Enterprise Account Executive Saudi Arabia

Kong; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kong is seeking an experienced Enterprise Account Executive to drive sales of its Enterprise Platform to global enterprise accounts, with a focus on Saudi Arabia. You will own your book of business, meet quotas, and leverage your network and open source experience to close deals in a fast-moving scale-up environment.

The role offers uncapped commission and significant earning potential as Kong scales in a high-growth market.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience selling to enterprise customers in Saudi Arabia.
• Proven enterprise software sales; open source, APIs or infrastructure software a plus.
• Ability to leverage relationships and proven sales techniques.

Responsibilities

• Sell Kong Enterprise Platform to enterprise customers.
• Meet individual quota and objectives.
• Take ownership of your book of business and drive leads to closure.
• Provide account leadership in pre- and post-sales and analyze wins/losses.
• Travel to customer sites as required.

Skills

Enterprise software sales

Open source experience

APIs & infrastructure

Saudi Arabia territory

Sales tactics

Communication skills

Negotiation & closing

Pipeline generation

Job description

Are you ready to unlock intelligence?

Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced sales professional, ideally with open source experience who will be selling into global enterprise accounts in Saudi Arabia. The ideal candidate has been a part of the sales efforts for other early-stage enterprise products in an entrepreneurial setting. The Enterprise Account Executive will be integral to our growth plan and in acquiring new customers. Kong’s Account Executive will be the primary point of contact and the face of Kong for our prospects. The role provides an opportunity to have real impact in a company scaling within a high-growth market plus uncapped commission and earnings potential. Kong has the tech, the timing and the territory. Come and join our talented team!

What You'll Do

• Sell Kong Enterprise Platform to enterprise customers
• Meet individual quota and objectives
• Take ownership of your book of business, which includes understanding and documenting the buying criteria and process, determining the appropriate motion and patterns, ensuring pipeline accuracy based on evidence, and working the leads to closure
• Provide account leadership and direction in the pre- and post-sales process and contribute to analysis on wins/losses
• Ability to travel to customer sites as required

What You’ll Bring

• A true desire to see customers benefit from the investment they make with Kong
• Extensive regional experience selling to enterprise customers in Saudi Arabia
• Proven experience selling enterprise software; experience with open source, APIs, and/or infrastructure software a big plus
• Ability to leverage established relationships and employ proven sales techniques for success
• Effective communicator and strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent negotiation, presentation and closing skills
• Motivated, driven and results oriented mindset
• Structured approach to sales and pipeline generation
• Bonus points: Experience within a fast moving scale-up is preferred.

About Kong

Kong Inc., the AI Connectivity Company, is building the connectivity layer of AI. Trusted by the Fortune 500 and AI-native startups alike, Kong’s unified API and AI platform enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI traffic - on any model, any cloud. For more information, visit www.konghq.com.