Enterprise Account Executive (Founding Team)
Join Apollo as an Enterprise Account Executive (Founding Team). In this role, you’ll play a critical part in driving growth and guiding sales leaders and operations professionals through their evaluation of Apollo’s powerful, all-in-one sales platform.
Role Summary:
Apollo.io is building its foundational team of sellers responsible for taking the company into the enterprise segment. In this full-cycle land, expand, and renew role, you will drive our growth into organizations with 1,000+ employees by acquiring new logos, retaining and renewing existing customers, and expanding accounts across your book of business.
As a founding member of this new segment, you’ll shape our motion, influence strategy, and set the standard for how Apollo wins in larger, more complex environments. This role is ideal for a high-performing seller who wants meaningful ownership, greenfield opportunity, and the ability to directly impact Apollo’s next phase of growth.
What You’ll Do:
New Logo Acquisition
Own a defined set of enterprise accounts (1,000+ employees) as part of Apollo’s first team dedicated to this segment.
Proactively engage Director, VP, and C-suite leaders across Sales, Marketing and RevOps to build qualified pipeline and close new logos.
Partner with the Outbound BDR team to drive incremental pipeline.
Build a repeatable motion for engaging enterprise prospects as Apollo scales upmarket.
Achieve 3X pipeline coverage and exceed new business acquisition targets.
Account Expansion
Mature your understanding of your customers’ business goals to identify cross-sell and upsell opportunities.
Build account plans that maximize adoption and generate multi-year growth across your accounts.Partner with Customer Success, Product, and RevOps to ensure customers receive high-impact value that drives expansion revenue.Influence Apollo’s upmarket playbook by identifying expansion patterns and informing product and GTM strategy.
Revenue Retention & Renewals
Own renewals across your book of business with strong preparation, forecasting, and value-focused executive conversations.
Identify churn risks early and collaborate cross-functionally to drive adoption and prevent attrition.
Build multi-threaded relationships to ensure account stability and long-term success.
Sales Strategy & Execution
Use a data-driven approach to identify high-potential logo, expansion, and renewal opportunities.
Maintain precise pipeline hygiene and forecast revenue within a 10% accuracy margin.
Contribute to the development of Apollo’s enterprise GTM strategy through real-time insights from customer conversations.
Leverage Apollo’s platform and your outbound expertise to build meaningful relationships and position Apollo as a mission-critical revenue engine.
Mindset & Culture
Bring a “hunter + farmer” mentality - you’re equally strong in outbound acquisition and long-term account growth.
Thrive in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment where processes, playbooks, and systems are still being built.
Embrace a collaborative, ambitious, and customer-first culture.
Operate with a builder’s mindset: resourceful, solutions-oriented, and motivated by being part of a founding go-to-market team.
What We’re Looking For:
7+ years of quota-carrying AE experience, ideally with both new business and expansion ownership in GTM enterprise SaaS.
Consistent track record of exceeding quota across new business, expansions, and renewals.
Experience selling into enterprises (1,000+ employees) and navigating multi-threaded executive-level deals.
Fluency in sales methodologies such as Command of the Message and qualification frameworks like MEDDPICC.
Strong ability to manage the full customer lifecycle from prospecting to renewals, while maintaining a strategic and consultative approach.
High degree of ownership, grit, and adaptability suited for a founding team environment.
Excellent communication, executive presence, negotiation skills, and cross-functional partnership abilities.
The listed Pay Range reflects base salary range, except for sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ('OTE') range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commission/sales bonus targets and annual base salary for the role. This pay range may be inclusive of several career levels at Apollo and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.
Additional benefits for this role may include equity; company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; at least 10 paid holidays per year, flex PTO, and parental leave; employee assistance program and wellbeing benefits; global travel coverage; life/AD&D/STD/LTD insurance; FSA/HSA and medical, dental, and vision benefits.
Annual Pay Range
$250,000—$280,000 USD
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Enterprise Account Executive (Founding Team)
Join Apollo as an Enterprise Account Executive (Founding Team). In this role, you’ll play a critical part in driving growth and guiding sales leaders and operations professionals through their evaluation of Apollo’s powerful, all-in-one sales platform.
Role Summary:
Apollo.io is building its foundational team of sellers responsible for taking the company into the enterprise segment. In this full-cycle land, expand, and renew role, you will drive our growth into organizations with 1,000+ employees by acquiring new logos, retaining and renewing existing customers, and expanding accounts across your book of business.
As a founding member of this new segment, you’ll shape our motion, influence strategy, and set the standard for how Apollo wins in larger, more complex environments. This role is ideal for a high-performing seller who wants meaningful ownership, greenfield opportunity, and the ability to directly impact Apollo’s next phase of growth.
What You’ll Do:
New Logo Acquisition
Own a defined set of enterprise accounts (1,000+ employees) as part of Apollo’s first team dedicated to this segment.
Proactively engage Director, VP, and C-suite leaders across Sales, Marketing and RevOps to build qualified pipeline and close new logos.
Partner with the Outbound BDR team to drive incremental pipeline.
Build a repeatable motion for engaging enterprise prospects as Apollo scales upmarket.
Achieve 3X pipeline coverage and exceed new business acquisition targets.
Account Expansion
Mature your understanding of your customers’ business goals to identify cross-sell and upsell opportunities.
Build account plans that maximize adoption and generate multi-year growth across your accounts.Partner with Customer Success, Product, and RevOps to ensure customers receive high-impact value that drives expansion revenue.Influence Apollo’s upmarket playbook by identifying expansion patterns and informing product and GTM strategy.
Revenue Retention & Renewals
Own renewals across your book of business with strong preparation, forecasting, and value-focused executive conversations.
Identify churn risks early and collaborate cross-functionally to drive adoption and prevent attrition.
Build multi-threaded relationships to ensure account stability and long-term success.
Sales Strategy & Execution
Use a data-driven approach to identify high-potential logo, expansion, and renewal opportunities.
Maintain precise pipeline hygiene and forecast revenue within a 10% accuracy margin.
Contribute to the development of Apollo’s enterprise GTM strategy through real-time insights from customer conversations.
Leverage Apollo’s platform and your outbound expertise to build meaningful relationships and position Apollo as a mission-critical revenue engine.
Mindset & Culture
Bring a “hunter + farmer” mentality - you’re equally strong in outbound acquisition and long-term account growth.
Thrive in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment where processes, playbooks, and systems are still being built.
Embrace a collaborative, ambitious, and customer-first culture.
Operate with a builder’s mindset: resourceful, solutions-oriented, and motivated by being part of a founding go-to-market team.
What We’re Looking For:
7+ years of quota-carrying AE experience, ideally with both new business and expansion ownership in GTM enterprise SaaS.
Consistent track record of exceeding quota across new business, expansions, and renewals.
Experience selling into enterprises (1,000+ employees) and navigating multi-threaded executive-level deals.
Fluency in sales methodologies such as Command of the Message and qualification frameworks like MEDDPICC.
Strong ability to manage the full customer lifecycle from prospecting to renewals, while maintaining a strategic and consultative approach.
High degree of ownership, grit, and adaptability suited for a founding team environment.
Excellent communication, executive presence, negotiation skills, and cross-functional partnership abilities.
The listed Pay Range reflects base salary range, except for sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ('OTE') range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commission/sales bonus targets and annual base salary for the role. This pay range may be inclusive of several career levels at Apollo and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.
Additional benefits for this role may include equity; company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; at least 10 paid holidays per year, flex PTO, and parental leave; employee assistance program and wellbeing benefits; global travel coverage; life/AD&D/STD/LTD insurance; FSA/HSA and medical, dental, and vision benefits.
Annual Pay Range
$250,000—$280,000 USD