Enterprise Account Executive, Defense AI

    Secureframe

    🇺🇸 New York, NY
    Remote
    FullTime
    SaaS
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    Job Type

    FullTime

    Work Type

    Remote

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

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    About this role

    At Secureframe, we’re building the next generation of cybersecurity and compliance software. Thousands of organizations use our platform to strengthen security, automate compliance, and earn trust. We’re backed by leading investors including Kleiner Perkins, Accomplice, Gradient Ventures, BoxGroup, and Village Global.Secureframe’s Defense business is experiencing record growth.

    We recently launched Secureframe Defense, an AI-powered platform that helps Defense Industrial Base organizations move from secure-environment deployment through documentation, continuous monitoring, and assessment readiness.

    Our Defense AI product line combines modern software, secure infrastructure, Microsoft and cloud ecosystems, expert guidance, and services to solve a high-stakes problem for organizations protecting national defense information.

    About the roleWe’re hiring an Enterprise Account Executive to become one of the founding enterprise sellers for our Defense AI product line.

    You’ll help define how Secureframe wins complex, high-value opportunities across the Defense Industrial Base and adjacent public-sector markets—and help turn an emerging product category into a durable enterprise business.You’ll own a target sales motion of approximately 90 days, with typical contract values ranging from $50K to $500K.

    These opportunities can span complex IT environments, multiple business units, security and compliance programs, Microsoft licensing, cloud and on-premises infrastructure, secure enclaves, implementation services, and executive-level transformation priorities.This is a builder role for a strategic seller.

    You’ll create account plans, develop champions, multi-thread technical and executive stakeholders, coordinate experts, shape business cases, navigate procurement, and close. Just as importantly, you’ll bring the voice of the market back to Product and GTM leaders as we build the future of Secureframe’s Defense business.

    What you’ll doOwn the full enterprise sales cycle from tar

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Enterprise

    6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Territory

    Vertical-Specific

    Focused on a single industry vertical

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required

    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.

    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
    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 Secureframe'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

    This Account Executive position at Secureframe 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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