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Sales Account Executive

PingCAPWest Coast, New York, United States | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Austin, Texas, United States | Denver, Colorado, United StatesRemote, Onsite
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Join us as we scale our business in NA/EMEA by building on our tremendous success around the world. The massive database market is going to double over the next few years (the IDC estimates it to be $119B+ by 2025) and PingCAP is a global player positioned as a major disruptor with TiDB Database and Database as a Service offering.  TiDB is an open-source, cloud-native, distributed SQL database for elastic scale and real-time analytics. Large and high-growth organizations in markets as varied as financial services, logistics, gaming, e-commerce and software as a service have successfully deployed and expanded their TiDB footprint on mission-critical applications. Our strong open-source community roots (32,000 stars on GitHub), innovative products and inclusive culture draw passionate and dedicated people to our company. Learn more about PingCAP careers and join our team to be at the forefront of innovation and growth.

Responsibilities


  • Segment territory to optimize your pipeline generation effort.
  • Drive market awareness and generate qualified leads in lighthouse accounts. 
  • Follow-up promptly and effectively on marketing leads.
  • Forecast, track customer activity in internal systems, update management in a timely fashion to help collectively drive success. 
  • Learn what matters to key personas involved in the selection of a new database. 
  • Engage clients to seriously consider TiDB while driving discovery and qualification using MEDDIC and working with solution engineers. 
  • Get buy-in on our technical and business value proposition with client stakeholders.
  • Progress sales cycles by aligning with core client needs and conveying compelling narratives Close deals to meet quota objectives and help document customer success stories.
  • Share your experience and learning in the field (needs, requirements, objections, competition) to help mature our sales plays and remove adoption hurdles.
  • Accountable for individual expense budget management.

Qualifications


  • 8+ years of experience in a quota-carrying enterprise sales position at an established open-source technology company or a mature cloud-based solution provider (AWS/Azure/GCP, etc).
  • Willingness to get your hands dirty to prospect, engage clients and help build our sales playbook.
  • A customer-friendly sales professional with a strong ability to accelerate customers timelines and with a track record of building up and winning large opportunities.
  • Experience and willingness to strive in a startup environment with a strong appetite to streamline and simplify work-streams and processes. 
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science is strongly preferred, but not a disqualifying requirement.
  • Willingness to travel to customer sites as needed, which may require meeting people away from their official workplaces until customers open up their offices to visitors again.

$150,000 - $300,000 a yearThe annual anticipated base salary range for U.S. candidates for this role is USD $150k to $300k OTE. Four zones are applied with different levels of the pay range. More details of the Geo Differential Pay Policy will be discussed during the HR conversation. The actual individual base pay will depend on various factors such as the complexity and responsibility of the role, work locations, job levels, and relevant experience and skills. This role is also eligible to participate in PingCAP's Bonus and Equity Plan, as well as our Sales Compensation Plan if it is a sales role.

In order to comply with local legislation and provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges on all US job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Please note that actual salaries may vary and fall outside of this range depending on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, geographic location, skills, experience, and competencies. Other benefits include health insurance, flexible vacation time, paid holidays, and parental leave. Salaries for candidates outside the U.S.

will vary based on local compensation structures.We encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply. Come advance with us! In keeping with our values, no employee or applicant will face discrimination/harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or veteran status. PingCAP also strives to prevent other, subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (e.g., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our organization.

Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at PIngCAP.Apply for this job

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Life at PingCAP

We are hiring! Check out our job openings: https://angel.co/pingcap-1/jobs PingCAP is dedicated to building an open source distributed Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) database. The flagship product, TiDB, features infinite horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability. The goal of TiDB is to serve as a one-stop solution for all online transactions and analysis. TiDB: https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/ TiKV: https://github.com/pingcap/tikv/
Thrive Here & What We Value1. Inclusive Culture2. Emphasis on innovation and growth3. Commitment to diversity and preventing discrimination/harassment4. Transparency in salary ranges and benefits5. Encouragement of underrepresented groups to apply6. Flexible vacation time, paid holidays, and parental leave7. Support for underrepresented groups8. No discrimination or harassment based on various factors9. Opensource community roots10. Innovative products
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