Senior Sales Executive - West

RapidFort, Inc.
  • CA
  • $125,000–$150,000 Per Year
30+ days ago

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January 18, 2026

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Senior Sales Executive - West

RapidFort is seeking a high-impact Senior Sales Executive (Hunter) who thrives on opening doors, creating pipeline, and winning new enterprise customers. This role is built for someone who excels at engaging senior decision-makers, driving urgency, and evangelizing the future of software supply chain security. The ideal candidate brings a proven track record of new logo acquisition, a strong rolodex of enterprise security decision-makers, and the ability to activate those relationships to accelerate pipeline growth. As a frontline leader, you will set the pace for outbound execution, coach high-performance selling behaviors, and lead by example-positioning RapidFort's platform as a strategic solution that helps enterprises reduce risk, strengthen compliance, and modernize how they secure and optimize software.

Base Salary Range: $125,000 - $150,000 USD

OTE: $250,000-$350,000

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

  • 5+ years of proven success closing enterprise deals in SaaS, Security, or DevOps markets
  • Documented track record of consistently exceeding quota (Top 10-20% performer)
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with exceptional work ethic and resourcefulness
  • Strong collaboration skills and team-oriented approach
  • Competitive drive and results-oriented mentality
  • Quick learner who can rapidly absorb technical concepts and adapt to evolving processes
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication abilities
  • Willingness to travel as needed to build and strengthen client relationships

Preferred:

  • Technical knowledge in one or more areas: Container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker), Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), DevOps tooling, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins), software development lifecycle, or application security
  • Experience in early to growth-stage startup environments
  • Strong sales fundamentals with a consultative selling approach
  • Ability to navigate complex technical sales cycles with multiple stakeholders
  • Comfortable operating in fast-paced, dynamic environments where priorities shift and solutions evolve

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

  • Define and execute strategic sales plans for your assigned territory
  • Articulate RapidFort's unique value proposition and competitive advantages to technical and business stakeholders
  • Consistently forecast, meet, and exceed quarterly and annual quotas
  • Build and manage a robust pipeline through both proactive outbound prospecting and inbound opportunities.
  • Maintain accurate opportunity tracking and account management in CRM systems
  • Partner cross-functionally with product, customer success, and solutions engineering teams to optimize the entire sales cycle
  • Stay current on competitive landscape, market trends, and emerging technologies in the software security space
  • US-based with ability to work remotely

Numbers & Facts

LocationCA
Salary$125,000–$150,000 Per Year

Skills

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  • Customer Relationsunmatched
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systemsunmatched
  • DevOpsunmatched
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  • GCP (Good Clinical Practices)unmatched
  • GitHubunmatched
  • Jenkinsunmatched
  • Machine Toolunmatched
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  • Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
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  • Security Softwareunmatched
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  • Startupunmatched
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  • Supply Chainunmatched
  • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Technical Salesunmatched
  • Willing to Travelunmatched
  • Work From Homeunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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