Large Enterprise Account Executive 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.

Okta is an identity company. Identity matters because we’re all unique. We were raised in different countries, cities, and towns. We have unique backgrounds. We’ve faced specific challenges. And we've learned a lot along the way. At Okta we believe those experiences equip us to look at the world with our own perspective. Our SaaS product protects your right to be you, and we want every single one of our employees to feel a sense of belonging, acceptance and comfort to express their ideas, because ultimately our differences are what makes us great. And guess what? You could join us because…

The Large Enterprise Sales team in France is growing!

Okta EMEA’s enterprise sales organisation are a team of entrepreneurial and driven sales professionals and they are playing a key role in the expansion of Okta as we establish ourselves as a market leader in the French territory, leveraging Okta’s existing customer references, marketing programs, partner base and ISV & alliance relationships.

The Large Enterprise Account Executive will focus on user base accounts above 20000. base accounts and develop strategies and sales tactics to generate pipeline and drive sales opportunities to produce repeatable and predictable bookings, while adhering to Okta’s core value of always focusing on the success of our customers.

As an Okta Large Enterprise Account Executive you will:

Develop and execute sales strategies and tactics to generate pipeline, drive sales opportunities and deliver repeatable and predictable bookings

Embrace to Okta’s #1 core value to always love our customers

Generating new business with the world’s largest organisations

Position Okta at both the functional and business value level with target stakeholders;

Champion Okta to prospective clients at sales presentations, site visits and product demonstrations

Build effective working partnerships with your Okta colleagues (channel partners, sales engineering, business value management, customer first + many more!) with humility and enthusiasm

You could be a great fit for this role if you have:

Passion for technology and how it can help organisations compete and thrive in the Digital Age;

Excitement about the opportunity to join the French territory arm of an exciting and fast-growing SaaS provider;

A track record of success selling a Software-as-a-Service and/or Cloud Computing services to the largest and most complex organisations in the French territory

Experience in value-based selling at senior/C-Level

A reputation as a trusted business partner for you peers in the local reseller and system integrator community

Excellent verbal and written communications skills;

The ability to travel, including customer & partner sites, and visits to our EMEA HQ in London, and the US

You might also have:

Understanding of and experience with Identity & Access Management, Single Sign-on and API-based solutions is always great but definitely not a must have

BSc/BA degree or equivalent (preferred but not essential)