Chainguard
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Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
United States only
From the listing details: Residency required in United States
Employer listed it 7 days ago · Added 5 weeks ago
Been open since 5 weeks ago, still being checked, but it has been live a while.
Salary
$325,000 total target
Location
United States only
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
Category
Sales
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What the advert says
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- Working hours
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- Where you can work from
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- Contract
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- Experience asked for
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- Pay
$325K OTE (50/50)
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United States. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Washington - Remote, Remote - US"
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- Residency required in United States
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk. Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake. Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.
Enterprise Account Executive
Chainguard is looking for an Enterprise Account Executive to help expand our presence within large organizations. In this role, you’ll own the full sales cycle with enterprise customers—from building pipeline through closing complex deals.
Successful candidates are disciplined in their sales process, strong at developing pipeline, and comfortable navigating complex enterprise buying environments. You’ll work closely with sales leadership, sales engineering, marketing, and customer success to help organizations adopt Chainguard’s solutions and improve how they build and secure software.
What You'll Do
Own the full enterprise sales cycle from prospecting through close
Build and manage pipeline within a defined set of enterprise accounts
Lead discovery, qualification, and deal strategy using frameworks such as MEDDPICC
Communicate Chainguard’s value to technical stakeholders, security leaders, and executive buyers
Partner with Sales Engineering and Customer Engineering to support evaluations and technical validation
Manage complex enterprise sales cycles including procurement, security reviews, and negotiations
Maintain accurate pipeline visibility and forecasting
Consistently meet or exceed revenue and pipeline targets
What We're Looking For
3-5+ YOE selling complex technical products into enterprise organizations
A track record of building pipeline and consistently closing revenue
Comfortable running disciplined enterprise sales processes (MEDDPICC or similar)
Ability to identify customer pain and sell based on measurable business value
Experience navigating multi-stakeholder enterprise buying cycles from technical teams to executives
Strong deal management and forecast discipline across complex opportunities
Excellent communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills
Comfortable operating in fast-growing environments with evolving processes
$325K OTE (50/50)
About Us
Requirements
- ·Comfortable operating in fast-growing environments with evolving processes
- ·$325K OTE (50/50)
- ·We live and breathe our company values:
- ·We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
- ·We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
Benefits
- ·Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
- ·Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
- ·100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
- ·∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
- ·18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Chainguard, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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