Abnormal
CybersecurityDirect Greenhouse career site

Major Account Executive - NYC/New Jersey

Pay
$157,250 – $185,000 per year
Location
Remote (US)
Job type
Full-time
Level
Director
Experience
5+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Listed
31 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • enterprise new logo acquisition
  • SaaS sales to CISOs
  • complex deal negotiation

Also useful

  • email security
  • cloud security
  • AI security

About the Role

As a Major Account Executive in NYC, you will serve as the primary driver of Abnormal AI's relationships across approximately 20 accounts. You are responsible for all transactions within that account and help quarterback the sales ecosystem to support the customer's success.

The ideal candidate for the role will be local to the NYC area and have the following skillset:

  • Proven hunter with a disciplined approach to early pipeline development and prospecting into enterprise accounts. Skilled at leveraging all five demand gen pillars: AE prospecting, SDRs, marketing, channel, and customer referrals.
  • Strong qualifier with a knack for uncovering customer pain points and connecting them to compelling, value-driven solutions.
  • Effective presenter able to tailor demos and messaging to resonate with stakeholders based on specific business challenges.
  • Process-oriented with a consistent, repeatable sales methodology and strong time management skills - capable of managing multiple deals without sacrificing quality.
  • Data-disciplined, maintaining accurate and consistent account and opportunity data at all times.
  • Business case builder, experienced in quantifying ROI across multiple dimensions for diverse stakeholder groups.
  • Knowledge sharer, able to extract, organize, and document customer insights and deal lessons to enable broader team learning.
  • Internal guide, adept at navigating and supporting internal buying processes.
  • Resilient and resourceful, with the grit to thrive in early-stage environments and a strong understanding of how to leverage cross-functional teams including SEs, marketing, BDRs, product, and CS.

What you will do

  • Sell Abnormal security solutions to approximately 20 Major Accounts (F500/ Global 500) within your defined territory with the goal to overachieve new annual recurring revenue quota
  • Work from initial conversations through signing a contract and up-selling once they're a customer.
  • Prospect and generate new business opportunities within Major Accounts to supply enough pipeline for them to hit sales targets.
  • Work with Customer Success to ensure a timely renewal and expansion sale opportunities
  • Continually document results and maintain accurate data across all sales systems (Salesforce, Highspot, Close Plan)
  • Be a voice for the customer/prospect with internal teams including Sales Engineering/POV team, Product and Marketing to ensure appropriate prioritization to close more revenue.

Must Haves

  • Enterprise Account Hunter with 5+ years of direct (not overlay) experience driving new logo acquisition within Fortune and Global 500 organizations, focused on cold prospecting, multi-threading, and closing complex, high-value deals
  • Proven track record of success closing new Major Account Logos, while also cross selling/ upselling and growing the existing customer account
  • Skill in negotiating with large organizations and closing complex sales.
  • Proven performer with consistent over quota performance and/or top 5% of sales org
  • Technically competent: Conversant in key areas: security, email, cloud, AI, etc.
  • Cyber-security Software sales: Experience selling subscription software/SaaS to CISOs and security personnel
  • Start-up experience: Success at a company that was early stage, underdog or was a new entrant with large competitors or similar (limited resources-build territory including: channel, tech partners, initial customer wins, etc.)
  • BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience
  • #LI-LB2
  • Actual compensation will be determined based on several non-discriminatory factors including skills, experience, qualifications, and geographic location.

Pay and benefits

In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Base salary range

$157,250—$185,000 USD

A note on AI in our process

Abnormal AI uses AI-assisted tools to help our recruiting team prepare for candidate interviews. These tools analyze resume content and role requirements to suggest interview questions and areas for the interviewer to explore.They do not make hiring decisions or screen candidates automatically. Every decision about a candidacy is made by a person.

Further, if your application is successful and Abnormal AI makes a conditional offer of employment, we will carry out pre-employment checks which must be successfully completed to progress to a final offer. All processes and pre-employment checks are in line with prevailing legislation and Abnormal AI's policies relevant to our security and privacy standards.

Read the original posting

From Abnormal's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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