Strategic Account Executive - Germany

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Okta is an identity company. Identity matters because we’re all unique. We were raised in different countries, cities, and towns. We have unique backgrounds. We’ve faced specific challenges. And we've learned a lot along the way. At Okta we believe those experiences equip us to look at the world with our own perspective. Our SaaS product protects your right to be you, and we want every single one of our employees to feel a sense of belonging, acceptance and comfort to express their ideas, because ultimately our differences are what makes us great. And guess what? You could join us because…

Okta’s DACH team is growing!

Okta’s DACH sales organisation is a team of entrepreneurial and driven sales professionals leading the expansion of Okta across DACH, primarily Germany, and positioning us as a market leader. In doing so they are leveraging Okta’s existing customer references, marketing programs, partner base and ISV & alliance relationships. Due to our success in the region we are looking to grow our presence in Sweden further!

As An Okta Strategic Account Executive You Will

Develop and execute sales strategies and tactics to generate pipeline, drive sales opportunities and deliver repeatable and predictable bookings;

Embrace

to Okta’s #1 core value to always love our customers;

Generate new business within Strategic organisations in DACH

Position Okta at both the functional and “business value” level with target stakeholders;

Champion Okta to prospective clients at sales presentations, site visits and product demonstrations.

Build effective working partnerships with your Okta colleagues (channel partners, sales engineering, business value management,  customer first and many more globally) with humility and enthusiasm.

You Could Be A Great Fit For This Role If You Have

Passion for technology

and how it can help organisations compete and thrive in the Digital Age;

A track record of success

selling a Software-as-a-Service and/or Cloud Computing services to Enterprise-class organisations

Experience In Value-based

selling at senior/C-Level;

A reputation as a trusted business partner

for your peers in the local reseller and system integrator community;

Excellent verbal and written communications skills;

The desire to travel across the DACH region as required;

Fluency in German & English (both languages essential)

You Might Also Have

Understanding of and experience with Identity & Access Management, Single Sign-on and API-based solutions

BSc/BA degree or equivalent (preferred but not essential)

Okta is a progressive company that values you as an individual. We are committed to career progression, employee wellbeing

and making a positive impact in our local communities.

Okta is rethinking the traditional work environment, providing our employees with the flexibility to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, no matter where they are located.  We enable a flexible approach to work, meaning for roles where it makes sense, you can work from the office, or from home, regardless of where you live.  Okta invests in the best technologies and provides flexible benefits and collaborative work environments/experiences, empowering employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs.  Find your place at Okta

https://www.okta.com/company/careers/

.

Apply now to continue the conversation and speak with one of our recruiters…

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

1

P12087_3174445

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

Amazing

Benefits

Making

Social Impact

Developing

Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta

today!

https://www.okta.com/company/careers/

.

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.

If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this

Form

to request an accommodation.

Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Personnel and Job Candidate Privacy Notice at

https://www.okta.com/legal/personnel-policy/.