Account Executive, Large Enterprise
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
At Klaviyo we value the unique backgrounds experiences and perspectives each Klaviyo (we call ourselves Klaviyos) brings to our workplace each and every day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If youre a close but not exact match with the description we hope youll still consider applying. Want to learn more about life at Klaviyo Visit see how we empower creators to own their own destiny.
About the role
Klaviyo is a public company with more than $1.5 billion in annual revenue. Enterprise is our fastest growing segment where global brands are consolidating their marketing and customer data onto Klaviyo and spending over seven figures a year with us. We have expanded beyond retail into hospitality media healthcare and business services.
You will go after some of the largest brands in the world including Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies prospecting your way in and taking full responsibility for your pipeline target.
Most of these companies run separate tools for email SMS customer data and service. We win by bringing it all onto one platform and getting the customer to results faster. Once they are live you will keep growing the account and lead the renewal.
What you will do
- Prospect your own territory. Research every account find a way in and build relationships where Klaviyo has none today. BDR marketing and partner leads add to the pipeline you build.
- Be the CEO of your territory. Build a plan for every named account create and prospect into a relationship map and pull in solutions engineering value management partners and marketing at the right time.
- Run business-value discovery. Find the real problem put a number on it with the customer and build a business case for the full platform that their finance team will support.
- Sell to the full buying committee. Get to the CMO CFO CIO or CDO. Build champions and test them.
- Win the competitive deals. Displace the incumbent hold your price and have a clear answer on why Klaviyo and why now.
- Close and forecast with discipline. Run the mutual action plan security and legal review and procurement. Forecast against what the customer has agreed to.
- Grow and renew. Expand into more products and teams spot risk early and negotiate renewals that make room for growth.
What you bring
- 10 years in enterprise software sales with 7 years selling to C-level executives from a field sales position
- A proven hunter who has built pipeline from scratch through your own research and outreach and closed new logos from it
- Experience selling into organizations above $1B in revenue
- A track record of closing annual contracts of $1M or more
- At or above quota in at least two of the last three years on a multi-million dollar target
- Experience leading complex deals from start to finish coordinating your internal team and the customers decision makers
- Experience running several complex deals that can last between nine and eighteen months
- Multi-product platform selling with more than one product sold into the same account
- A deep understanding of MEDDPICC and a value-based selling methodology including building business cases
- Domain experience in MarTech CDPs customer engagement platforms ecommerce or an adjacent data platform
- Partner-led selling experience and a record of winning competitive deals against existing platforms
- Experience growing existing accounts through expansion and renewal
- Strong executive presence and fluency in CRM forecasting conversation intelligence and AI tools
Travel
This role requires approximately 30 to 40 percent travel for customer meetings executive briefings partner work and industry events.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Klaviyo unifies AI-powered email marketing and SMS to drive growth, retention, and measurable results. Build personalized, omnichannel experiences across WhatsApp, ecommerce, and more with K:AI Agents.