Account Executive for mid-market companies to drive new sales and upsell opportunities collaborating with internal teams and managing client relationships.

Rapid7's Commercial Sales organization is seeking an Account Executive to join the team. You will serve as a strategic partner for clients in your assigned geography helping them achieve a more secure digital future. In this quota carrying role you will directly impact the success of the company and help organizations across the world advance securely.
About the Team
Rapid7's Commercial Sales team is responsible for driving business at mid-market companies (up to 1000 employees) across North America. We set you up for success by providing support and transparent communication from the sales leadership team including 1-on-1 coaching and feedback from your direct manager. In addition to our new hire onboarding program Account Executives are provided best-in-class sales enablement training focused around our industry and how to sell our product portfolio along with follow-up training and coaching sessions paired with sales process and methodology training.
Our tools include ZoomInfo LinkedIn Sales Navigator Gong Salesloft and Salesforce to help you remain competitive and uncover new business opportunities.
About The Role
The main goal of our Commercial Account Executives is to drive net new sales while managing upsell opportunities within your assigned territory. In this role you will partner cross functionally with internal teams to drive business opportunities from initial prospecting through negotiation to contract close. This is a quota carrying role and critical to the continued success of Rapid7.
In this role you will:

• Meet and/or exceed your quota by identifying qualifying and closing new business opportunities at mid-market companies with up to 1000 employees while being a collaborative member of the team.
• Creatively source new prospects and thoughtfully position Rapid7's offerings to suit their needs.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and industry expert.
• Stay current on competitor offerings and be able to identify their strengths and vulnerabilities.
• Turn client feedback into actionable strategies to drive new business and address competitive risks.
• Influence client decisions and advocate for client needs to negotiate solutions.
• Work closely and communicate effectively with various cross functional teams including Sales Engineering Sales Operations and Customer Success to ensure seamless implementation and effective ongoing account growth.
• Accurately enter update and maintain daily activity forecast and opportunity information in Salesforce.

The skills you'll bring include:

• 1+ year of B2B closing experience.
• Strong track record of success driving revenue through prospecting creating new business and sustainably growing existing business.
• Ability to work well independently and under pressure as well as be highly responsive to clients.
• Capacity to learn absorb and adapt quickly to ever-changing business priorities.
• Critical thinking in a variety of situations demonstrating drive initiative energy and sense of urgency in acquiring and serving clients.
• Ability to travel up to 10% to client meetings as needed.

We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That's because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact please don't be shy - apply today..
About Rapid7
At Rapid7 our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers our industry and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what's possible and drive extraordinary impact. We're building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.
Protecting 11000+ customers against bad actors and threats means we're continuing to push the envelope just like we' ve been doing for the past 20 years. If you 're ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity we're ready to help you take command of your career. Join us.
Rapid7 Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. A candidate's salary is determined by various factors including but not limited to relevant work experience skills and certifications. We evaluate compensation decisions on a case-by-case basis and it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the very top of the salary range.
The salary range for this role in the US is:
$72300.00 - 97700.00 USD Annual
Salary ranges may vary based on geographical location. This range does not include variable/incentive compensation equity and benefits (where applicable/eligible).
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin disability protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable national federal state or local law.