At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive relationships with major accounts and sell innovative security solutions.
- Company: Join a cutting-edge AI security company making waves in the industry.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic startup environment with opportunities to shape your career.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of AI security and make a real impact on enterprise clients.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in enterprise sales with a proven track record in complex deal closures.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
As a Major Account Executive in the UK, you will serve as the primary driver of Abnormal AI’s relationships across approximately 20 accounts. You are responsible for all transactions within that account and help quarterback the sales ecosystem to support the customer’s success.
The ideal candidate for the role will be local to the UK area and have the following skillset:
- Proven hunter with a disciplined approach to early pipeline development and prospecting into enterprise accounts.
- Skilled at leveraging all five demand gen pillars: AE prospecting, SDRs, marketing, channel, and customer referrals.
- Strong qualifier with a knack for uncovering customer pain points and connecting them to compelling, value-driven solutions.
- Effective presenter able to tailor demos and messaging to resonate with stakeholders based on specific business challenges.
- Process-oriented with a consistent, repeatable sales methodology and strong time management skills — capable of managing multiple deals without sacrificing quality.
- Data-disciplined, maintaining accurate and consistent account and opportunity data at all times.
- Business case builder, experienced in quantifying ROI across multiple dimensions for diverse stakeholder groups.
- Knowledge sharer, able to extract, organize, and document customer insights and deal lessons to enable broader team learning.
- Internal guide, adept at navigating and supporting internal buying processes.
- Resilient and resourceful, with the grit to thrive in early-stage environments and a strong understanding of how to leverage cross-functional teams including SEs, marketing, BDRs, product, and CS.
What you will do:
- Sell Abnormal security solutions to approximately 20 Major Accounts (F500/ Global 500) within your defined territory with the goal to overachieve new annual recurring revenue quota.
- Work from initial conversations through signing a contract and up-selling once they’re a customer.
- Prospect and generate new business opportunities within Major Accounts to supply enough pipeline for them to hit sales targets.
- Work with Customer Success to ensure a timely renewal and expansion sale opportunities.
- Continually document results and maintain accurate data across all sales systems (Salesforce, Highspot, Close Plan).
- Be a voice for the customer/prospect with internal teams including Sales Engineering/POV team, Product and Marketing to ensure appropriate prioritization to close more revenue.
Must Haves:
- Enterprise Account Hunter with 5+ years of direct (not overlay) experience driving new logo acquisition within Fortune and Global 500 organizations, focused on cold prospecting, multi-threading, and closing complex, high-value deals.
- Proven track record of success closing new Major Account Logos, while also cross selling/ upselling and growing the existing customer account.
- Skill in negotiating with large organizations and closing complex sales.
- Proven performer with consistent over quota performance and/or top 5% of sales org.
- Technically competent: Conversant in key areas: security, email, cloud, AI, etc.
- Cyber-security Software sales: Experience selling subscription software/SaaS to CISOs and security personnel.
- Start-up experience: Success at a company that was early stage, underdog or was a new entrant with large competitors or similar (limited resources-build territory including: channel, tech partners, initial customer wins, etc.).
- BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience.
Major Account Executive employer: Abnormal
At Abnormal, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that fosters a culture of innovation and continuous learning. As a Learning Experience Facilitator, you will not only lead engaging onboarding sessions but also have the opportunity to shape the future of AI transformation in a collaborative environment. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, access to cutting-edge AI tools, and a commitment to creating memorable learning experiences, Abnormal is the ideal place for those looking to make a meaningful impact in their careers.