Strategic Account Executive

Back to jobs Strategic Account Executive Remote - United States Apply What We’re Building Honeycomb is a service for the near and present future, defining observability and raising expectations of what developer tools can do! We’re working with well known companies like HelloFresh, Slack, LaunchDarkly, and Vanguard and more across a range of industries. This is an exciting time in our trajectory, we’ve closed Series D funding, scaled past the 200-person mark, and were named to Forbes’ America’s Best Startups of 2022 and 2023! If you want to see what we’ve been up to, please check out these blog posts and Honeycomb. io press releases . Who We Are We come for the impact, and stay for the culture! We’re a talented, opinionated, passionate, fiercely inclusive, and responsible group of bees. We have conviction and we strive to live our values every day. We want our people to do what they truly love amongst a team of highly talented (but humble) peers. How We Work We are a fully distributed company, which means we believe it is not where you sit, but how you deliver that matters most. We invest in our people and care about how you orient to our culture and processes. At the same time we imbue a lot of trust, autonomy, and accountability from Day 1. #LI-Remote Little more about the team: Joining the Strategic Sales team is an opportunity to be at the forefront of the observability revolution, helping cutting-edge engineering teams solve their most complex performance challenges. As part of a high-impact, fast-growing company, you’ll engage with forward-thinking customers, shape strategic deals, and work alongside a passionate team that values curiosity, transparency, and innovation.

If you thrive in a dynamic environment, love tackling technical sales challenges, and want to be a key player in driving business growth, Honeycomb. io is the place to accelerate your career. What you’ll do in the role: - Drive new business growth by actively identifying, qualifying, and closing high-value opportunities with global enterprise customers. - Develop and maintain deep, consultative relationships with executive stakeholders (C-level and key decision-makers), articulating Honeycomb’s observability value proposition. - Own full-cycle sales from prospecting to contract negotiation and final close, collaborating cross-functionally with Sales Engineering, Marketing, and Customer Success. - Create tailored account strategies for each major enterprise, leveraging market insights, usage data, and knowledge of complex tech stacks to showcase Honeycomb’s ROI. - Utilize MEDDPICC framework (Metrics, Economic Buyer, Decision Criteria, Decision Process, Paper Process, Identified Pain, Champion, and Competition) to qualify opportunities, forecast accurately, and drive deals to close. - Develop and execute multi-threaded sales campaigns, engaging multiple decision-makers and influencers across different levels and functions within target accounts. - Map out organizational hierarchies and buying committees to identify key stakeholders, champions, blockers, and decision-makers. - Drive personalized outreach through a mix of channels (email, phone, social media, in-person meetings) to create meaningful engagement at multiple levels. - Partner closely with the Sr. Director Strategic Accounts to refine sales methodologies, iterate on go-to-market plays, and ensure continuous improvement in the enterprise segment. - Champion customer feedback to internal teams, influencing product and business strategies that help expand Honeycomb’s presence in the global market. What you’ll bring to the role: - Strong enterprise software sales experience with a proven track record of success closing multimillion-dollar deals, ideally in observability, cloud infrastructure, or developer tooling.