SLED Account Executive (PacNW)
Commvault · Washington, United States of America · Posted Jul 7, 2026
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About Commvault
Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience. The company empowers customers to uncover, take action, and rapidly recover from cyberattacks – keeping data safe and businesses resilient. The company’s unique AI-powered platform combines best-in-class data protection, exceptional data security, advanced data intelligence, and lightning-fast recovery across any workload or cloud at the lowest TCO. For over 25 years, more than 100,000 organizations and a vast partner ecosystem have relied on Commvault to reduce risks, improve governance, and do more with data.
The Opportunity
The SLED Account Executive is responsible for achieving quota by selling solutions into a defined territory that includes current Commvault customers and prospects. The position is a field sales account role where the AE will engage in face-to-face sales with customers either directly or through partners. The Account Executive (AE) is responsible for territory planning, new account acquisition and servicing existing clients while working with local resellers and alliance partners. The AE must articulate an in-depth understanding of the prospect’s environment, current challenges/goals and have the ability to align Commvault solutions to those challenges/goals including a financial and strategic value proposition. The candidate must have a history of success in selling complex software platforms (vs. IT component or narrow focused tools) to new logo accounts and have significant experience selling within the local partner ecosystem.
What you’ll do…
Identify and qualify leads, and generate new business opportunities in order to achieve revenue quota on a quarterly and annual basis
Maintain a high level of face-to-face meeting activity with customers, prospects and partners on a weekly basis
Develop a territory plan to best leverage partners, alliances and existing relationships to build and maintain a robust pipeline of new logo opportunities
Identify and build strategic relationships with local partners to aid in pipeline generation
Lead partner relationships, assist in rolling out partner programs and partner sales and technical enablement
Cultivate strategic working relationships with clients, maintaining a high level of contact
Prepare and present sales proposals and presentations to new and existing clients with quantifiable business cases and strategic and technical value propositions
Negotiate and close deals following the company’s practices and processes
Leverage internal sales tools and processes to drive opportunities to a successful close
Ensure orders meet all legal and financial requirements
Plan, attend and coordinate executive briefings
Maintain a high level of relevant industry, Commvault and driven knowledge
Who you are…
Possess a Bachelor's degree
Minimum of five years’ proven success in software sales
Understanding of the storage management industry, products, competitors, history, emerging trends and changing marketplace
Minimum of two years’ success in identifying, building relationships and selling with channel partners
Excellent communication skills, persuasive, listening skills
Background in IT infrastructure
SLED account experience
Meet the Hiring Manager:
Jared Whitehurst - SLED West Sales Director
You’ll love working here because:
High income earning opportunities based on self-performance
Opportunity for Presidents Club
Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message
Generous competitive benefits supporting your health, financial security, and work-life balance
Ready to #makeyourmark at Commvault? Apply now!
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Thank you for your interest in Commvault. Reflected below is the minimum and maximum base salary range for this role. At Commvault we use broad salary ranges in our job postings to reflect the diverse levels of expertise and experience among our candidates and is not reflective of the total compensation and benefits package. The specific salary offered will be determined based on your unique qualifications, including your relevant experience, skills, and the value you bring to the role. While the range provides a general idea of the compensation, it is important to note that placements within the range are not automatic and will be carefully considered to ensure a fair and competitive offer. W…