Strategic Account Executive, Optro
EMEA
25%-30% travel
1 day a week in office
AI-powered GRC software
Job no longer available
AI-powered GRC software
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
25%-30% travel
1 day a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To redefine GRC through a single, AI-powered system of action.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of sales experience with at least 4 years selling enterprise/B2B SaaS solutions in a high-growth or dynamic sales environment
- Ranked among the top salespeople in your recent roles with a consistent track record of exceeding quarterly and annual quotas that reach above $1.3M-$1.7M
- Strong experience managing deal sizes of $100k-1M+ ARR with a strong ability to align with the segment’s buying processes and stakeholder dynamics
- Proven ability to successfully navigate complex SaaS deals and articulate the distinct aspects of products and services, engage multiple stakeholders effectively , and position them against competitors
- Experience leveraging cross-functional teams - Customer Success, Solution Engineering, Renewals - to drive customer satisfaction and expansion across large enterprises
- Strong executive presence with the ability to build trusted relationships at the C-Suite level
- Experience within regulated industries, and navigating legal negotiations a plus
- Skilled in utilizing MEDDICC/MEDDPICC sales qualification framework
- Adaptable and growth mindset; committed to continuous improvement; driven by knowledge and team success
- Excellent listening, responsiveness, and presentation skills
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly motivated, results-driven Strategic Account Executive to join our growing team at AuditBoard. In this role, you will focus on managing and expanding relationships with our most influential, high-revenue clients—accounts with $15B+ in revenue
- These strategic accounts represent the pinnacle of our existing customer base, as well as new customer pursuits, and you will be at the forefront of driving and fostering meaningful growth and long-term partnerships
- You’ll own a dedicated territory of named accounts, working closely with cross-functional teams—including CS, Alliances, Product, and Engineering — to execute strategic sales motions that align with our clients’ evolving business needs
- Your role will span across new business and high-touch expansions (cross-sell & upsell), ensuring our strategic accounts are empowered with the solutions and support they need to thrive
- With a focus on Total Addressable ARR (TAM) and premium support, you will have the opportunity to strategically craft and execute a solution-centric sales approach, collaborating with advisory firms and key decision-makers to identify and drive impactful integrations
- As a trusted advisor, you'll play a key role in shaping the evolution of our product offering in line with the needs of the largest and most complex accounts in our portfolio.This is a hybrid role with at least one (1) day in the office per week (every Wednesday)
- As a Strategic Account Executive, you will be responsible for selling AuditBoard products to both large publicly traded and private organizations
- Execute full-cycle sales, including territory planning, pipeline generation, and progressing sales opportunities to close – we are in search of dynamic and ambitious sales achievers who can build and maintain a viable pipeline
- Expanding business opportunities in existing + new customer accounts within your assigned territory – this role will have a split of cross-sell/up-sell and net new business acquisition
- Develop multi-year account plans, territory plans, and tailored strategies to position AuditBoard’s multi-pillar platform sales across multiple business units and economic buyers
- Build trusted relationships with CxOs by deeply understanding their priorities and delivering solutions that align with their strategic objectives. Collaborate with CCOs, CAOs, CFOs, CIOs, CTOs, EVPs, and SVPs to develop tailored solutions that meet their specific needs
- Identify prospective customers' pain points, educate them on AuditBoard’s value, highlight our differentiators, effectively demo the product via video conference / onsite, and guide prospects through the sales process with 25%-30% travel, including client and partner meetings as well as events and conferences
- Co-create a solution and business case to enable stakeholders across the business to advocate for and adopt Auditboard into their organization
- Work closely with SDRs, Product Solutions (SEs), and Value Architects to achieve sales goals and partner with Implementation and Customer Success teams to support and set expectations for customers
- Develop the partner ecosystem (Big 4 Accounting and boutique firms) to aid in business development efforts
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Optro (formerly AuditBoard) provides risk and compliance software for large businesses. The company's founders spent years working at the Big Four and other global enterprises, and realized that many audit activities were still taking place in Excel sheets, or using legacy software like IBM's OpenPages, which hadn't kept up to date with the latest reporting requirements.
The result was an end-to-end platform for managing risk, helping enterprises to streamline internal audit, SOX compliance, controls management, risk management, and security compliance. It's a top-rated cloud-based platform and has won numerous awards, with the company being consistently named the market leader in Audit Management.
Now Optro is focused on expanding its AI-powered GRC platform. Following its rebrand from AuditBoard, the company acquired AI-native SOX automation platform Midship to help audit teams automate repetitive work and focus more on strategic risk analysis. And impressively, more than 50% of the Fortune 500 now use Optro's platform as it continues building AI-driven tools for risk, compliance, and cybersecurity teams.
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Insights
36% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2018
$40m
SERIES B
Apr 2017
$3.6m
SERIES A
Total funding: $43.6m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness benefits: High quality health plans and access to hormonal and family-building support.
- Time away from work: Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, sick time, bereavement, and more.
- Financial benefits: Beyond a competitive salary, plans are provided to assist in your financial future including retirement and pension plans as well as life and disability insurance.
- Parental leave: Parents are eligible for time off to care for their newborn, adopted child, or foster child. Parental leave benefits and pay vary by location.
- Professional development: Continuously grow through development workshops, mentoring programs, and more.
- Community impact: We partner with communities to provide services in addition to sponsoring our own events.
- Live your best life: Invest in yourself, on us. Our monthly wellness stipend is designed to support your life beyond the screen, giving you the flexibility to fuel your passions and your well-being.
- Mental health: Access to Headspace’s well known meditation support plus coaching and therapy, for you and additional loved ones.
Company HQ
Wilmington, DE
Leadership
Raul Villar Jr.
(CEO)Prior to joining Optro in 2025, Raul was the CEO of Paycor for nearly 6 years. They also spent over 8 years at AdvancedMD and nearly 22 years at ADP.
Jim Sperduto
(CGO)Prior to joining Optro in 2025, Jim spent over 30 years at ADP. While there, they held a number of roles, including President of Small Business, Retirement, and Insurance Services.
Haibei (Happy) Wang
(Chief Product & Technology Officer)Prior to joining Optro in 2023, Haibei was the CTO at Everbridge and Skupos. They also held VP roles at Globality, AccelOps and Scripps Network Interactive.
April Crichlow
(CMO)April spent over 17 years at SAP, ultimately as CMO at SAP SuccessFactors. They then spent 3 years at Centrical as CMO before joining Optro in 2025.
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