Enterprise Account Executive

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Okta is The World's Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we're looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. 

Join our team We're building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Okta is an identity company. Identity matters because we're all unique. We were raised in different countries, cities, and towns. We have unique backgrounds. We've faced specific challenges. And we've learned a lot along the way. At Okta we believe those experiences equip us to look at the world with our own perspective. Our SaaS product protects your right to be you, and we want every single one of our employees to feel a sense of belonging, acceptance and comfort to express their ideas, because ultimately our differences are what makes us great. And guess what? You could join us because…

The Enterprise Sales team in France is growing

Okta EMEA's enterprise sales organisation are a team of entrepreneurial and driven sales professionals and they are playing a key role in the expansion of Okta as we establish ourselves as a market leader in the French territory, leveraging Okta's existing customer references, marketing programs, partner base and ISV & alliance relationships.

The Enterprise Account Executive will focus on user base accounts above base accounts and develop strategies and sales tactics to generate pipeline and drive sales opportunities to produce repeatable and predictable bookings, while adhering to Okta's core value of always focusing on the success of our customers.    

As an Okta Enterprise Account Executive you will:

• Develop and execute sales strategies and tactics to generate pipeline, drive sales opportunities and deliver repeatable and predictable bookings
• Embrace to Okta's #1 core value to always love our customers
• Generating new business with the world's largest organisations
• Position Okta at both the functional and business value level with target stakeholders;
• Champion Okta to prospective clients at sales presentations, site visits and product demonstrations
• Build effective working partnerships with your Okta colleagues (channel partners, sales engineering, business value management, customer first + many more) with humility and enthusiasm

You could be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Passion for technology and how it can help organisations compete and thrive in the Digital Age;
• Excitement about the opportunity to join the French territory arm of an exciting and fast-growing SaaS provider;
• A track record of success selling a Software-as-a-Service and/or Cloud Computing services to the largest and most complex organisations in the French territory
• Experience in value-based selling at senior/C-Level
• A reputation as a trusted business partner for you peers in the local reseller and system integrator community
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills;
• The ability to travel, including customer & partner sites, and visits to our EMEA HQ in London, and the US

You might also have:

• Understanding of and experience with Identity & Access Management, Single Sign-on and API-based solutions is always great but definitely not a must have
• BSc/BA degree or equivalent (preferred but not essential)

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What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today

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