Commercial Account Executive
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About the role
As a Commercial Account Executive, you will drive predictable, repeatable revenue growth by acquiring new customers and expanding usage within high-growth technology companies generating $50M-$500M in annual revenue. This segment represents the critical scaling phase where companies are professionalizing their data infrastructure, moving from tactical solutions to strategic platforms. This is a high-velocity, quota-carrying role focused on new logo acquisition and baseline usage expansion across North America by targeting scaling technology companies across Fintech, B2B SaaS, Digital Commerce, and Industrial Tech sectors. There are clear success metrics: 6 closed new logos annually with an average deal size of $150K ARR, while generating $6.6M in qualified pipeline per fiscal year. This is a hunter role requiring 100% self-sourced pipeline generation-there is no SDR support You will engage Director and VP-level stakeholders across technical and business functions (VP Engineering, Director of Platform, Head of DevOps, Director of Data Engineering), positioning Aiven as the strategic open-source data platform that enables their next phase of growth. You'll leverage proven sales methodologies-MEDDPICC qualification, Challenger Sales, and Command of the Message-to manage efficient sales cycles from discovery to close, typically 30-120 days.