Senior Account Executive - k0rdent AI - Remote (EMEA)

About Mirantis

Mirantis is the Kubernetes-native AI infrastructure company, enabling organizations to build and operate scalable, secure, and sovereign infrastructure for modern AI, machine learning, and data-intensive applications. By combining open source innovation with deep expertise in Kubernetes orchestration, Mirantis empowers platform engineering teams to deliver composable, production-ready developer platforms across any environment—on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, or in sovereign data centers. As enterprises navigate the growing complexity of AI-driven workloads, Mirantis delivers the automation, GPU orchestration, and policy-driven control needed to manage infrastructure with confidence and agility. Committed to open standards and freedom from lock-in, Mirantis ensures that customers retain full control of their infrastructure strategy.

Mirantis is seeking a seasoned and consultative Senior Account Executive to lead new customer acquisition and strategic expansion across the EMEA. Join us at the forefront of the rapidly evolving AI infrastructure space, where Mirantis empowers both NeoClouds and enterprise organizations to accelerate their strategic missions to adopt, deploy, and scale AI-powered solutions.

In this role, you’ll own the full sales cycle—from pipeline development to deal closure—navigating complex, multi-stakeholder engagements and building relationships with C-suite executives. You’ll work in close partnership with Sales Engineering to develop persuasive business cases that accelerate interest and adoption of Mirantis’ advanced AI platform.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute a strategic sales plan for your assigned territory, targeting high-potential accounts to consistently achieve pipeline growth and revenue goals.

Implement tailored sales approaches to capture opportunities within the AI Infrastructure market, helping clients optimize their GPU investments for maximum return.

Engage directly with customers to deeply understand their AI/ML requirements, relaying valuable insights to influence Mirantis’ product roadmap and ensure solutions align with evolving client needs.

Become a trusted expert in AI Infrastructure, providing strategic insights and consulting to customers and partners that highlight the transformational value of Mirantis’ AI Infrastructure solutions.

Conduct comprehensive discovery sessions to uncover complex business challenges and design tailored AI Infrastructure architectures that deliver impactful solutions.

Navigate and manage intricate sales cycles from initial engagement through negotiation and closure, including drafting detailed Statements of Work (SOWs) for AI Infrastructure deployments.

Lead negotiations of commercial terms and contractual agreements with key decision-makers to secure mutually beneficial outcomes.

6+ years of closing experience in Sales with a track record as a top performer

Ability to learn, pitch, and demonstrate a highly technical product, and have the ability to adapt in a fast-growing and changing environment 

Background and proven experience selling technical SaaS and cloud-based software solutions, especially infrastructure management solutions such as OpenStack, VMWare, and Kubernetes

Experience building relationships and selling face-to-face to C-level executives

Have clear examples of closing complex deals and selling into complex organizations

Effectively use repeatable methods for uncovering and executing on greenfield opportunities

Address technical objections and collaborate with internal teams to develop strategies that address customer challenges and accelerate deal success.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Experience selling technology products and solutions such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, VMware, Redhat, Rancher, Rafay, and SpectroCloud.

Background and proven experience in selling products focused on AI Infrastructure, training, tuning, and/or inference.

Proven experience with enterprise-grade security, compliance, and regulatory frameworks.