Enterprise Account Executive - Central / Midwest

Chainguard; United States; Remote; USD 276,000 - 374,000; Full time

Job summary

Chainguard is seeking an Enterprise Account Executive to own the end-to-end sales cycle for complex, security-focused open source solutions in the United States. You will prospect, qualify, and close strategic deals with enterprise buyers, collaborating with engineering and security teams to demonstrate value and secure approvals.

You will develop and manage a robust pipeline, leverage MEDDPICC or equivalent frameworks, and drive revenue growth while navigating procurement, security reviews, and

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years selling complex technical products into enterprise organizations.
• A track record of building pipeline and consistently closing revenue.
• Experience navigating disciplined enterprise sales processes (MEDDPICC or similar).
• Ability to identify customer pain and sell based on measurable business value.
• Experience navigating multi-stakeholder enterprise buying cycles from technical teams to executives.
• Strong deal management and forecast discipline across complex opportunities.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills.
• Comfortable operating in fast-growing environments with evolving processes.

Responsibilities

• Own the full enterprise sales cycle from prospecting through close.
• Build and manage pipeline within a defined set of enterprise accounts.
• Lead discovery, qualification, and deal strategy using MEDDPICC.
• Communicate Chainguard’s value to technical stakeholders, security leaders, and executive buyers.
• Partner with Sales Engineering and Customer Engineering to support evaluations and technical validation.
• Manage complex enterprise sales cycles including procurement, security reviews, and negotiations.
• Maintain accurate pipeline visibility and forecasting.
• Consistently meet or exceed revenue and pipeline targets.

Skills

Enterprise sales

MEDDPICC

Pipeline building

Stakeholder mgmt

Negotiation

Forecasting

Technical acumen

Job description

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk. Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake. Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.

Enterprise Account Executive

What You'll Do

• Own the full enterprise sales cycle from prospecting through close
• Build and manage pipeline within a defined set of enterprise accounts
• Lead discovery, qualification, and deal strategy using frameworks such as MEDDPICC
• Communicate Chainguard’s value to technical stakeholders, security leaders, and executive buyers
• Partner with Sales Engineering and Customer Engineering to support evaluations and technical validation
• Manage complex enterprise sales cycles including procurement, security reviews, and negotiations
• Maintain accurate pipeline visibility and forecasting
• Consistently meet or exceed revenue and pipeline targets

What We're Looking For

• 3-5+ YOE selling complex technical products into enterprise organizations
• A track record of building pipeline and consistently closing revenue
• Comfortable running disciplined enterprise sales processes (MEDDPICC or similar)
• Ability to identify customer pain and sell based on measurable business value
• Experience navigating multi-stakeholder enterprise buying cycles from technical teams to executives
• Strong deal management and forecast discipline across complex opportunities
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills
• Comfortable operating in fast-growing environments with evolving processes

$325K OTE (50/50)

About Us

We live and breathe our company values:

• We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
• We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
• We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
• We trust each other and assu