Senior Enterprise Account Executive

Harness; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave

Quarterly TGIF-Off / 4 days

Social events and team-building

Job summary

Harness is seeking a high-velocity sales professional to drive enterprise logos and exceed quota in a hybrid role based in New York. You will own the full sales cycle, forecast accurately, and align with sales engineering and development teams.

The role requires a proven track record selling to C-levels, strong account planning, and MEDDIC methodology. The compensation includes base salary, commission, equity, and benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of closing enterprise deals.
• Ability to sell to C-Level and across IT & business units.
• Strong MEDDIC-based pipeline qualification.
• W2 track record with quota overachievement.

Responsibilities

• Manage full sales cycle from prospect to close.
• Forecast accurately and communicate with the team.
• Use Salesforce to track progress and reporting.
• Collaborate with sales engineering and sales development.

Skills

Enterprise sales

Account planning

C-level selling

Quota achievement

MEDDIC

ROI storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics, acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). Harness has raised approximately $570M in funding and is valued at $5.5B, backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, Citi Ventures, and more. As AI accelerates code creation, the real bottleneck has shifted to everything after the code – testing, deployments, application security, reliability, compliance, and cost optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this “outer loop,” helping teams ship software faster while maintaining security and governance throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle.

Position Summary

Harness is looking for sales champions and leaders who are as passionate about building the next great software company as they are about blowing out their numbers every quarter.

About The Role

• Exceeding your number- Winning new enterprise logos
• Forecasting correctly, communicating clearly, aligning brilliantly with the rest of the team
• Not being afraid of being data driven - including using Salesforce and other tools to track your progress
• Managing full sales cycle from prospect to close
• Collaborating with other teams, including sales engineering and sales development

About You

• A proven track record of driving and closing enterprise deals
• Account planning and execution skills
• Ability to sell C-Level and across both IT and business units
• Consistent overachievement of quota and revenue goals with a strong W2 track record
• Understands the value of utilizing a strong sales methodology such as MEDDIC when building pipeline and qualifying opportunities
• Proven consultative sales solution skills, including the ability to articulate a clear, concise return on investment value statement
• Ability to maintain a high level of productivity, manage multiple competing priorities, and work effectively under the pressure of time constraints in a fast-paced, complex, collaborative, and team-oriented environment
• Bachelors Degree or equivalent

Work Location

This is a hybrid role based out of New York, NY.

What You Will Have at Harness

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
• Quarterly Harness TGIF-Off / 4 days
• Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team-building events
• Recharge & Reset Program
• Monthly internet reimbursement
• Commuter benefits

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $140,000 - $162,500 annually.

Salary is determined by a combination of factors including location, level, relevant experience, and skills. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position. The compensation package for this position also includes a commission/variable component, which is based on performance, plus equity, and benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.harness.io/company/careers

A valid authorization to work in the U.S. is required.

Harness In The News

• Accelerating Our Mission to Bring AI to Everything After Code
• Goldman Sachs leads investment in software delivery startup Harness at $5.5 billion valuation
• How Harness runs 16 “startups within a startup” at scale | Jyoti Bansal
• Harness Research Shows AI Visibility Crisis Fueling Security Nightmare
• Harness has been named to the Inc. Power Partner list for software delivery success

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

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