[Remote] Strategic Account Executive
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Forter is expanding rapidly across the U.S., partnering with some of the world’s most recognized Fortune 500 brands. They are looking for a Strategic Account Executive to lead new enterprise customer acquisition and drive meaningful revenue growth within a named-account territory.
Responsibilities
- Own and grow a named list of Fortune 100 / large enterprise accounts, applying a consultative, MEDDIC-based sales approach
- Identify and articulate business pain points related to fraud, abuse, payments, and digital commerce—and position Forter’s platform as a strategic solution
- Manage the end-to-end enterprise sales process, including discovery, solution design, executive presentations, negotiation, and close
- Build and maintain strong relationships with C-level executives, economic buyers, and technical stakeholders across multiple lines of business
- Partner closely with SDRs, Marketing, and Pre-Sales Solutions Consultants to generate pipeline, deliver tailored demos, and develop ROI and business-case models
- Provide ongoing field feedback to influence product roadmap, messaging, sales enablement, and go-to-market strategy
- Develop deep expertise in the digital payments and fintech ecosystem, including issuers, acquirers, processors, PSPs, and partners
- Represent Forter at industry conferences, customer meetings, and executive briefings across North America
Skills
- 8+ years of enterprise sales experience with a consistent track record of exceeding quota
- Proven success closing six-figure+ (and larger) enterprise deals with complex buying committees
- Experience with long sales cycles (minimum 6+ months)
- Demonstrated success in named-account, territory-based selling across North America
- Ability to prospect, build executive relationships, and leverage industry networks to create and close opportunities
- Comfort operating in a high-growth, fast-paced startup environment
- Strong executive presence, presentation skills, and written communication
- Willingness to travel as needed (approximately up to 40%)
- Experience selling fintech, payments, eCommerce, SaaS, analytics, or platform-based solutions (strongly preferred)
- Established relationships within top 500 eCommerce, retail, or digital-first brands
- Deep knowledge of the online payments ecosystem, including issuing, acquiring, fraud prevention, and risk management
- Experience selling into multi-region or global enterprise organizations
Benefits
- Matching 401K Plan
- Comprehensive and generous health insurance, including vision and dental coverage
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- Generous PTO policy
- Half day Fridays
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