On-site
SaaS
greenhouse
About this role
The Team + The Role
Pendo’s Commercial Sales organization drives revenue growth across growth-stage and SMB customer segments. The team helps customers understand, adopt, and expand the value they get from Pendo while creating a consistent revenue motion across prospecting, acquisition, account management, renewals, expansions, and retention. This work matters because it connects customer outcomes directly to Pendo’s long-term growth.
As a Sr. Account Executive, you will own the full customer lifecycle within a primary territory of growth-stage businesses with more than 300 employees, with secondary focus on small to mid-sized businesses. You will serve as the primary point of contact for customers in your book of business, leading net-new acquisition, account management, renewals, expansions, and churn mitigation. You will partner with Customer Success, Solutions Engineering, Legal, and Finance to deliver long-term customer value while achieving quarterly sales and retention targets.
This role is based in our Raleigh office.
What this looks like day-to-day
- Develop product expertise: Build deep understanding of Pendo’s products and how they solve customer challenges. Use that knowledge to guide discovery, shape solutions, and support both net-new and existing customer conversations.
- Own the full sales cycle: Manage net-new prospects and current customers from discovery through close. Lead expansion and renewal strategies within your book of business while maintaining clear accountability across the customer journey.
- Generate pipeline consistently: Build consistent weekly pipeline generation in partnership with business development. Identify new opportunities across your territory and create steady momentum toward pipeline
Selling Motion
Sales Cycle
SMB / Transactional
Under 1 month, high-velocity closing
Prospecting
Channel / Partner
Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances
Buyer Persona
C-Suite
Selling to executive decision-makers
Territory
Greenfield
Build territory from scratch — net-new logos
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.
Tags
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 Pendo involves managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through close.
SaaS sales roles typically involve consultative selling with longer deal cycles.
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