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Enterprise Account Executive

Company
Contentful
Location
New York, NY
Work type
Full Time
Posted
2026-10-13

Job description

What To Expect
Source, position, negotiate, and close new logo and expansion business ($50K- $1M++ ACV) in North American enterprise accounts, leveraging strong knowledge of Martech, DXP, CMS, and personalization/experience platforms. Focus for this role is financial services companies.
Consistently meet or exceed quarterly and annual sales goals by developing robust account strategies, developing pipeline, informed by in-depth understanding of the Martech and DXP landscape.
Execute and document the MEDPICC sales methodology throughout the entire sales cycle—ensuring deals are qualified, stakeholder alignment is achieved, and forecast accuracy is maintained.
Lead value-based consultative sales engagements, clearly articulating customer ROI and business outcomes to C- Level Executives, and mapping Contentful solutions to digital transformation priorities.
Develop and present compelling proposals, tailored business cases, ROIs and commercial constructs that align to customer needs, often including complex, multi-stakeholder deal orchestration.
Manage RFI/RFQ processes in concert with internal and client teams, ensuring solution alignment and advancing strategic enterprise opportunities.
Refine and evolve our land-and-expand model in collaboration with Sales, Partnerships, and Customer Success teams, driving expansion, cross-sell, and upsell motions.
Partner with Sales Engineers, Solution Architects, BDRs, Account Managers, and Customer Success throughout the sales cycle to uncover technical challenges and ensure customers achieve full value from Contentful’s platform.
Deeply understand digital experience challenges, content workflows, and personalization requirements; use this insight to align Contentful’s capabilities with measurable business value.
Partner with Customer Success and Marketing to ensure the successful adoption of best practices in Martech, CMS, and digital personalization within the customer base.
Your compensation plan includes monthly and annual accelerators for over-achievement against bookings goals.

What You Need to Be Successful
4-8+ years selling enterprise SaaS or PaaS platforms, with expertise in Martech, CMS, personalization, or digital experience technologies.
Demonstrated experience using the MEDPICC (or equivalent) sales qualification framework to structure, manage, and close large, complex enterprise deals.
History of consistent quota overachievement, including individual responsibility for closing $150K+ transactions at organizations with $1B+ in revenue and frequent engagement with VP and C-level executives.
Advanced skills in value-based selling and consultative sales methodologies, with the ability to articulate and deliver measurable customer outcomes.
Deep knowledge of digital marketing technology, including headless CMS, content personalization, customer data integration, and cross-channel content delivery.
Expertise working within a partner ecosystem and leveraging partnerships to land, expand, and drive customer value.
Experience growing and expanding existing customer accounts within SaaS/PaaS environments.
Strong communication, proposal development, and presentation skills, with an ability to engage and influence both technical and business decision-makers.
Understanding of sales-led growth motions and enterprise software sales best practices.
Prior experience in CMS sales is highly preferred.

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