Corporate New Business Account Executive
Georgia · North Carolina · Washington, DC · US Remote East Coast · USD 188,000-282,000 / year · 2+ years experience · Posted Sep 18, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 2+ years experience
- Location
- Georgia · North Carolina · Washington, DC · US Remote East Coast
- Salary
- USD 188,000-282,000 / year · Base salary
About the role
- The Corporate New Business Account Executive focuses on new customer acquisition for organizations with 300-1,249 employees.
- This role involves expanding Okta’s market presence by identifying potential clients, communicating the value of identity and access management solutions, and closing new business deals.
Responsibilities
- Engage with marketing-shared leads and collaborate with solution engineers to design relevant solutions.
- Proactively drive top-of-funnel activity through calls, Inmails, events, and networking.
- Generate self-sourced opportunities and partner with Marketing, SDRs, and Partners to win new logos.
- Build and maintain a robust sales pipeline to achieve and exceed sales targets.
- Conduct product demonstrations and presentations to potential customers.
- Develop and execute against an assigned quota and territory plan.
- Facilitate customer onboarding to new products and process sales orders.
- Maintain new customer relationships until handover to the Customer Account Executive Team.
- Maintain a database of potential customers and opportunities.
- Report on sales achievement and forecasts.
Requirements
- 2 years of experience selling to net new customers in a SaaS/Cloud B2B environment.
- Proven track record acquiring new customers, including prospecting and identifying growth opportunities.
- Experience using a sales framework such as MEDDICC, Challenger, or Sandler.
- Understanding of selling in partnership with the channel ecosystem.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating within the GTM ecosystem (AEs, xDRs, SEs, RMs, CSMs, Partners).
- Prior experience managing a territory-based quota.
- Confident presentation skills with the ability to run demos to C-level executives.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to travel to customer sites at least once per month.
- Ability to travel as needed for company events and team offsites.
Preferred qualifications
- 3+ years demonstrated success selling to mid-sized and/or enterprise customers.
- IT/Security sales experience.
- Located near an Okta office hub or in region.
- BS/BA degree.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Flexible spending account
- Paid leave (PTO)
- Parental leave
- Equity (where applicable)
Workplace
- Role is US Remote East Coast, Georgia, North Carolina, or Washington, DC.
- Travel to customer sites required at least once per month.
- Additional travel required for company events and team offsites.
- LI-Hybrid designation.
Skills
- SaaS
- Cloud
- MEDDICC
- MEDDPICC
- Challenger
- Sandler
- Identity And Access Management