Strategic Account Executive Okta

Okta

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. ARE YOU READY TO REDEFINE THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL IDENTITY IN THE AI ERA? Okta’s UKI Strategic Account Executive Sales Team is hiring! Our Strategic Account Executives (SAE) are the visionary leaders who orchestrate and drive sales engagements for our most critical and prestigious UKI customers. In an era where Artificial Intelligence is transforming how enterprises operate, identity has become the new security perimeter. As an SAE, you won't just be selling software—you will act as a trusted, long-term advisor helping the C-suite safely navigate the AI revolution. You will build first-class Account Plans that map directly to your customers' overarching business strategies, digital transformation initiatives, and AI adoption plans. By championing value-based selling, you will translate complex technical capabilities into undeniable business outcomes, showing how secure identity is the ultimate enabler of modern enterprise innovation and ROI. You will collaboratively plan and orchestrate the execution of aligned account strategies, ensuring robust opportunity generation, deep relationship alignment, and flawless account governance. Expect to lead from the front: presenting Okta’s transformational proposals, negotiating high-stakes terms, and bringing down complex, multi-layered, seven-figure deals that deliver massive win-win scenarios for both the customer and Okta. Beyond managing existing relationships, you will hunt for new business leads that fit our ideal client profile, uncovering uncharted territory in the market. You will align closely with our Global partners to build sustainable strategic engagements, and leverage cutting-edge Account-Based Marketing to ensure Okta's investment continuously aligns with customer growth. We are seeking a passionate, strategic, and hyper-focused professional to drive massive new revenue growth across Fortune 500 accounts. As an individual contributor, you will play a vital, high-visibility role in driving a significant share of revenue for Okta, helping the world's most prominent enterprises transition securely into a smarter, AI-driven future. We provide our reps with an environment where they can make incredibly valuable contributions from day one, while also building endless opportunities for learning and career growth. The work you do here will directly impact the security, trust, and digital experience of the world's largest organizations. AS AN OKTA STRATEGIC ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, YOU WILL: * Establish a Vision: Create and execute a master plan to guide your long-term, strategic approach to the premier accounts assigned in your Territory. * Master Value Selling: Deeply understand your clients' business goals and tie Okta's solutions directly to their strategic imperatives, continuously selling on business value and ROI rather than just features. * Orchestrate Complex Deals: Navigate and close highly complex, multi-stakeholder, seven-figure deals, bringing together cross-functional teams to deliver transformational outcomes. * Enable Secure AI Transformation: Partner with clients to position identity as the critical foundation for their AI initiatives, ensuring they can safely deploy AI agents, automate workflows, and manage machine-to-machine identities without compromising security. * Expand & Deepen: Land, adopt, expand, and entrench sales opportunities within Fortune 500 accounts across your region. * Navigate the Org Chart: Explore the full spectrum of relationships and business possibilities across the client’s entire organizational structure, from technical buyers to the CIO, CISO, and Board of Directors. * Be a Thought Leader: Become the definitive authority on Okta’s platform, the vertical in which you are aligned, and the evolving security requirements of the modern, AI-first enterprise. * Leverage the Ecosystem: Holistically embrace, access, and utilize our channel and alliance partners to identify and crack open new, uncharted opportunities. * Collaborate to Win: Work as a unified team for the most efficient deployment of resources, providing timely and insightful input back to other corporate functions. * Champion the Platform: Represent Okta to prospective clients at executive sales presentations, site visits, and high-impact product demonstrations. * Build Partnerships: Cultivate highly effective working partnerships with your Okta colleagues globally (channel partners, sales engineering, business value management, customer first, etc.) with both humility and relentless enthusiasm. YOU COULD BE A GREAT FIT FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU HAVE: * Proven Experience: A highly consistent track record in strategic field sales, specifically developing new logos and selling enterprise cloud software to Fortune 500 companies. * Complex Deal Expertise: A proven track record of successfully navigating, negotiating, and closing highly complex, six-to-seven-figure software cloud deals with prospects and customers in the defined territory. * Value-Selling Mastery: Deep experience with target account selling, solution selling, and consultative sales techniques that focus on business value. (Knowledge of MEDDIC, Challenger methodologies, or similar frameworks is a massive plus!) * Forward-Looking Tech IQ: A solid understanding of how modern technologies, automation, and AI are reshaping enterprise security, data access, and cloud architectures. * Ecosystem Leverage: Previous success utilizing partners, channels, and alliances to sell more effectively and obliterate your quota. * Domain Knowledge: Experience selling complex cloud solutions in areas like enterprise Cloud/SaaS software, identity/security, infrastructure management, application development, or modern data platforms. * Market Creation Skills: A measurable track record in new business development and over-achieving sales targets, especially in high-growth, fast-changing environments or during market creation phases. * Executive Presence: Deep experience engaging with the “C” suite, possessing strong executive presence, immense polish, and world-class listening skills. Apply now to continue the conversation and speak with one of our recruiters about doing the best work of your career. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. #LI-LW1 #LI-Hybrid P-2782_3465880 Below is the annual On Target Compensation (OTE) range for candidates located in the United Kingdom. Your actual OTE, which is inclusive of base salary and incentive compensation, will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable) and comprehensive healthcare coverage and financial benefits including paid time off and parental leave in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/gbr. The OTE range for this position for candidates located in the United Kingdom is between: £193,000—£265,000 GBP The Okta Experience * Supporting Your Well-Being  * Driving Social Impact  * Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

Okta

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Auth0 Sales Team Auth0 supports Okta’s vision of freeing anyone to safely use any technology by providing a secure, highly available, enterprise-grade platform that secures billions of log-ins every year for Consumers and SaaS applications. This team in the UKI is growing exponentially with net new growth headcount being released to support the demand in the market.  The Auth0 Enterprise Account Executive Opportunity As an Auth0 Enterprise Account Executive, you'll play a pivotal role in expanding our footprint and driving significant revenue growth. You'll be instrumental in demonstrating the profound value of our platform to Application Development teams, including Engineering, Product, Security, and Architecture leaders. This isn't just about closing deals; it's about building lasting partnerships, identifying new opportunities, and nurturing existing customer relationships to ensure their continued success and expansion with Auth0. WHAT YOU'LL DO: * Drive New Business Growth: Proactively generate and nurture top-of-funnel activity to create a robust pipeline of new customer opportunities. * Master the Sales Cycle: Execute every sales engagement with precision, leveraging a methodical and controlled sales approach to navigate complex deals. * Strategic Territory Management: Develop and execute comprehensive territory plans, demonstrating strong operational excellence and delivering accurate forecasts. * Engage Technical Audiences: Employ a sophisticated "bottom-up, top-down" strategy to effectively target and engage Developers, Engineering Leaders and other technical stakeholders.  * Achieve and Exceed Targets: Skilfully scope, negotiate, and close agreements, consistently meeting and exceeding your revenue quota. * Cultivate Internal Partnerships: Build and foster strong, collaborative relationships within your Okta ecosystem, including SDRs, Pre-Sales, and Customer Success teams, to ensure seamless customer experiences. * Deliver Value-Driven Insights: Adopt a compelling, value-based sales approach, consistently bringing a unique and insightful point of view to every customer interaction. * Connect In-Person: Travel as needed to meet with customers, building stronger relationships and understanding their unique needs firsthand. What you’ll bring: * Proven Enterprise SaaS Sales Success: Demonstrable track record of successfully selling complex enterprise SaaS products to large organisations. * Technical Sales Acumen: Significant experience and comfort selling to highly technical customer profiles. * Executive Engagement: Ability to educate and create demand with C-level decision-makers, effectively articulating the business value of Auth0. * Hunter Mentality: Strong experience and a clear passion for acquiring and then expanding new logo accounts. * Complex Deal Navigation: Proven ability to navigate intricate sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders, both within the customer organisation and your internal ecosystem. * Technical Curiosity: A strong technical aptitude and an insatiable curiosity to continuously learn and understand new technologies. * Sales Framework Expertise: Demonstrated expertise in utilising a structured sales framework such as MEDDPICC, Challenger, or Sandler. #LI-Hybrid #LI-LW1 P23762_3492846 Below is the annual On Target Compensation (OTE) range for candidates located in the United Kingdom. Your actual OTE, which is inclusive of base salary and incentive compensation, will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable) and comprehensive healthcare coverage and financial benefits including paid time off and parental leave in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/gbr. The OTE range for this position for candidates located in the United Kingdom is between: £164,000—£226,000 GBP The Okta Experience * Supporting Your Well-Being  * Driving Social Impact  * Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

Okta

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. You’d be joining a team of experienced sellers who target the largest multi-national organisations. We’re still in growth mode in our Large Enterprise space and YoY we’ve managed to secure some big wins with some incredible clients which still have upsell and cross sell opportunities; however we plan on growing this space hugely in the coming years so we’re looking for people who can deliver both whitespace land and expand but also expertly manage complex opportunities.   As a Large Enterprise Account Executive you will: * Go to market as an expert on both our Workforce and Customer identity cloud offerings. * Establish a vision and plan for the accounts assigned in your territory by using a tiering approach. * Build thorough account plans detailing customer strategy, financials, pains, objectives and stakeholders. * Proactively drive your own top of funnel activity through Inmails, events, networking and other creative avenues always ensuring you have enough pipeline to hit your number. * Equally utilise Sales Development (SDR’s & BDR’s), Marketing and the Partner ecosystem to help find and win new logo opportunities. * Leverage upsell and cross sell opportunities within your install base accounts to grow the success of your customers and Okta. * Adopt a strong value based sales approach; always looking to bring a compelling point of view to our customers. * Develop trusted and long term advisory partnership with executives in your accounts, leveraging the Okta technology to support them in hitting their key strategic goals. * Follow a MEDDPICC, Command of the Message sales methodology to navigate complexity in the sales cycle and ensure you’re ahead of any obstacles to the deal closing. * Build mutual action plans in partnership with your customers to create shared accountability. * Partner with cross functional teams from Sales Development (SDR’s & BDR’s) to Channel & Alliances, Marketing, Pre-Sales, Solutions Architects, Legal, Deal Desk and more to ensure success for yourself and Okta. * Leverage our Business Value team to show our customers their ROI and deliver effective messaging about the long term impact of the Okta solutions. You could be a great fit for this role if you have: * Expert level experience selling Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud technology into Enterprise organisations, with over 10.000 employees. * Experience self sourcing your opportunities through a range of methods with a drive to win and grow new logos. * Navigated long complex sales cycles with multiple stakeholders from both the customer base and within your own company. Typical deal sizes you may have sold starting at $200,000 ARR. * Significant experience selling to both technical audiences such as CIO, CISO, CTO and the commercial personas such as Product, Marketing, HR, Operations etc. * German and English language skills. #Linkedin_Hybrid #IGP21954   Below is the annual On Target Compensation (OTE) range for candidates located in Germany. Your actual OTE, which is inclusive of base salary and incentive compensation, will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable) and comprehensive financial benefits including paid time off and parental leave in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/deu. The OTE range for this position for candidates located in Germany is between: €196.000—€270.000 EUR The Okta Experience * Supporting Your Well-Being  * Driving Social Impact  * Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.