Mid-Market Account Executive, Cobalt
West Coast
$119.2-149k
OTE
+ Equity
More information about location
Penetration testing software provider
Open for applications
Penetration testing software provider
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$119.2-149k
OTE
+ Equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To become the world's interface to the security workforce.
Role
Who you are
- 3–5+ years of success selling to technical customers within the technology space
- Demonstrated expertise in selling SaaS solutions to CTOs, CISOs, and other Security Leaders
- Experience selling security products, with a solid understanding of web application security and related concepts
- Familiarity with the challenges and priorities of modern security teams
- Consistent history of consistently exceeding sales goals and driving impactful outcomes
- Hands-on experience navigating complex technical sales cycles and managing multiple stakeholders
- Strong work ethic, a results-driven mindset, and a desire to exceed expectations
- Passion and experience selling through multiple channels
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Highly self-motivated, proactive, and adaptable to a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- An ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external partners to close deals and build lasting relationships
What the job involves
- We are seeking an Account Executive to sell our Pentesting and Offensive Security services to our mid-market US customers in the West
- In this role, you’ll own the full sales cycle - from identifying and prospecting new accounts to building a strong pipeline, delivering impactful demos, and closing deals with mid-market US customers
- Additionally, you’ll develop and execute upsell and cross-sell strategies within your customer portfolio, contributing directly to their success—and ours
- You will work with a supportive team that will provide training and the opportunity for career advancement
- Manage the entire Sales Cycle in the assigned territory - Opportunity creation to close
- Research and analyze target accounts to identify key decision-makers and influencers
- Prospect, develop and close a rolling pipeline of opportunities
- Identify and develop upsell and cross-sell opportunities, expanding relationships within existing accounts
- Continuously refine and improve sales strategies and processes for greater efficiency and effectiveness
- Work closely with the account team, including Account Executives, Customer Success Managers, and Business Development Representatives, to ensure seamless execution of goals
- Prepare and deliver sales projections/forecasts to management
- Conduct impactful sales meetings with key accounts to showcase value, address challenges, and secure commitments
Our take
Cobalt is a penetration testing platform providing PtaaS to significantly improve the efficiency and deliverability of penetration testing. The company is working to transform a multi-billion dollar industry that is set to grow in value as vulnerabilities become an increasing liability.
Its approach, using a curated marketplace of 400+ highly vetted ethical hackers, is pioneering in an industry typically hobbled by inefficient practices. Existing services tend to deliver a PDF list of vulnerabilities at the end of a testing period, whereas Cobalt delivers results in real-time, integrated into the client’s existing environment.
Usefully for Cobalt, smaller and larger businesses alike have the need for its offering, as the use (and protection) of data becomes increasingly important across all scales. In an age where hacker tech is rapidly developing, Cobalt's continuous pen-testing will no doubt prove a vital and attractive tool, and the company's recent integration of AI will support its users in combatting more complex threats.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2020
$29m
SERIES B
May 2018
$5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $36.5m
Company benefits
- Equity plan
- 401k matching for retirement savings plan
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible PTO, to support work life balance from anywhere in the US, UK, and Germany
- Monthly WFH stipends for equipment, lunches, wellness and learning & development
- Work directly with experienced senior leaders
- Make your mark in the rapidly expanding PtaaS space
- Join an award-winning “best workplace” and fast growing team
- Medical, dental and life insurance benefits
Company HQ
South Beach, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sonali Shah
(CEO)Joined Cobalt as CEO in 2024. They are a seasoned Business Leader with more than 20 years of experience scaling high-growth businesses across the cybersecurity landscape.
Lisa Matherly
(CMO)Joined Cobalt as CMO in 2023. They have over 2 decades of experience in B2B Marketing and Cyber Security. Prior to Cobalt, they spent most of their career at McAfee, Intel, and 3Com in various leadership roles across Marketing, Customer Service, and Sales.
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