FullTime
Remote
SaaS
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About this role
About WorkOS 🚀WorkOS builds modern developer tools and APIs that make it easy for companies to become Enterprise Ready.
Our platform powers authentication, identity, authorization, and other critical infrastructure that developers need to securely scale their products to large organizations.We recently raised a $100M Series C, valuing the company at $2B, led by Meritech and Sapphire with participation from Greenoaks, Craft, Abstract, and Audacious.
WorkOS powers enterprise features for many of the fastest-growing AI companies, including OpenAI, Cursor, and Perplexity, Sierra, and Plaid.As AI reshapes software, WorkOS is at the frontier of Human and Agent Authentication, Identity, and Access Control helping companies answer a new critical question: who are your agents, and what are they allowed to do?
Our fast-growing customer base includes hundreds of modern software companies building the next generation of enterprise-ready products.
About the roleWorkOS has a strong bottoms-up, developer-first GTM motion and we’re building the next chapter of our sales team.
As an Account Executive, you’ll own pipeline and revenue from end-to-end, selling to product-minded developers and technical leaders at fast-growing companies.This role is designed for high-agency sellers who thrive in early GTM environments, love being in the market, and want to experiment with new ways to build pipeline, especially with AI-native workflows.
You’ll work closely with Solutions Engineers and customer-facing engineers to deliver a technical, consultative buying experience.
Responsibilities ✔️Own the full sales cycle: prospecting, qualification, discovery, demos, closing, and expansionBuild pipeline through a mix of outbound, inbound follow-up, and in-person events (especially in SF and New York)Develop internal champions by selling to a technical audience with a developer-first approachRun experiments to improve conversion across top-of-funnel, evaluation, and close (messaging, targeting, tooling
Selling Motion
Sales Cycle
Enterprise
6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals
Prospecting
Hybrid
Mix of inbound leads and outbound prospecting
Buyer Persona
C-Suite
Selling to executive decision-makers
Requirements at a Glance
Typical Day — Account Executive
Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.
SaaS — Interview Intel
Typical Sales Cycle
30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)
Common Buyer Objections
- "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
- "We built something in-house already"
- "We don't have budget until next quarter"
- "Our team won't adopt another tool"
Key Industry Metrics
Hot Topics to Reference
- • AI-native product disruption
- • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
- • Vertical SaaS consolidation
- • Usage-based pricing models
Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.
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Walk me through your discovery process.
Template questionHow do you handle a prospect who goes silent mid-deal?
Template questionTell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.
Template questionHow do you build business cases for stakeholders?
Template questionDescribe a deal you lost and what you learned.
Template questionThis Account Executive position at Workos involves managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through close.
SaaS sales roles typically involve consultative selling with longer deal cycles.
This remote-friendly role provides geographic flexibility while maintaining access to a SaaS market.
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