Illumination Systems Arizona

Enterprise Account Executive

Illumination Systems Arizona
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in enterprise sales with a focus on technical validation and value selling across storage, data infrastructure, AI/ML, and analytics. Proven ability to build and maintain executive relationships while managing complex negotiations and account planning.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Enterprise Sales ExperienceTechnical Validation SkillsAccount PlanningAI/ML and Analytics ExpertiseNegotiation Skills

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own the Boston territory and full sales cycle, including account prioritization, direct outreach, discovery, technical validation, quantified business value, executive alignment, negotiation, and close
  • Build new franchise accounts through complex enterprise opportunities and expansion paths across workloads, business units, and regions
  • Inherit and grow existing accounts through upsell and cross-sell opportunities
  • Lead technical and vision selling across storage, data infrastructure, lakehouse, AI/ML, analytics, and HPC environments
  • Control POCs and POVs with clear success criteria and build business cases
  • Compete against legacy storage vendors, cloud alternatives, direct competitors, and the status quo
  • Build champions and executive relationships and navigate security, procurement, finance, and multi-stakeholder buying committees
  • Orchestrate Solutions Engineering, product, executive, and partner resources through close and expansion
  • Maintain disciplined account plans, current CRM records, realistic close dates, and evidence-based forecasts

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • A sustained record of enterprise quota attainment and personally led new-logo wins, with 7+ years of direct enterprise quota-carrying experience preferred
  • Experience closing multiple technical enterprise deals and carrying a $1.5M+ quota (or comparable responsibility)
  • Experience as one of the first one to three sellers building a region, segment, or new-market account focus at an early-stage or category-building company
  • Technical credibility in storage, object storage/S3, data infrastructure, data lake/lakehouse, AI/ML, analytics, HPC, or adjacent platforms
  • A repeatable, metrics-based approach to direct outreach, territory building, and pipeline creation including effective partner co-selling
  • Skill in technical validation, value selling, competitive displacement, executive access, and complex negotiation
  • Entrepreneurial ownership combined with disciplined forecasting, account planning, and collaboration
  • Direct object-storage and S3 ecosystem experience
  • AI/ML, lakehouse, analytics, or HPC workload experience
  • Co-sell experience with cloud, channel, OEM, or alliance partners
  • Experience displacing legacy storage or incumbent infrastructure vendors

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • 401K with 3% Contribution
  • Pre-IPO Stock Options
  • At least 12 Public Holidays
  • Flexible Time Off

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Hard Skills
Enterprise Quota AttainmentTechnical SellingValue SellingComplex NegotiationMetrics-Based OutreachPipeline CreationAccount PrioritizationDirect OutreachBusiness Case DevelopmentCompetitive Displacement
Soft Skills
Entrepreneurial OwnershipCollaborationExecutive AccessRelationship BuildingCommunication
Tools & Technologies
CRM SystemsS3 EcosystemData Lake/LakehouseStorage SolutionsHPC Environments
Industry Keywords
Enterprise SalesAccount ManagementCloud SolutionsStorage VendorsTechnical Infrastructure