Senior Account Executive

Druva; United States; On-site; USD 214,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Druva is seeking an Account Executive to own a defined Commercial territory in the United States, collaborating with a local Systems Engineer to drive discovery, engagement, and net-new logos within mid-market organizations.

You will build trusted relationships with IT and security leaders, manage the full sales cycle from prospecting to closure, and work with Customer Success and Channel partners to ensure renewals and expansions, while hitting revenue targets.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Field Account Executive experience with quota attainment.
• Sales experience in IT or technology industry preferred.
• Proven ability to build executive-level relationships.

Responsibilities

• Prospect and close new sales opportunities within a defined territory.
• Maintain a high-performance standard with 100% minimum attainment.
• Collaborate with channel partners to drive awareness and close deals.
• Conduct product demonstrations and manage the sales process through closure.
• Manage ongoing account relationships to drive cross-sell and upsell opportunities.

Skills

Account Executive

IT industry experience

Executive relationships

Territory management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

About Druva

Druva is the resilience foundation for the AI enterprise, helping organizations secure and recover from connected risk across data, cyber, identity, and AI. The Resilience Cloud is a fully managed, cloud-native SaaS platform that delivers air-gapped and immutable protection across cloud, SaaS, on-premises, endpoint, and edge environments. Powered by Dru MetaGraph, Druva’s graph-powered intelligence layer, the platform connects critical business context so customers can understand risk, respond faster, recover cleanly, and govern data with greater confidence.

Trusted by nearly 7,500 customers, including 75 of the Fortune 500, Druva helps safeguard the critical information and systems businesses depend on in an increasingly connected world.

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About the Team

This role sits on a highly collaborative, performance-driven Commercial sales team focused on helping customers modernize data protection and cyber resilience with Druva’s 100% SaaS platform. The Account Executive owns the territory end-to-end, maintaining and expanding existing customer relationships while actively hunting and closing net-new logos.

You will work in a true two-in-a-box model with a dedicated local Systems Engineer to drive deep discovery, strong customer engagement, and a consultative sales motion across the full lifecycle, from prospecting through expansion. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives on territory ownership, values teamwork, and enjoys building durable customer relationships while driving new growth.

Role Purpose & Impact

You will own and execute the go-to-market strategy for the assigned Commercial territory, managing a defined book of business while identifying, prospecting, and closing new customer opportunities across organizations with 251–2,999 employees.

You will build trusted relationships with IT and security leaders by understanding their business challenges and aligning them to Druva’s cloud-native data protection and cyber resilience platform. Partnering closely with a dedicated local Systems Engineer, you will lead discovery, technical validation, and solution design to clearly articulate the value of a SaaS-based approach.

You will collaborate cross-functionally with Customer Success, Channel Partners, and internal teams to support onboarding, adoption, renewals, and expansion, while building pipeline, forecasting accurately, and consistently delivering against revenue targets.

What You’ll Do

• Prospect and close new sales opportunities in a defined territory and a defined set of target accounts
• Generate results; consistent, reliable performance with 100% minimum attainment expected
• Partner with the local, regional and national channelpartners to drive awareness and “buzz” in your territory
• Arrange andhelp conductinitial product demonstrations and presentations
• Manage sales process and opportunity closure
• Ongoing account management to ensure customer satisfaction and to driveadditional cross-sell/up-sell opportunities

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 8+ years of Field Account Executive experience with documented quota attainment
• Sales experience in the IT or technology industry preferred
• Proven ability to build executive-level relationships
• Continuous learnerand student of the game - you want to constantly get better
• Ability to understand the “bigger picture” and the business drivers around IT
• You strive for greatness and push yourself
• Commitment to professionalism, integrity, and positive team culture
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

What Success Looks Like in this Role

Success means consistently owning and growing the assigned Commercial territory through predictable, high-quality execution. You effectively balance expanding existing accounts with adding new logos, building trusted relationships with IT and security leaders and positioning Druva as a strategic partner.

You operate as a strong partner to your dedicated Systems Engineer, lead disciplined discovery, guide customers through value-based buying decisions, and maintain a healthy, well-managed pipeline with accurate forecasts. You collaborate closely with Customer Success and channel partners to drive renewals, expansions, and long-term retention.

You are also a dependable, high-integrity team member who shows up prepared, contributes to a strong team culture, and helps elevate the overall performance of the Commercial Central Team.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

Innovation is how we operate, not a side project. You’ll work in a culture that values bold thinking and continuous improvement, where global teams experiment, iterate, and turn new ideas into products customers can rely on.

If you’re looking for high-ownership work, visible impact, and a culture that values innovation, collaboration, accountability, and growth—where you’ll be trusted to lead and empowered to build—you’ll thrive at Druva.

What We Offer

The pay range for this position is expected to be between $214,000 and $285,333/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized, non-discriminatory factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, and equity. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits program, including health and wellness benefits, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

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