

What you'll do

• Build pipeline
• Prospect into named accounts using outbound email, calls, social and events, working with Marketing on account-based campaigns.
• Qualify inbound and outbound leads and turn them into a steady flow of early-stage opportunities.
• Build relationships from the technical user up to the economic buyer, and find out who decides and how.
• Run the sale
• Own deals from first meeting to signed contract, working with Sales Engineers on discovery, demos and proofs of concept.
• Match StreamNative to each customer's use case, such as real-time data pipelines, event-driven applications and agent workloads.
• Negotiate cloud contracts and close, bringing in senior sales leadership or deal desk when a deal calls for it.
• Aim for a typical deal size of $40k - $60k and a cycle of 2-3 months.
• Keep the machine running
• Forecast accurately and keep CRM data clean.
• Share what you learn about messaging, objections and competitors with Marketing and Product.
• Hand off won accounts to Customer Experience, who own renewals, and look for openings to expand into other teams or divisions of the same company.

What you bring

• 3+ years of quota-carrying experience in B2B SaaS or infrastructure software, as a closing AE or as an SDR or BDR who has moved into closing.
• A record of outbound success. You can describe the sequences, channels and accounts that worked for you.
• Experience managing small and mid-sized sales cycles with limited support.
• Strong communication skills with both technical and business buyers.
• Working knowledge of CRM and prospecting tools such as HubSpot, Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo or Gong.
• Enough technical curiosity to explain what a streaming platform does and why a developer would pic