Sr. Account Executive

hatch I.T.Australian Capital Territory, AustraliaOn-siteFull-timeSenior, 5–8 yearsListed 2 weeks ago

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Job Essential Skills/Requirements/Experience:

- 4+ years of successful enterprise, public-sector or technology sales experience, preferably selling SaaS or SaaS-like B2B and B2G solutions.

- Proven attainment or over-achievement of sales revenue goals, with evidence of independent prospecting, pipeline generation, qualification, forecast management and deal progression.

- Experience selling to or through government, defence, law enforcement, intelligence, critical infrastructure, cyber, data, risk, national security or regulated-industry customers.

- Demonstrated ability to operate across multi-country territories, preferably including AUS/NZ, ASEAN or broader APAC markets.

- Ability to manage complex sales cycles from start to finish, leveraging internal resources across Sales Operations, Legal, Product, Customer Success and leadership while keeping external stakeholders moving.

- Credible first-level technical demo and discovery capability for OSINT, analytics, data, AI-enabled workflows, managed attribution, vendor vetting or related mission-driven use cases.

- Strong partner and reseller discipline, including the ability to qualify partner-led opportunities, clarify commercial flow, manage partner expectations and retain Babel Street ownership of value, pricing and next actions.

- Ability to protect renewals and existing accounts through proactive customer engagement, account planning, renewal follow-up, churn-risk identification and expansion opportunity development.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to engage senior executives, operational users, technical stakeholders and contracting or procurement officers.

- High CRM discipline, including timely updates to SFDC or equivalent tools, accurate stage/close-date/contact-role management and clear written handover-ready account notes.

- Ability to balance competing priorities and manage multiple deals, partners, renewals and internal workstreams at the same time.

Job Desirable Skills/Requirements/Experience:

- Experience selling OSINT, cyber, data, analytics, AI, risk intelligence, investigative workflow or national-security related software.

- Experience navigating government procurement pathways, reseller-led sales motions, partner or prime contractor structures, panel or framework procurement and large commercial procurement processes.

- Existing regional network across AUS/NZ or ASEAN public-sector, defence, intelligence, law enforcement, cyber or regulated-industry communities.

- Security clearance, prior government or military exposure, or national-security education.

Education:

- Degree is preferred but not required depending on experience.