Strategic Account Executive
Palo Alto, CAJob$236–315K/yrPosted todayStill listed today
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Job overview
Navan is adding a Strategic Account Executive as an early member of its Enterprise Sales team. The role manages a territory and generates revenue from new customers, selling travel and expense solutions to large organizations. The candidate will shape go-to-market strategy, navigate complex organizations, and engage executives across functions. The posting seeks substantial SaaS sales experience and enterprise deal experience.
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Full job description
The Navan Sales team is looking to add a superstar Strategic Account Executive to the team with knowledge of technology and solid business-to-business sales. This individual will be an early member of our Enterprise Sales team.
The ideal candidate thrives in a start-up environment where they can shape the go-to-market strategy. This individual knows how to sell against deeply ingrained legacy systems to change the inertia in how businesses manage travel and expense. You will be responsible for managing a lucrative territory while generating revenue from net new customers. You will be selling into Finance, Procurement and travel organizations and must know to get creative and navigate large organizations.
What You’ll Do:
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Establish and develop a strategy for identifying and closing net new sales opportunities
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Prospect into targeted strategic accounts within designated territory
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Leverage sales methodologies such as MEDDIC to execute on deal strategies
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Present and sell directly to C-level executives within but not limited to HR, Legal, Finance, Procurement
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Collaborate and lead successful execution of sales activities through contract negotiation and signed contracts with internal and external teams
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Manage all sales activity and monthly forecasting of revenue in Salesforce
What We’re Looking For:
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8+ years of consistent sales performance within a SaaS environment
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3+ years selling into Enterprise sized organizations (deal cycles being 1M+ in revenue)
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Strong experience prospecting and self-generating pipeline
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Proven ability to develop champions and execute within a complex sales cycle
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Experience at a start-up or in a scrappy, fast-moving environment
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Bachelor’s degree preferred
The posted pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the compensation for this position and is subject to change based on business need. To determine a successful candidate’s starting pay, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location, an evaluation of the candidate’s skills and experience, market demands, and internal parity.
For roles with on-target-earnings (OTE), the pay range includes both base salary and target incentive compensation. Target incentive compensation for some roles may include a ramping draw period. Compensation is higher for those who exceed targets. Candidates may receive more information from the recruiter.
Pay Range $236,250—$315,000 USD
The posted pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the compensation for this position and is subject to change based on business need. To determine a successful candidate’s starting pay, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location, an evaluation of the candidate’s skills and experience, market demands, and internal parity.
For roles with on-target-earnings (OTE), the pay range includes both base salary and target incentive compensation. Target incentive compensation for some roles may include a ramping draw period. Compensation is higher for those who exceed targets. Candidates may receive more information from the recruiter. Pay Range $236,250—$315,000 USD
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How this job compares
Set against the 49,877 open Sales jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$236–315K/yr
- California median$110–162K/yr3,368 salary ranges
- US median$95–144K/yr25,335 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $276K, is 97% above the California median midpoint ($140K) — in the top quarter of Sales salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 5,398 open Sales jobs in California and 49,877 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Accenture271 open
- Home Depot269 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Sales postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 28,553 postings).
- Education
- 10,217 of the 49,877 open Sales jobs (20%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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