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Enterprise Account Executive - Southern California

Opal · Los Angeles

Pay
$250K–$350K
From the posting
Posted
Aug 12, 2026
Tracked open for 76 days
Team
Sales
Full-time
Opal hiring
20 open roles
7 in sales & gtm
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Typical account executive pay at startups: $215K median, middle half $156K–$300K (479 posted ranges).

Typical sales & gtm pay at Opal: $250K–$350K — median of 5 listed ranges.

Across all startups we track: $178K–$229K for sales & gtm roles (1,711 listed ranges).

About the role

Description

At Opal, we’re building modern identity governance for the AI era—intelligent access management that empowers enterprises to move fast while staying secure. Our mission is to bring clarity, control, and confidence to complex enterprise environments, helping teams govern access without slowing down innovation.

Your responsibilities

  • Define and execute sales strategies to meet and exceed assigned quota

  • Manage the full sales cycle through prospecting, qualifying, managing POVs, and closing opportunities

  • Partner with your CSM and SE counterparts to build strong partnerships, deliver continuous value, identity upsell opportunities, and ensure timely renewals for our customers

  • Acquire and maintain knowledge of the access management industry and emerging competitive landscape

  • Collaborate with the GTM team on sales best practices, key learnings of the industry and trends, and iterations of messaging and sales assets for pipeline generation and management

  • Be a voice for the customer/prospect with internal teams including Sales Engineering/POV team, Product and Marketing to ensure appropriate prioritization

  • Document your results and maintain accurate data across all sales systems

Our ideal candidate

  • 5+ years of quota-carrying field sales experience in a fast-paced and competitive market

  • Consistent track record of landing net new logos

  • Strong track record of meeting and exceeding sales quotas

  • Experience selling complex enterprise software, security and infrastructure management preferred

  • Strong executive presence, listening skills, and experience selling into the C-suite

  • Curious and highly driven self-starter with start-up experience

Benefits & Perks

  • Competitive Salary

  • Early employee equity

  • Top-tier Medical, Vision, & Dental coverage

  • Company and team bonding trips throughout the year fully covered by Opal Security

  • Daily lunch & coffee allowance

  • Unlimited PTO

  • 11 company holidays

  • One Medical Membership

  • 401k plan

  • Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits

Majority of the Opal team members work together in our San Francisco office but this role is remote. Visits to hang with the team in office will be welcome and encouraged :)

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds rarely apply unless they meet all the job criteria. We aren’t looking for someone who ticks every single box on a page; we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. If you think you’d be a great fit, then please get in touch to tell us about yourself. Opal is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

From Opal's careers page. First seen Aug 12, 2026, last verified Oct 25, 2026.

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