Strategic Account Executive - Jira Align

Working at AtlassianAtlassian can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Assuming you have eligible working rights and a sufficient time zone overlap with your team, you can choose to work remotely or from an office (unless it’s necessary for your role to be performed in the office). Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.At Atlassian, we are on a mission to help our customers compete and win in the modern, digital economy. We have built a multi-billion-dollar, fast-growing software business with over 200,000 paying customers, hundreds of sales and implementation partners, and millions of users around the globe. Our culture is open, welcoming, collaborative, and focused on our customers' success.Our Enterprise Solution Sales team builds and implements a sales strategy. They guide the use of select products and services to our largest customers. At the same time, we want our Strategic Account Executives, to be an advocate for our customers, providing feedback to our product and engineering teams and helping us improve our customer experience. They lead territories comprised of named accounts and a geographic region, frequently working arm-in-arm with our own Strategic Account Managers, Solution Engineering, Channel Partners, Product and Marketing organisation.We are looking for an experienced Strategic Account Executive to join our team and help bring Jira Align, an enterprise project management and Agile planning tool, to market. The Strategic Account Executive will identify and close new business opportunities, developing relationships with main decision-makers, and adoption of Jira Align across North America.

In This Role, You'll Get To:

• Identify and qualify new business opportunities through a combination of networking and outbound prospecting with our core Enterprise Advocates team.
• Present the value of Jira Align to the C-suite executives of potential customers.
• Work in a team environment with other parts of Atlassian (Channel Managers, Solutions Engineers, Inside Sales, Marketing, Services, Support, Product Management, Finance and Legal) to ensure prospects are educated on the benefits of Jira Align.
• Work with Atlassian partner management and directly with our partners who range from the world's largest IT service providers to other sales and service firms of all shapes and sizes to implement the GTM strategy of Jira Align.
• Define a clear vision for your territory and plan/communicate on funnel/account/territory status regarding resource requirements, challenges, and successes.
• Use leading technology – CRM, Zoom – to work both virtually/remotely and on-premise with your customers.
• "Be the change you seek" and demonstrate unselfish leadership while helping Atlassian to improve our ability to better serve our marketplace.
• And never, ever F&@$ the customer!

Your Background:

• You have 10+ years experience in enterprise SaaS software sales
• You have extensive experience with Agile methodologies and project management software
• You have excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
• You have experience building relationships and selling to Enterprise businesses and C-suite stakeholders

Compensation:At Atlassian, we tie our base pay ranges to role and level. In the United States, that means your base pay ranges will fall into one of three geographic pay zones depending on your location. Our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:Zone A: $153,500 - $235,500Zone B: $138,200 - $212,000Zone C: $120,200 - $195,000Within each range, base pay is ultimately determined based on your skills, expertise, and experience. This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and/or equity.Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.Our perks & benefitsTo support you at work and play, our perks and benefits include ample time off, an annual education budget, paid volunteer days, and so much more.About AtlassianThe world’s best teams work better together with Atlassian. From medicine and space travel, to disaster response and pizza deliveries, Atlassian software products help teams all over the planet. At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team.We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.To learn more about our culture and hiring process, explore our Candidate Resource Hub.