Canonical logo

Enterprise Account Executive

Canonical
Remote
Full Time
Posted December 1, 2025
Apply Now

Application opens on company website

Job Description

This role involves representing Canonical and its open source solutions in your assigned territory, developing new business opportunities, managing customer relationships, and achieving sales targets for enterprise software, cloud, virtualization, and container technologies.

Key Responsibilities

  • Represent the company and its solutions in the assigned territory
  • Build and execute a territory plan to prioritize outreach and prospecting
  • Develop new sales pipeline through outreach, prospecting, marketing, and industry events
  • Close contracts to meet or exceed quarterly and annual bookings targets
  • Manage customer relationships throughout all stages of the sales cycle
  • Work with technical teams to propose solutions that address customer business problems
  • Identify growth opportunities with existing customers and maintain accurate pipeline data
  • Establish and maintain professional relationships with key decision makers and influencers

Requirements

  • Bachelor's level degree, preferably in engineering or computer science
  • Experience of open source technology and solutions
  • Detail oriented with effective follow-up skills
  • Experience in enterprise software or technology sales planning and execution
  • Track record of achievement in sales targets and new account wins
  • Self-discipline and motivation to be successful in a distributed team
  • Professional written and spoken English, as well as any language that may be appropriate for the target market
  • Ability to travel regionally for client engagement, industry conferences, and internationally for company events twice a year
  • Ability to represent the company, its solutions and software, in the assigned territory
  • Build and execute a territory plan to prioritize outreach and prospecting
  • Develop new pipeline through outreach, prospecting, local marketing, and industry events
  • Close contracts to meet and exceed quarterly and annual bookings targets
  • Manage customer relationships and interactions through all stages of the sales cycle
  • Work with field engineers to propose solutions that solve customers' business problems
  • Work with customer success to identify growth opportunities
  • Maintain accurate pipeline data and forecasts within Salesforce
  • Establish productive professional relationships with key influencers and decision makers
  • Demonstrate professionalism and effectiveness in prospecting accounts for new business, maintaining and developing existing relationships, and working with colleagues and partners on account strategy

Benefits & Perks

Performance-driven commission structure
Additional benefits reflecting company values and local needs
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Program
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events

Ready to Apply?

Join Canonical and make an impact in renewable energy

Stay Updated on Sustainability Jobs

Get the latest renewable energy jobs and career tips delivered to your inbox.

More jobs at Canonical

Canonical logo

Usability Engineer - User Science

Canonical
Remote
Full Time
Jan 12
Canonical logo

Senior Design Researcher - User Science

Canonical
Remote
Full Time
Jan 12
Canonical logo

Ubuntu Engineering Manager

Canonical
Remote
Full Time
Jan 8

More jobs in Remote

Planet logo

Account Executive APJ

Planet
NEW
Remote
Full Time
2d
Planet logo

Account Executive NATO

Planet
NEW
Remote
Full Time
2d
Planet logo

Account Executive NATO

Planet
NEW
Remote
Full Time
2d