Strategic Account Executive, OverflowAPI

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Remote
Senior level
AdTech • Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Edtech • Enterprise Web • Productivity • Software
Empowers the world to develop technology through collecting knowledge.
The Role
The Strategic Account Executive will prospect and develop a sales pipeline, focusing on new business for the OverflowAPI solution. Key responsibilities include closing deals above quota, maintaining strong client relationships, and contributing to sales strategies. The role requires a consultative sales approach and experience with enterprise technology, especially targeting large organizations with technology personas.
Summary Generated by Built In

Every developer has a tab open on Stack Overflow.  

We are one of the most popular websites in the world - a community-based space focused on increasing productivity, decreasing cycle times, accelerating time to market, and protecting institutional knowledge. 

Innovation is at the heart of everything we do. We embrace collaboration, transparency, and believe in leading with empathy; creating an environment where every Stacker knows they belong. We embrace that the unique contributions and points of view of all Stackers contribute to our success.

We are a Best Company to Work For, in addition to being recognized for Best Company Leadership, Best Company Happiness, Best Company Perks and Benefits, Best Company Work-Life Balance, Best Company Compensation, and Best Company Outlook.

We are a remote-first company with Hiring HUBs based in the US, Canada, UK, and Germany.

We are seeking a talented, driven sales hunter to find and close new business across Enterprise accounts supporting our OverflowAPI solution. OverflowAPI is the premier data source to train and fine tune AI models and improve key elements like RAG. 

Like us, you’re a high performer who’s an expert at your craft, enjoys hunting new business, and constantly challenging the status quo. You are motivated, driven by challenge and personal achievement. You have a presence that is fired up with enthusiasm and passion for what you do. It’s how you move, it’s how you approach another person, it’s your handshake, and you stand and face the person. Your energy can make or break the sales call. You understand how to create demand, compelling the customer to consider a solution that may never have been under consideration. You effectively adapt to situations and overcome objections, build rapport, stay calm under pressure, and empathize with the customer.

What you’ll do:

  • Prospect, qualify and develop a robust sales pipeline.
  • Utilize strong hunting mentality to win net new Strategic Accounts.
  • Drive revenue by prospecting and building pipeline while building strong personal relationships with existing and potential clients.
  • Close new business consistently at or above quota level.
  • Develop and execute on a strategic plan for the territory and create reliable forecasts.
  • Become known as a thought leader on our OverflowAPI product.
  • Contribute to our sales playbooks and our product roadmap.

What we expect from you:

  • 10+ years overall SaaS sales experience with successful track record targeting greenfield Strategic clients 
  • 5+ years experience selling enterprise technology in a fast-paced and competitive market. 
  • 2+ years experience selling data
  • A consultative, relationship-driven sales philosophy and an innate desire to help clients.
  • Ideal experience selling to data scientists/software engineers/technology personas 
  • Demonstrated long-term success and upward mobility in previous roles.
  • Experience targeting technology/software engineering personas
  • Excellent interpersonal and communications skills (written and verbal) with the ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships both internally and externally (including C-level).
  • Self-starter with the ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
  • High-energy levels paired with curiosity, an agile mindset, and a strong desire to learn business in a dynamic company.
  • Excellent organizational, planning and implementation skills.
  • High attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
  • Passionate about the Stack Overflow story and our global connection to developers and ways that we can help them learn, share and level up.  #LI-KS1 #LI-remote

What you’ll get in return:

  • Competitive Base Salary 
  • Generous paid vacation
  • Generous parental leave (16 weeks at 100% pay), family care leave, and unlimited sick days
  • Equity for all employees at all levels
  • Industry-leading health benefits that are applicable per country of residence for all our full-time employees
  • Company-paid Life Insurance
  • Home Internet stipend
  • Professional allocation for your growth and development
  • One-time allowance to assist with your home office setup
  • Company-paid access to Calm, Bravely, LinkedIn Learning, MyAcademy and Overdrive

Stack Overflow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We value diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging and these pillars are at the heart of how we work together here at Stack. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying. 

For individuals based in California, and other locations where required, we will consider employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Top Skills

SaaS
The Company
514 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 2008

What We Do

Stack Overflow is empowering the world to build for the future. More than 100 million people come to Stack Overflow every month making it one of the most-visited websites in the world. It’s best known for its public platform, which has attracted over 14 million users and helped developers and technologists over 50 billion times since its founding in 2008.

Stack Overflow’s Reach & Relevance products include employer branding, content, and advertising, which help technology brands reach developers with content relevant to them. In 2017, Stack Overflow launched a private version of the public Q&A platform so enterprises can capture institutional knowledge, collaborate asynchronously, and boost efficiency across teams. Today, over 10,000 customers partner with Stack Overflow, including Bloomberg, Microsoft, Instacart, Chevron, Expensify, and eBay.

Why Work With Us

Every person we hire makes Stack Overflow an even better place to work. We foster an open and diverse work culture where everyone works together. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere and welcome anyone to champion ideas. We support a culture that’s open to trying new things and is constantly trying to learn from the things we build.

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