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    Account Executive, AI/HPC (UK)

    Pure Storage

    🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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    SaaS
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    Work Type

    Remote

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    himalayas

    About this role

    We’re in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here, you lead with innovative thinking, grow along with us, and join the smartest team in the industry. This type of work—work that changes the world—is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us.

    THE ROLEJoin Everpure™ at the epicenter of the AI revolution. As a Senior Account Executive specializing in AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC), you will lead the mission to deliver critical data infrastructure to the world’s most innovative organizations.

    You’ll serve as a strategic visionary, orchestrating complex pursuit teams and collaborating with C-suite executives to power the next generation of machine learning and data science workloads. This is an opportunity to thrive in a high-growth environment where your expertise directly shapes the future of AI innovation.

    WHAT YOU'LL DO

    Drive AI Infrastructure Adoption: Evangelize the Everpure™ Platform and our radically simple, all-flash technology to organizations at the forefront of AI innovation, ensuring they fully grasp our unique value proposition for advancing the field.

    Lead High-Stakes Pursuits: Orchestrate cross-functional pursuit teams and develop strategic account plans that engage all internal resources to secure new logo acquisitions and win complex, multi-million-dollar deals within F1000 companies.

    Cultivate Executive Partnerships: Build and maintain deep-rooted relationships with C-Suite, SVP, and VP-level decision-makers, navigating the data center to the boardroom to establish Everpure™ as a long-term strategic partner.

    Influence the AI Roadmap: Collaborate directly with our product and engineering teams to provide critical market feedback, ensuring our data pipelines and infrastructure solutions continue to solve the industry's most persistent AI and HPC challenges.

    Maximize Territory Impact: Manage a rob

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Enterprise

    6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals

    Prospecting

    Channel / Partner

    Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Territory

    Named Accounts

    Pre-assigned list of target companies

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    C-Suite Selling·Required skill

    Typical Day — Account Executive

    Stakeholder meetings3–5/week
    Executive presentations2–3/week
    Business cases & RFPs1–2/week
    Forecast & pipeline2×/week
    Champion coachingDaily

    Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.

    Role Signals

    Green Flags

    ✓
    Equity/Stock Options

    Ownership stake offered

    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

    ARR / MRRNet Revenue Retention (NRR)CAC Payback PeriodLogo Churn vs Revenue ChurnACV (Avg Contract Value)Magic Number

    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.

    Tags

    Sales
    Account-Executive
    AI-and-HPC-Sales
    Enterprise-Sales
    Strategic-Sales
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    Walk me through your discovery process.

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    How do you handle a prospect who goes silent mid-deal?

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    Tell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.

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    How do you build business cases for stakeholders?

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    Describe a deal you lost and what you learned.

    Template question
    Research Pure Storage's product, recent news, and key competitors
    Prepare metrics: quota attainment %, average deal size, win rate
    Practice a 2-minute product demo pitch for a mock discovery call
    Prepare to discuss your home office setup and self-management discipline
    Review the job description and map your experience to each requirement
    Role Insights

    As an Account Executive with Pure Storage, you'll own the entire revenue pipeline and be measured on quota attainment.

    Expect to work with recurring revenue models where customer retention is as important as acquisition.

    This remote-friendly role based in GB provides geographic flexibility while maintaining access to a SaaS market.

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