Account Executive - NA

🌀 The Company

Filigran, founded in October 2022, stands out in the cybertech ecosystem for its commitment to revolutionizing cyber threat management with a proactive approach. Its mission is to develop innovative open-source solutions designed to anticipate cyber threats, identify security gaps, and strengthen organizational security posture.

Filigran solutions are now trusted by over 6,000 public and private organizations worldwide.

🎯 The Role

We're looking for an Account Executive, North America to join our Go-to-Market team and drive strategic enterprise growth across the region. You'll own the full sales cycle, from identifying new opportunities to closing complex enterprise deals, while helping organizations adopt Filigran's open-source cybersecurity platforms.

This role is ideal for an entrepreneurial seller who creates opportunities rather than waits for them. You'll work closely with Solutions Engineers, Customer Success, Marketing, Product, and Partners to deliver exceptional customer outcomes and contribute to Filigran's long-term growth.

💼 Your Responsibilities

• Own the full enterprise sales cycle, from prospecting through negotiation and close.

• Build and execute a territory strategy focused on sustainable long-term growth.

• Generate qualified pipeline through outbound prospecting, executive networking, partner engagement, events, referrals, and creative account strategies.

• Develop executive relationships, build strong champions, and navigate complex buying committees.

• Lead strategic opportunities valued at $200K+ ARR, managing long sales cycles and multiple stakeholders.

• Leverage AI tools and methodologies to improve prospecting, account planning, productivity, and sales execution.

• Collaborate closely with Solutions Engineers, Customer Success, Marketing, Product, and Partners to maximize customer success and revenue growth.

• Maintain accurate forecasting, CRM hygiene, and apply MEDDIC principles to identify risks early and drive action plans.

• Continuously contribute to improving sales processes, best practices, and team performance.

🤝 Who You’ll Work With

• Reports to the VP of Sales, North America.

• Partners closely with Solutions Engineers throughout the sales cycle.

• Works alongside Customer Success to ensure smooth customer onboarding and long-term adoption.

• Collaborates with Marketing on pipeline generation and strategic campaigns.

• Engages regularly with Product and Engineering to relay customer feedback and market insights.

• Works with Partners to expand market reach and drive joint opportunities.

🧬 Profile We’re Looking For

• Strong interest in AI and its applications in cybersecurity.

• Comfortable leveraging AI-powered tools (LLMs, copilots, automation) to improve productivity, research, account planning, and customer engagement.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in complex B2B enterprise software sales.

• Proven track record of closing $200K+ ARR new business opportunities.

• Experience building pipeline through outbound prospecting, executive networking, partnerships, referrals, and events.

• Strong ability to develop executive relationships, build champions, and navigate complex enterprise buying committees.

• Knowledge of MEDDIC, Challenger Sale, or similar enterprise sales methodologies (strong MEDDIC experience is a plus).

• Business acumen with an understanding of today's cybersecurity landscape; previous cybersecurity sales experience is a plus but not required.

• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, remote-first, and highly collaborative environment.

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong sense of ownership, accountability, curiosity, resilience, and coachability.

• Passionate about delivering long-term customer value beyond the initial sale.

• French or Spanish is a plus

We are looking for someone who:

• Has an entrepreneurial mindset and creates opportunities instead of waiting for them.

• Demonstrates a "fix it, don't complain" attitude.

• Is highly coachable while bringing ideas and challenging the status quo respectfully.

• Enjoys enabling teammates by sharing best practices and contributing to the team's success.

• Is resilient, adaptable, and comfortable operating in a rapidly evolving environment.

• Holds themselves accountable for outcomes rather than activities.

• Maintains high integrity and puts the customer's success first.

• Brings energy, curiosity, and a strong desire to continuously learn.

🌱 Why Join Filigran? More than just a job.

We’re a fast-growing, global, and fully remote company building open-source cybersecurity solutions, increasingly powered by AI, to help defense teams anticipate threats and act faster.

⭐ What we believe

We believe we do work that matters, uniting defenders into a global community to make security more open, resilient & collaborative.

💻 How we work

We do work that matters by combining strong engineering standards with emerging technologies, including AI, to move faster and smarter.

🧭 What guides us

We make our work matter by building a culture grounded in our CORE values of Cohesion, Openness, Responsibility, and Equity. The principles that guide how we make decisions, treat people, and grow together, especially when no one’s watching.

💰 Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive pay + equity - everyone shares in our success

• Remote-first, flexible, and balanced - work that fits your life

• Your setup, your choice - pick the gear that works for you

• Twice-a-year gatherings - we meet in person for regional and global offsites to connect, collaborate, and strengthen our culture beyond the screen

🌍 Equal Employment Opportunity

We enable cybersecurity through inclusion - from code to culture.

At Filigran, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe diversity of our people make our products and our team stronger. We welcome talent of every background, identity, and lived experience, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

What matters here is what you bring, not what you look like, where you’re from, or how you identify.

🚀 Ready to Join Us?

Apply now and help us build the future of the cybersecurity ecosystem, together.