Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 35 million developers and 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaboration—enabling users to create better APIs, faster.
The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has an office in Bangalore, where it was founded. Postman is privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman.com or connect with Postman on X via @getpostman.
P.S: We highly recommend reading The "API-First World" graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman.
About the Team
This is a unique opportunity to rapidly scale a high velocity sales team within our fast-growing Enterprise business. With nearly every major Fortune 1000 company in the world using Postman at some level, we are positioned to expand our Enterprise presence exponentially over the coming year. We are looking for a passionate, energetic, value-centric Corporate Sales Leader to grow and develop a team of SMB & Corporate Account Executives to seamlessly navigate SMB & corporate sales cycles and effectively close deals. The ideal candidate is a seasoned sales leader who has personally driven teams to achieve significant sales growth at technical Enterprise SaaS companies.
This role will report into Postman’s Head of Enterprise Sales, International.
What You’ll Do
- Scale, manage and mentor a team of SMB & Corporate Account Executives by fostering a culture of sales excellence through rigorous discovery, innovation, and integrity within our SMB & Corporate segment.
- Drive business growth for Postman through new license and expansion sales and ensure excellence across reporting, pipeline management and overall pre-sales customer satisfaction.
- Be an innovator in helping our team discover new ways to sell our product and drive new business initiatives.
- Help develop and execute an effective sales strategy designed to deliver on key business metrics.
- Prepare and present sales presentations to Executive and C-level prospective clients.
- Guide the team on how to educate customers on the value of Postman Enterprise and to navigate key decision makers in order to grow Postman Enterprise awareness within organizations.
- Communicate regularly and effectively with Sales Operations, providing accurate and timely sales forecasts and maintain accurate records in all internal CRM and reporting tools.
- Communicate and organize/escalate issues appropriately including: billing, legal, security, on-boarding, and technical inquiries
- Collaborate and work with Solutions Engineering, Customer Success Managers, Leadership, etc. to build strategic adoption plans for customers.
- Provide recommendations based on customers’ business needs and usage patterns.
- Listen closely and continuously work to educate and promote growth for direct reports.
About You
- 5 years leading a Corporate and/ or Enterprise relevant sales motion preferably in an enterprise SaaS organization
- Experience selling in UK/I, Nordics and/ or DACH region
- Experience selling developer and/or technical products a strong plus
- Strong experience with sales methods such as MEDDIC, Sandler, Miller Heiman, etc
- Excellent communication skills both with customers and within an organization
- Proven negotiation and closing skills, and demonstrated ability translating that knowledge to a sales team
- Strong track record of navigating within large enterprise and mid-market organizations
- Ability to develop senior level relationships quickly and effectively
- Experience presenting to senior managers and the C-suite
- Ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously at various stages of the buying process
- Takes an active interest in increasing customer satisfaction and deepening customer relationships
- Fluent in English, and (ideally) a Scandinavian language and/ or German
- Lots of smiles
In addition to Postman's pay-on-performance philosophy, and a flexible schedule working with a fun, collaborative team, Postman offers a comprehensive set of benefits, including full medical coverage, flexible PTO, wellness reimbursement, and a monthly lunch stipend. Along with that, our wellness programs will help you stay in the best of your physical and mental health. If you have little ones in your family, the creche allowance can help in supporting your work-life balance. Our frequent and fascinating team-building events will keep you connected, while our donation-matching program can support the causes you care about. We’re building a long-term company with an inclusive culture where everyone can be the best version of themselves.
At Postman, we embrace a hybrid work model. For all roles based out of San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Bangalore, Noida, Hyderabad, and New York, employees are expected to come into the office 3-days a week. We were thoughtful in our approach which is based on balancing flexibility and collaboration and grounded in feedback from our workforce, leadership team, and peers. The benefits of our hybrid office model will be shared knowledge, brainstorming sessions, communication, and building trust in-person that cannot be replicated via zoom.
Our Values
At Postman, we create with the same curiosity that we see in our users. We value transparency and honest communication about not only successes, but also failures. In our work, we focus on specific goals that add up to a larger vision. Our inclusive work culture ensures that everyone is valued equally as important pieces of our final product. We are dedicated to delivering the best products we can.
Equal opportunity
Postman is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. Postman does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Postman will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Postman.
