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    Senior Account Executive

    Vanta

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    Remote

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    SaaS

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    About this role

    At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust.We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it.

    As a Senior Account Executive at Vanta, you will hunt and win new logos across North America’s mid-market. You’ll own your pipeline, run a full-cycle new business sales process, and help security, IT, and business leaders make trust a competitive advantage. You’ll join our newly launched Mid Market team, selling a platform that gets broader and more technical with every product we launch.

    Our Senior Account Executives are hunters. SDRs and inbound are valuable partners, but our best AEs open doors themselves and own the pipeline it takes to hit their number. They are also curious learners: they go deep on a complex product and domain, run sharper discovery because of it, and tie what Vanta does to real business outcomes.

    If this sounds like you, and you’re excited to join a growing sales team, we’d love to hear from you.

    What you’ll do as a Senior Account Executive at Vanta:

    Build and own your pipeline: research target accounts, form a point of view on why they should talk to Vanta now, and run multi-channel outbound to open new logos

    Partner with SDRs and capitalize on inbound demand, while owning the qualified pipeline needed to hit your number

    Run the full sales cycle for mid-market companies 51-1000 employees, from first meeting through negotiation and close

    Lead deep discovery with technical and business buyers, including CISOs, Heads of Security and IT, Engineering leaders, and executives

    Connect Vanta to business outcomes like faster sales cycles, reduced risk, and lower cost of compliance, and build business cases that help your champions secure budget

    Learn Vanta’s platform

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Mid-Market

    1–6 month cycles, moderate deal complexity

    Prospecting

    Hybrid

    Mix of inbound leads and outbound prospecting

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Territory

    Named Accounts

    Pre-assigned list of target companies

    Requirements at a Glance

    Negotiation·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.

    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
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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 Vanta'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

    Account Executives are the revenue engine of any sales organization — this role will require strong pipeline management and closing skills.

    Top SaaS reps often earn significant upside through accelerators once quota is exceeded.

    Remote positions in sales offer flexibility but require strong self-discipline and proactive communication with distributed teams.

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