# Enterprise Account Executive - Chicago

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/e0061f00-3dde-476b-bae6-82b33e3723eb

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

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

## Summary

Kong seeks an experienced enterprise sales professional to manage the complete sales cycle for large organizations, building pipelines and closing complex deals in the SaaS and infrastructure space. The role suits proven hunters comfortable with executive-level negotiations and territory ownership in a high-growth environment.

_Our summary, not Kong Company's wording._

## Skills named

Salesforce

## Required

- 7+ years enterprise sales experience
- Experience selling to organizations with 5,000+ employees
- Proven success closing complex, high-value SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, or enterprise software deals
- New-logo and account expansion experience
- Ability to sell to and navigate C-level executives and multiple stakeholders
- Consultative selling, negotiation, forecasting, and account-planning skills
- CRM platform proficiency (Salesforce or similar)
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment

## Nice to have

- Knowledge of APIs, open source, cloud, or infrastructure technology

Apply on Kong Company's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kong/3720fede-bb36-4b5b-8763-96dc3b5c89bc/application