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Strategic Client Account Executive, APAC

Drive strategic growth for major enterprise clients as a Senior Client Account Executive in the APAC region.

Location
Tokyo, Japan
Compensation
Not disclosed
Level
senior
Type
full time

Posted by employer 1 day ago

First seen on Joblaze 1 hour ago

Last verified on the company career page 1 hour ago

Skills & Technologies

What you'll build

  • Manage and expand relationships with major clients
  • Develop and execute strategic account plans
  • Identify and close upsell opportunities
  • Influence internal stakeholders for tailored solutions
  • Monitor industry trends and advise clients

Must have

  • 5+ years of SaaS sales experience
  • Experience selling to large enterprise customers
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Consistent record of meeting sales quotas
  • Ability to conduct business in English

Nice to have

  • Curiosity for the DevOps ecosystem
  • Experience growing existing accounts
  • Experience selling to Engineering Leadership
  • Business experience in APAC

Requirements

Experience
5+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree

Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.

Joblaze summary

The Strategic Client Account Executive at CircleCI focuses on managing and expanding relationships with key enterprise clients across the APAC region, ensuring they derive maximum value from the company's services. This role requires a strong background in SaaS sales, particularly with technical products, and the ability to engage with C-level stakeholders effectively. Ideal candidates will have at least five years of experience in sales, a curiosity for the DevOps ecosystem, and a proven track record of driving revenue growth. The position also involves mentoring junior team members and collaborating across various functions to enhance client experiences.

Joblaze insights

Quick facts

How much experience is required?
At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Strategic Client Account Executive, APAC role.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: DevOps, SaaS.
What seniority level is this role?
CircleCI targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Strategic Client Account Executive, APAC role at CircleCI.

From the original posting

Overview of Position

Are you an accomplished relationship builder with a proven ability to drive strategic growth for major clients at the enterprise level? As a Strategic Client Account Executive, you will be responsible for managing and expanding relationships with our most valuable and complex accounts across APAC. Leveraging your deep industry expertise and executive presence, you will serve as a trusted advisor to C-level stakeholders, ensuring our clients achieve maximum value from our services while identifying and executing on high-impact growth opportunities.

Overview of Team

The JAPAC Account Management team is committed to delivering exceptional value and satisfaction to our clients. As a senior member, you will play a leadership role in shaping account strategies, mentoring junior team members, and driving cross-functional collaboration with customer success, field engineering, marketing, and product development. You will help set the standard for strategic relationship management, leveraging data-driven insights and industry best practices to inform our approach. Your ability to influence decision-making and proactively engage with executive-level clients will be critical to our continued success.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will handle existing customers and develop new business across the entire APAC region, excluding Japan.

  • Lead the development and execution of comprehensive, multi-year strategic account plans for top-tier clients, aligning our solutions with their evolving business objectives.
  • Build, nurture, and expand executive-level relationships, acting as a senior trusted advisor and thought partner to client leadership teams.
  • Identify, pursue, and close complex upsell opportunities, driving significant revenue growth across the JAPAC region.
  • Serve as the senior client advocate within the organization, influencing internal stakeholders and mobilizing cross-functional teams to deliver tailored solutions and exceptional client experiences.
  • Provide strategic guidance to product and marketing teams based on sophisticated client feedback and market intelligence, shaping our offerings to meet emerging client needs.
  • Monitor industry trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory changes, proactively advising clients on risks and opportunities relevant to their business.
  • Represent the company in joint proposals and strategic initiatives with CircleCI partners and other key collaborators.
  • Build, prioritize and forecast your pipeline using platforms, including Hubspot, Outreach.io, Gainsight, 6sense, ZoomInfo, LinkedIn

What We're Looking For

  • 5+ years of SaaS sales experience, selling a technical product to large enterprise customers, with a track record of being a top perform
  • Curiosity for the DevOps ecosystem and familiarity with technical concepts and their business value
  • A great teammate that will thrive in our fluid, fast-paced, dynamic, scaling environment
  • Resilient and inquisitive
  • Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills (written and verbal) and organizational skills
  • Consistent record of meeting and exceeding sales quotas using English.
  • Experience growing existing accounts and opening net new accounts
  • Experience selling to Engineering Leadership (CTO, VP of Eng, DevOps Leaders, etc.)
  • You must be able to conduct business with customers in English; Japanese language skills are not required.
  • Bachelor's degree preferred
  • Business Experience in APAC preferred

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

About CircleCI

CircleCI is the world’s largest continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform, and the hub where code moves from idea to delivery. As one of the most-used DevOps tools - processing more than 3 million jobs a day - CircleCI has unique access to data on how the most effective engineering teams work, and the tools to help software companies successfully leverage the power of AI into their commercial applications. Companies like Hinge, HuggingFace, and Samsung use us to improve engineering team productivity, release better products, and get to market faster.


Founded in 2011 and headquartered in downtown San Francisco with a global, remote workforce, CircleCI is venture-backed by Base10, Greenspring Associates, Eleven Prime, IVP, Sapphire Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, Baseline Ventures, Threshold
Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Owl Rock Capital, Next Equity Partners, Heavybit, and Harrison Metal Capital.

CircleCI is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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