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Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

The Auth0 Sales Team

Auth0 supports Okta’s vision of freeing anyone to safely use any technology by providing a secure, highly available, enterprise-grade platform that secures billions of log-ins every year for Consumer and SaaS applications. As a Public Sector Auth0 AE, you will drive territory growth through both net new logos and cultivating relationships to develop and grow existing Auth0 customers. With the support of your Okta ecosystem, your focus will be on consistent results and an unwavering commitment to our customers.

Auth0 is an Enterprise-grade IRAP-assessed Customer Identity Access Management system (CIAM) relied upon by many of the region's Government and Highly Regulated agencies to make login seamless, simple and secure.

Public Sector Account Executive, Auth0

The successful candidate is a highly motivated, self-driven, and senior Public Sector sales executive who is passionate about winning key new logos, about engineering and product technology, and about driving protection against the biggest identity threats.

As an Auth0 Account Executive, you will be working with the most important government agencies delivering digital citizen services, enhancing the experience of liaising with and using government 3.0 services. Auth0 is focused on providing value to Product Development teams (Engineering, Product, Security and Architecture). You will continually drive territory growth primarily through net new logo acquisition as well as through cultivating relationships to develop and grow existing Auth0 customers.

What you’ll be doing:

Build a plan to guide your long-term approach to net new logo pipeline generation
Consistently deliver revenue targets to support YoY territory growth
Identify, develop and execute account strategies to generate pipeline, drive sales opportunities and deliver repeatable and predictable bookings
Identify, target and gain access to appropriate leaders in prospect accounts, building and cultivating your network of decision makers
Demonstrable skills in creating compelling artefacts, documents and presentations to convey ideas
Highly experienced in Executive Stakeholder alignment and running Quarterly Business Reviews
Scope, negotiate and close agreements to meet and exceed revenue quota targets
Holistically embrace, access, and utilize partners to identify and open opportunities
Build and nurture effective working partnerships within your Okta ecosystem (xDRs, Partners, Presales, Customer First, etc) – with a proven track record of partnering with key SIs and AWS
Travel as necessary to build and cultivate customer and prospect relationships

What you’ll bring to the role:

10+ years success in growing revenue for sophisticated, complex Public Sector and enterprise focused SaaS products
Ability to evangelize, educate and create demand within Product, Digital and Engineering organizations, with a strong track record of pitching and closing to Product, Engineering, and Architecture decision makers
Deep technical discovery skills that resonate with the developer community (you must have a strong grasp of product development lifecycle, DevOps, engineering terminology, product management)
Strong technical acumen with proven ability to connect a technical sale to a company’s business and transformation outcomes
Impeccable business accumen and outstanding communication and presentation skills with audiences of all levels (both Practitioners and Executives) and all technical aptitudes, with attention to detail
Prior experience working with and facilitating large transformational Engineering, Product and Digital initiatives
Confident and self-driven with the humility required to successfully work in teams
Proven record of out-of-the-box thinking to open up new logos and win transformative opportunities
Expertise using a Sales Framework such as MEDDPICC, Challenger or Sandler (we use MEDDPICC)
Consistently high-level energy, rigour and accuracy with forecasting and opportunity hygiene management.

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Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.

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Public Sector Account Executive, Auth0

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