Account Executive, Commercial

🏢 Zscaler · 📍 Landeshauptstadt München, DEU
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Position Summary & Responsibilities

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 200+ public data centers globally and thousands of private sites at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform.

We believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler.

Role 

We are looking for an Account Executive, Commercial to join our team. This is a hybrid (2 days in the Munich office) role, reporting to the Sales Director in the Sales and Go-to-Market department. You will drive a secure, cloud-enabled digital future by managing a territory focused on net new logo and up-sell opportunities for accounts with 750 to 5,000 users. Your focus is on building high-impact business cases that demonstrate clear value and differentiation across all levels of prospect organizations.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

  • Own an assigned territory with a focus on capturing net new logos and driving up-sell opportunities within the 750 to 5,000 user segment
  • Develop and present comprehensive business cases that articulate clear value and differentiation to stakeholders at all levels
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales Engineering, Solution Architecture, and Transformation teams to navigate complex sales cycles
  • Drive consistent pipeline generation through innovative techniques, field marketing initiatives, and strategic engagement with top-tier channel partners
  • Maintain high accountability for sales targets while leveraging internal resources and partners to ensure customer success

Who You Are (S

🎯 Candidate Preparation Guide For Zscaler Applicants

Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

Testing your grasp of zero-trust network architecture, cloud security transformation, and enterprise-scale consultative sales or engineering.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):
  • 1. Suggesting hardware-centric appliances or legacy perimeter security solutions as viable modern fixes.
  • 2. Failing to understand enterprise compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, SOC2, GDPR).
  • 3. Showing discomfort with high-growth, high-accountability enterprise expectations.
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Having watched enterprises struggle with legacy VPN bottlenecks, I am obsessed with Zscaler's mission to make cloud access faster and more secure than the corporate data center.

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