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Strategic Account Executive – East Coast

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Zip is hiring a Strategic Enterprise Account Executive to win net-new business within global enterprises with more than $7B in revenue. The role owns the full, complex SaaS sales cycle, from proactive prospecting through executive stakeholder alignment and procurement navigation. The successful candidate will advise procurement, finance, IT, legal, operations, supply chain, and manufacturing leaders on digital procurement transformation. This is a high-impact hunter role in a fast-growing startup, requiring disciplined pipeline management and comfort shaping sales processes. Core tools include Salesforce, Clari, ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and Outreach.
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Department
Sales
Employment
Full Time
Experience
Director
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6 Dec 2026
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About Zip

Zip is the AI platform for enterprise procurement — built for humans and agents working together. By orchestrating procurement across teams, tools, and suppliers with the help of AI agents, companies can secure the resources they need to innovate faster than ever before.

The world’s most influential enterprises trust Zip, including T-Mobile, OpenAI, AMD, Mars, Dollar Tree, and more. Together they’ve saved over $8 billion and processed over $500 billion in spend. Zip’s team includes product leaders from Apple, Airbnb, and Meta, as well as former procurement leaders from United Health, Sanofi, MGM Resorts, Discover, and NASA.

Backed by Adams Street, Alkeon, BOND, CRV, DST, Tiger Global, and Y Combinator, Zip has raised $371 million, most recently at a $2.2 billion valuation and has been recognized by Forbes Fintech 50, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, Inc. Best in Business, and LinkedIn Top Startups.

Your Role

As a Strategic Enterprise Account Executive, you will drive Zip’s expansion into global enterprises with $7B+ in revenue. This is a high-impact, consultative sales role requiring deep industry expertise, a hunter mentality, and a passion for solving complex procurement challenges.

You Will

  • Own the full sales cycle: Engage C-level executives, influence stakeholders across procurement, finance, IT, legal, and operations, and navigate long, complex deal cycles.

  • Drive new business: While supported by BDRs and marketing, you’ll proactively prospect and leverage your network to develop a strong pipeline.

  • Act as a strategic advisor: Understand enterprise procurement challenges and position Zip as a transformational solution for efficiency and cost control.

  • Solution-sell with vision: Demonstrate Zip’s immediate impact while aligning with customers’ long-term digital transformation goals.

  • Shape the future: As an early sales leader in a hyper-growth startup, help refine Zip’s sales strategy, process, and team culture.

  • Leverage best-in-class sales tools: Utilize Salesforce, Clari, ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and Outreach to optimize outreach and pipeline management.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of SaaS sales experience, with a strong track record of closing complex enterprise deals.

  • Experience selling to procurement, finance, legal, IT, operations, supply chain, or manufacturing teams.

  • Proven success acquiring net-new logos in organizations with 10,000+ employees.

  • Skilled in complex sales cycles: Managing multiple stakeholders, navigating procurement processes, and driving consensus at the executive level.

  • Self-motivated and proactive: You take ownership of your success and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

  • Exceptional communication and organization skills to manage multiple opportunities effectively.

The salary range for this role is $300,000 – $350,000 OTE. The salary for this position is determined based on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant experience, education, or particular skills and expertise.

Perks & Benefits

At Zip, we’re committed to providing our employees with everything they need to do their best work.

  • 📈 Start-up equity

  • 🦷 Full health, vision & dental coverage

  • 🌴 Flexible PTO

  • 💻 Apple equipment plus home office budget

  • 💸 401k plan

We’re looking to hire Zipsters and that means hiring people who take ownership, communicate openly, have an underdog mindset, and are excited to increase the pace of innovation for every business in the world. We encourage all candidates to apply even if your experience doesn’t exactly match up to our job description. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workspace where everyone (regardless of age, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and more) feels like they belong. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Role DNA

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Job Complexity

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Pace & Pressure

5/5
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Autonomy Level

5/5
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Communication Load

5/5
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AI insightThe position requires winning large, multi-stakeholder enterprise deals with long sales cycles and complex procurement processes. It also demands self-generated pipeline, executive-level influence, and strategic sales leadership in a high-growth environment.

Salary analysis

Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles.

Estimated job median (per year)Market rate
$325,000
US market range (per year)$280k–$400k
AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. The employer discloses $300,000–$350,000 USD OTE. The yearly cadence is inferred from the amount, US location, and senior full-time enterprise-account-executive context; OTE may include variable commission and is not necessarily base salary. Estimated US market total compensation for comparable strategic enterprise SaaS sales roles is $280,000–$400,000 per year.

Core skills

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Sample interview questions
How have you acquired net-new enterprise logos with complex buying committees?

I start by mapping the economic buyer, functional champions, technical evaluators, procurement stakeholders, and likely blockers. I build a tailored point of view for each group, create a mutual action plan early, and maintain executive alignment throughout the sales process.

How would you position Zip to a procurement leader at a large enterprise?

I would first diagnose the organization’s intake, approval, supplier-management, and spend-visibility challenges. I would then connect Zip’s orchestration and AI capabilities to measurable outcomes such as faster purchasing cycles, improved compliance, better stakeholder experience, and stronger cost control.

Describe your approach to generating pipeline when BDR and marketing support is available.

I treat support teams as force multipliers rather than my sole pipeline source. I create account plans, use trigger events and executive-network research to prioritize targets, run multichannel outreach, and coordinate messaging with BDRs and marketing around specific enterprise use cases.

How do you manage a long sales cycle involving finance, IT, legal, and operations?

I establish stakeholder-specific value hypotheses and confirm decision criteria, timeline, and approval paths early. I use a documented mutual action plan, schedule regular deal reviews, and proactively address security, legal, implementation, and procurement requirements before they become late-stage risks.

How do you maintain forecast accuracy for strategic opportunities?

I qualify opportunities against clear exit criteria, validate access to power and a compelling business problem, and inspect next steps after every customer interaction. I keep CRM data current, use leading indicators such as stakeholder engagement and mutual-plan progress, and communicate risks early rather than relying on optimistic close dates.

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