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Kong Company

Enterprise Account Executive - Chicago

Kong Company

Illinois, United States · Remote · Mid

$320,000 – $400,000

Listed on Kong Company’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

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. The full posting is on their site.

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What they ask for

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

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