Sauce Labs Inc.
Sauce Labs is the world’s largest full-lifecycle, test automation platform, and the company behind Selenium. Trusted by 80% of the world’s top ten largest financial institutions and over 300,000 enterprise users, Sauce Labs provides the only AI platform capable of turning business intent into autonomous testing and quality assurance. With a proprietary dataset of 8.7 billion test runs, Sauce Labs empowers the Fortune 2000 to bridge the gap between AI-driven code generation and enterprise-grade software quality. Learn more at saucelabs.com . The Role: Sauce Labs is seeking a Senior Account Executive, a sophisticated, strategic hunter who excels in the art of the complex enterprise sale. This is a net-new logo acquisition and expanding under penetrated tier 1 accounts role designed for a high-performer who thrives on breaking into untapped territories and winning competitive accounts. As a Senior AE, you won’t just manage a territory; you will own it as a franchise. You will be responsible for navigating multi-threaded sales cycles, aligning Sauce Labs’ value proposition with the digital transformation goals of the world’s most innovative companies, and serving as a mentor to the broader sales organization.
Value-Led Prospecting : Execute a strategic outbound motion that leads with insights rather than features, identifying "unrecognized pain" within enterprise organizations to create new pipeline. Business Value Discovery: Lead deep-dive discovery sessions to uncover technical bottlenecks and translate them into financial impacts, such as delayed time-to-market, developer churn, and brand risk. Economic Case Construction: Collaborate with prospects to build comprehensive ROI and TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) models that justify the investment. Disruption: Effectively challenge the prospect’s current state (e.g., manual testing or open-source DIY) by quantifying the "Cost of Inaction" and positioning Sauce Labs as a strategic catalyst for digital transformation. Strategic Orchestration: Act as the "deal architect," aligning Sauce Labs executive sponsors and technical experts with the customer’s "Economic Buyer" to ensure alignment on business outcomes. MEDDPICC Rigor: Maintain extreme discipline in qualifying opportunities based on the customer’s Identified Decision Criteria and Quantifiable Business Results. Required Skills: Experience: 5 - 7+ years of quota-carrying SaaS sales experience, with at least 3-5 years specifically in a Strategic or Enterprise-level hunting role. Domain Expertise: Proven track record selling technical solutions (DevOps, SDLC, Cybersecurity, or Cloud Infrastructure) to technical buyers (CTOs, VPs of Engineering). The "Big Deal" DNA: Demonstrated history of closing six-figure and seven-figure deals. Methodology Mastery : Expert-level command of MEDDPICC, Force Management, or similar value-based sales frameworks. Executive Presence: Exceptional ability to command a room (or a Zoom) with C-Suite executives, translating technical advantages into business outcomes. Agility: A "startup soul" with "enterprise discipline", the ability to pivot quickly while maintaining a high standard of professional execution. Education : Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in a high-growth tech environment. Mobility: The ability to travel at least 25% of the time, to be on-site and/or in-region with your customers as required. We are a hybrid workplace that recognizes the importance of flexibility while valuing in-person collaboration and relationship building. As a result, Saucers located near an office location must be able and willing to come into the office. Those hired remotely must be able and willing to travel to an office as required by the specific role. Please note our privacy terms when applying for a job at Sauce Labs. Sauce Labs is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity/expression/status, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. Security responsibilities at Sauce At Sauce, we will commit to supporting the health and safety of employees and properties, partnering with internal stakeholders to learn and act on ever-evolving security protocols and procedures. You’ll be expected to fully comply with all policies and procedures related to security at the department and org wide level and exercise a ‘security first’ approach to how we design, build & run our products and services. We are excited to share the base salary for this position exclusive of fringe benefits, potential bonuses or stock-based compensation. Your base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience, along with its relationship to the base salaries of current team members at Sauce Labs that are similarly situated.
US Compensation Range $125,000 — $150,000 USD