Enterprise Account Executive

Enterprise Account Executive

Nominal is a venture-backed company with offices in Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City. We're focused on building software and data solutions for organizations that test and validate complex systemsthink drones, rocket engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors. Supported by leading investors like General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and more, we're gaining strong traction in the commercial and government aerospace and defense industrial base, including working directly with the Department of Defense.

Our team includes engineers and operators from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Lockheed Martin, and NASA, all working toward a common goal : making it faster and easier for hardware engineers to push the boundaries of advanced technology safely and efficiently. Our platform helps engineering teams accelerate test data review and analysis, scaling testing campaigns to save time and cut costs.

In this pivotal role, you'll deliver Nominal's vision of providing continuous testing to the industrial base, equipping engineers to deploy capability at scale, in the shortest time possible. You'll maintain deal ownership of large enterprise and strategic accounts, selling a modern software platform to hardware organizations. It'll be your role to communicate how our technology fits into their existing stack and helps them meet their critical testing outcomes. You will also be counted on to shape the early sales team and its culture.

About the role

• Own the deal : Manage the full enterprise sales motion, including lead generation, opportunity / program qualification, negotiation, and closing, consistently moving deals through the pipeline and exceeding sales goals. Know and understand how to generate executive buy-in, end user excitement, financial buyer alignment, and IT & compliance / infosec sign-offs.
• Build the relationship : Cultivate industry relationships by meeting decision-makers where they're at : attend the niche manufacturing conference, host the executive dinner, or sponsor the right event. Maintain a finger on the pulse of the customer company strategy and how Nominal may fit into their priorities.
• Craft the strategy : Build account plans to target innovative, first-mover programs and business units before expanding across the enterprise. Understand the organizational structure and priorities. Identify internal champions who will evangelize the product and our team.
• Sell to an outcome : Deeply understand your customers' business and technical challenges, communicating Nominal's value proposition to C-level executives, testing managers and chief engineers, discipline engineers, systems architects & IT professionals, and finance teams. Help people see exactly how our tech helps them meet their goals. Artfully manage the politics and budgetary pressures / timelines at play with skill.
• Partner effectively : Access the knowledge of the team around you, pulling in the right engineers to share targeted demos, perform discovery, identify capability gaps, understand integration and deployability options, share compliance and infosec guidance, and more. Work with business operations and marketing to develop the right sales collateral to nail the tailored messaging.
• Maintain the forecast : Track opportunities with long lead times against quotas and company goals, manage a robust book of business, and provide accurate quarterly forecasts.
• Build the team : Nominal is in the early days of building out a sales team. Play a critical senior role in building the scalable sales engine, defining the sales strategy, and contributing to the sales culture. Have an owner's mindset across everything you do.

We're looking for someone with

Skills that supercharge us

Benefits / Perks

$120,000 - $200,000 a year

Compensation at Nominal for eligible roles consists of a base salary, equity, and benefits. The base salary is just one part of the overall compensation package, which may also include equity in the form of stock options. In addition, we offer comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, life coverage, a 401(k) retirement plan, learning stipend, and unlimited PTO. Please note that benefits may vary based on your location and are subject to change.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.