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 role đź’WorkOS has a strong bottoms-up developer-focused GTM motion. To compliment, we are building out our early sales team. You will be responsible for managing and expanding our Enterprise relationships. You will work closely with potential clients to understand their needs and demonstrate how WorkOS can help them scale their business by simplifying enterprise integrations.
This role requires strong relationship-building skills, a consultative sales approach, and the ability to navigate complex sales cycles. Successful candidates will have experience with experimentation, working in early sales teams, building strong relationships with technical leaders, and enjoy building processes from scratch.
Responsibilities ✔️Business Development: Identify, qualify and close high potential customers and foster internal technical champions by building a delightful customer journey tailored to a technical audience/preferences of a technical buyerExperimentation: Lead experiments to increase revenue across our Enterprise segmentCollabora
Selling Motion
Sales Cycle
Enterprise
6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals
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 questionAs an Account Executive with Workos, 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 provides geographic flexibility while maintaining access to a SaaS market.
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