Enterprise Account Executive (Illinois)

Who We Are Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management. We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation , more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it. You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries. About the Role We are seeking a hardworking, driven individual with superb energy, passion, and experience driving new business acquisition in the Corporate (all Non-SLED organizations with 2,000 - 20,000 employees) market. This person will join a growing Corporate Field Sales team and will cover a defined territory in Wisconsin and Illinois. The Enterprise Account Executive will play an integral role in developing the territory and will focus on formulating and executing a sales strategy within an assigned territory. This isn't just a sales role; it’s an opportunity to own a territory, disrupt a legacy industry, and help leading businesses modernize their physical security infrastructure with our integrated cloud platform. With consistent year-over-year growth, Verkada offers an unparalleled opportunity for sales professionals to join a market leader at an exciting stage. If you are an ambitious "hunter" looking to accelerate your career, you will thrive in our high-velocity, disruptive environment. This is more than a job - it’s a chance to build a legacy within a rapidly scaling startup that is redefining an entire industry. This position reports to the Regional Sales Director (Enterprise, Central - Corporate). What You'll Do Develop and implement a comprehensive territory plan Manage the entire sales process to ensure delivery against key performance metrics and quota, with a strong emphasis on generating net new business sales. This includes prospecting and outreach, providing product demos and trials, and engaging in strategic negotiations with customers and channel partners Meet or exceed individual targets and contribute to the overall team and company success. This includes proactively penetrating greenfield accounts and achieving a quarterly quota of at least 2-3 qualified net new logos Initiate and manage expansion discussions to drive customer retention. This includes identifying customers’ goals and requirements, including budgetary constraints and key decision makers Devise a comprehensive customer acquisition strategy and partner with Verkada’s channel partner sales organization to establish channel partner initiatives that result in a minimum of 5 deal registrations each quarter Drive business growth and enhance market presence, and help enterprise organizations modernize their physical security solutions through a combination of customer engagements, marketing campaigns, executive briefings, industry conferences, events, and physical security market knowledge/intelligence Gain an in-depth and detailed understanding of Verkada’s business and products, as well as the physical security market to confidently sell to C-level executives within Enterprise organizations Create effective presentations and proposals; create urgency to drive deal closure, negotiate pricing, and contractual agreements Provide accou