# Enterprise Account Executive - San Francisco

Hiring organization: [Kong Company](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/kong-company)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/8a4005bb-0644-4756-8cbb-e28fca949ab0

Listed on Kong Company's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: California, United States
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 320000 – 400000 USD per year

## Summary

Kong is hiring an experienced enterprise sales professional to build and close large deals with Fortune 500 companies, managing the complete sales cycle from prospecting through contract signature and account expansion. This role suits sellers who excel at navigating complex organizational hierarchies, closing high-value deals, and thrive in fast-paced SaaS and cloud environments.

_Our summary, not Kong Company's wording._

## Skills named

Salesforce

## Required

- 7+ years of enterprise sales experience
- Experience selling to large organizations with 5,000+ employees
- Proven track record closing complex, high-value SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, or enterprise software deals
- Ability to build and manage sales pipeline
- Experience selling to and developing relationships with C-level executives
- Consultative selling, negotiation, forecasting, and account-planning skills

## Nice to have

- Knowledge of APIs, open source, or infrastructure technology
- Experience in hunter-mentality new business development
- Ability to work in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments

Apply on Kong Company's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kong/64690c74-d1a8-4f31-8765-53f04d576d38/application