Enterprise Account Executive

OverviewThis is a general track role, hiring for opportunities across all levels of seniority in our Sales Teams. Apply if you possess outstanding revenue-generating experience from the Technology industry. Open source software is the new default in the enterprise, and Canonical is the new challenger to major enterprise software vendors. We deliver better open source from the data center to cloud and edge. Our Linux distribution Ubuntu is now the leading platform for public cloud compute, and the favorite platform for software engineers, data scientists and AI developers. Our mission is to accelerate the adoption and quality of open source globally, and our goal is to ship the most software on the planet by cores. A tidal wave of open source innovation is the next phase of the entire enterprise software industry, and we aim to be the most compelling way to ride that wave. Our customers include Global 500 enterprises and startups. We are expanding our product range from the base operating system – Ubuntu – to full enterprise solutions in infrastructure and applications. We can deliver software‑defined storage, private cloud solutions, container runtime environments, as well as databases, message queues, identity, observability, analytics, machine learning and web publishing capabilities. Customers love the idea that they can get security compliance and support for everything open source from a single company. Our goal is to have more solutions on tap than any other vendor, and we have built unique capabilities to make that possible across every cloud, every class of compute and every category of application. Canonical provides licensed enterprise software products, commercial support, managed services, consulting and training services to customers who are deploying Ubuntu or open source applications on the cloud, in their data center, or to the connected device and IoT ecosystem. We are just over 1,000 colleagues in 70+ countries and $250m in revenue, profitable, on a steady but relentless growth trajectory. We are almost entirely distributed, with leadership spread across many countries. We believe that talent is equally distributed across the globe, and we are excited to hire, develop, promote and ultimately trust a diverse group of exceptional leads to build the best, not biggest, enterprise software company.In building our sales team, we look for five thingsEmpathy for the customer – a real understanding of customer needs, industry‑specific challenges, and a desire to help customers solve their business problemsHigh intellect – the ability to learn quickly, understand very complex subjects, and communicate clearly to build trust and confidencePassion for technology – a fascination with the state of the art from brilliant people solving hard problems, and fierce competition for large prizesTeamwork – a willingness to help others, to collaborate well with people from different disciplines, and to balance personal and team ambitionsEnergy – the drive to motivate oneself and others to achieve the best result for the team and our customersWhat your day will look likeRepresent the company, its solutions and software, in your territoryBuild and execute a territory plan to prioritize outreach and prospectingDevelop new pipeline through outreach, prospecting, local marketing, and industry eventsClose contracts to meet and exceed quarterly and annual bookings targetsBe mindful and proactive in achieving tactical and strategic objectivesManage customer relationships and interactions through all stages of the sales cycleWork with field engineers to propose solutions that solve our customers' business problemsWork with customer success to identify growth opportunitiesMaintain accurate pipeline data and forecasts within SalesforceEstablish productive professional relationships with key influencers and decision makersWhat we are looking for in youBachelor's level degree, preferably in engineering or computer scienceExperience of open source technology and solutionsDetail oriented with effective follow‑upExperience in enterprise software or technology sales planning and executionTrack record of achievement in sales targets and new