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Account Executive
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Osano is hiring an Account Executive to generate new business for its privacy and compliance platform. The role owns the complete enterprise sales cycle, including discovery, demonstrations, proposals, negotiations, forecasting, and closing. The successful candidate will engage stakeholders across marketing, compliance, legal, and data security while positioning solutions such as consent management and data discovery. This is a fully remote US-based sales position in a fast-moving environment with individual quota responsibility. Occasional travel is expected.
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I prepare by researching the prospect’s industry, likely regulations, technology stack, and business priorities. During the call, I use open questions to identify business impact, current processes, risk exposure, decision criteria, stakeholders, timeline, and budget. I then confirm the problem statement and agree on clear next steps tied to measurable value.
I tailor the conversation to each audience while maintaining one shared business case. For legal and compliance teams, I emphasize regulatory readiness, defensibility, and risk reduction; for technical teams, I focus on implementation, integrations, data visibility, and operational efficiency. I document shared success criteria so the buying group can align around outcomes.
I maintain rigorous CRM hygiene, validate close dates against buyer actions, and assess opportunities using defined qualification criteria. I distinguish committed deals from upside based on stakeholder alignment, commercial progress, technical validation, and a mutually agreed next step. I also surface risks early and create specific mitigation plans rather than relying on optimism.
I first clarify whether the concern is budget, perceived value, timing, or a competitive comparison. I reconnect pricing to the cost of the customer’s problem and the agreed outcomes, then explore appropriate commercial options without discounting prematurely. Any concession should be reciprocal, such as a longer term, accelerated timeline, or broader scope.
I would revisit the original business driver and identify the specific reason momentum stopped, such as an unengaged executive sponsor, unclear implementation concern, or competing priority. I would create a concise mutual action plan with the customer, bring in the right internal experts, and establish a concrete decision path. If urgency could not be re-established, I would accurately reforecast the deal while preserving a helpful relationship for future engagement.
About this role.
About Osano
Osano is an innovative B-Corporation built around a simple belief: privacy is a fundamental right. Since day one, we’ve been focused on giving modern enterprises the ability to innovate quickly, stay competitive, and earn customer trust by respecting data privacy and complying with consent guidelines. Our products help organizations operate confidently in a rapidly evolving regulatory and technological landscape.
About the Role
We’re looking for an Account Executive to join our Sales team. This person will play a pivotal role in driving new business growth by connecting organizations with Osano’s privacy and compliance solutions.
This position is ideal for someone competitive, consultative, and energized by solving complex business challenges. You enjoy building authentic relationships, running disciplined sales cycles, and owning your pipeline from first conversation to closed-won. You thrive in a fast-moving, high-growth environment and are motivated by both impact and income.
Responsibilities
- Own the full sales cycle from discovery through close
- Sell Osano’s consent management, data mapping, data discovery, vendor monitoring, and privacy program solutions
- Identify and engage marketing, compliance, legal, and data security stakeholders
- Uncover prospect goals, challenges, decision-makers, and budget parameters
- Deliver compelling presentations, product demos, and tailored proposals
- Negotiate pricing and contractual agreements
- Meet or exceed individual quota and contribute to overall revenue team success
- Maintain accurate pipeline management and revenue forecasting
- Partner cross-functionally with Sales Development, Marketing, Product, and Customer Success
- Stay current on privacy regulations, industry trends, and Osano’s evolving product offerings
- Travel occasionally (<15%) for strategic opportunities as needed
About You
- You’re curious, self-directed, and motivated to learn quickly.
- You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and creating clarity for others.
- You’re excited about privacy, responsible AI, and building trustworthy technology.
- You are willing to relentlessly pursue the best, most responsible ways to leverage AI—without overselling its capabilities or ignoring its limitations.
Why Us
- A well-defined career path that’s not just “climbing the ladder” – learn different competencies, skills, and concepts as you progress and get recognized for it.
- Supportive leadership and peers – from sales engineering and product marketing to sales development and demand generation – you’re never in this alone.
- You’ll be stepping into a space that’s on fire – the privacy and regulatory landscape is only growing with a ton of opportunity in front of us.
- You’ll become a privacy expert, including the opportunity to receive your Certified Information Privacy credential.
- You’ll be representing a product that makes prospects say, “This is so awesome” when you demo it.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation + ownership interest for early stake in our success!
- Unlimited paid time off with a requirement to take at least two weeks off per year.
- We’re continuously a Best Place for Working Parents and offer paid parental leave for all new parents + believe that family, however you define it, comes first.
- Osano sponsors individual premiums for base plans at 100% and dependent premiums at 50% for Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance via Aetna.
- A fully, permanently remote company so you can work from anywhere in the U.S.
- Receive a MacBook + $600 to craft your home workspace
- Annual company trip designed to foster connection, creativity, and fun together!
- Mental health benefits with free memberships to mindfulness + talk therapy services
A Bit More About Osano
Osano is a leading data privacy platform that helps organizations quickly and confidently comply with laws like GDPR, CCPA, and other global privacy regulations. From consent management to vendor risk monitoring, Osano makes complex privacy tasks refreshingly simple, so companies can focus on what they do best, while we handle the rest.
We’re backed by top-tier investors including Baird Capital, Jump Capital, and LiveOak, and we’re scaling fast with a multi-year runway and ambitious growth plans. We’ve also been recognized as a Great Place to Work for four years running, with 97% of employees saying Osano is a great place to work.
As we grow, we’re looking for individuals who lean into modern technologies and smarter systems to drive efficiency, clarity, and speed; both in our product and in how we operate. If you’re excited by the idea of helping build a high-growth, privacy-first company that embraces thoughtful automation, emerging tech, and intentional collaboration, we’d love to hear from you.
Osano is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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