Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Enterprise sales roles in SaaS become most consequential when they sit at the intersection of strategic accounts, partner ecosystems, and rigorous forecasting. This position is anchored in the enterprise segment and centers on named accounts, where buying cycles, stakeholder mapping, and value articulation tend to be more complex than in SMB motions. The emphasis on working alongside channel and alliance partners also reflects a common go-to-market reality in established B2B software categories.
From a SaaS career standpoint, the role offers repeated exposure to the mechanics that translate product value into durable revenue: building multi-quarter pipelines, maintaining disciplined CRM hygiene, and coordinating with sales engineering and inside sales to move opportunities forward. Experience operating within an enterprise territory model and using structured account planning is broadly transferable across SaaS companies that sell platform or infrastructure software into large organizations.
This role is best suited to sales professionals who prefer consultative, executive-level conversations and are comfortable balancing autonomy with cross-functional coordination. It fits someone who enjoys methodical pipeline development, can navigate partner-led deal dynamics, and wants responsibility for outcomes across a defined set of strategic accounts.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Veeam, the #1 global market leader in data resilience, believes businesses should control all their data whenever and wherever they need it. Veeam provides data resilience through data backup, data recovery, data portability, data security, and data intelligence. Based in Seattle, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we move forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands. The future of data resilience is here - go fearlessly forward with us.
About the role
The Enterprise Account Manager is responsible for developing and closing business with new and existing Enterprise segment customers. The focus is on the largest and most strategic named accounts in the assigned territory.
What You’ll Do
- Meets or exceeds individual and team revenue targets in Enterprise market segment (5,000 employees+ businesses) in assigned territory
- Grows pipeline by teaming with Inside Sales, System Engineers and Channel & Alliance Partner sales teams
- Performs direct customer-facing enterprise sales activities in the field together with Channel and Alliance Partners
- Proposes, coordinates and participates in marketing activities to enterprise named accounts
- Enters reliable forecasting and account/opportunity details in SalesForce on a timely basis
- Builds strong relationships with executives, articulates Veeam’s solution and business value, creates demand and closes deals
- Develops a pipeline of activity that focuses on short, medium, and long-term revenue opportunities within the assigned accounts that result in quarterly, revenue generation
- Effectively executes account plans and opportunity plans to drive demand and revenue generation
- Finds, assesses, and prioritizes existing and future opportunities with customers, Veeam teammates, and the Channel Partner ecosystem
- Engages with strategic Alliance Partners to drive mutually beneficial revenue opportunities
- Ability to travel 0 - 75% of the time within the assigned territory/region requirements
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent years of experience
- At least five (5) years of Enterprise sales experience, selling software through the channels and end users
- Experience in business-to-business selling and managing using a consultative sales approach
- Excellent management and communication skills (written, verbal and interpersonal)
- Ability to work independently with limited direction in a fast-paced environment
- Builds and nurtures C-level and decision maker relationships
Bonus Skills
- Knowledge of large distributors and value added resellers (VAR’s) is highly desired
- Knowledge of virtualization industry
- Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Knowledge of solution selling and value-based selling techniques
- Knowledge of different sales methodologies and customer relationship management (CRM) system: Salesforce knowledge is required
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