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Enterprise Sales Executive at Chainguard - Remote Denmark — Columbus

LocationColumbus
CompanyChainguard
Sourcejobicy
Posted2026-08-29 10:58:36

Traveler-Friendly Insight

This role is explicitly remote-first, making it highly compatible with a location-independent lifestyle — provided you can service a territory likely aligned with Denmark or the broader EMEA/Nordic region. The job does note a requirement to travel to clients when needed, so pure nomadism may be limited by client-facing obligations, especially for enterprise sales cycles.

Timezone considerations: Based on the Denmark location hint, you'd likely need to operate within CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) business hours to serve European enterprise clients effectively. This still leaves solid nomad-friendly options in nearby or overlapping timezones:

  • Lisbon, Portugal – WET/WEST (UTC+0/+1), just 1 hour off CET. Very affordable for Western Europe, with a Digital Nomad Visa available.
  • Tbilisi, Georgia – UTC+4, stretches availability but mornings work for CET overlap. Low cost of living; Georgia offers a 1-year "Remotely from Georgia" program.
  • Tallinn, Estonia – UTC+2, perfect CET overlap; Estonia's Digital Nomad Visa is well-established for non-EU workers.

Travel-relevant perks are genuinely strong here: a monthly coworking stipend, phone and internet reimbursement, and bi-annual destination summits mean the company actively supports a mobile work style. Client travel is also expected and presumably expensed. No explicit equipment stipend is mentioned, so clarify this during interviews.

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.

Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.

Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.

The Role, in a Nutshell:

We're looking for highly motivated sales executives who have strong market knowledge and enjoy building relationships with key decision makers to evangelize building secure and reliable software. Our sales team walks a mile in their customers' shoes and wants our customers and prospects to see the immense value and expertise Chainguard's solutions offer.

Skills / Job Requirements:

  • Define and execute sales plans for your assigned territory
  • Convey value prop and product differentiators to prospects and customers
  • Forecast, meet, and exceed quota
  • Through a combination of inbound and outbound leads, develop and manage leads funnel
  • Manage business and track opportunities through CRM and other supporting tools
  • Collaborate on and improve all aspects of the sales cycle, including product, support, and sales engineering
  • Understand the competitive market, being familiar with competing companies and their offerings

Candidate Background:

  • 5+ years of Enterprise Sales Experience
  • Domain experience with one or more of the following required: Compute platforms (Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), DevOps Tooling, CI/CD platforms (GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins) and overall SDLC
  • Strong track record consistently overachieving sales targets
  • Ability to learn new products and processes quickly
  • Competitive and driven
  • Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
  • Team player
  • Must be willing to travel to clients to support sales relationships (if required)
  • Entrepreneurial – willing to go the extra mile, strong work ethic, resourceful

Desired Qualifications:

  • SaaS or Developer tools sales experience
  • Startup experience
  • A strong sales aptitude and fundamental understanding of the sales process
  • A sound, tech-savvy business acumen and the ability to articulate a compelling value proposition in a complex and evolving business environment
  • Ability to thrive in an agile environment with an ever-evolving set of solutions

About Us

We live and breathe our company values:

  • We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
  • We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
  • We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
  • We trust each other and assume good intentions — We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well-informed decisions.

A few of the benefits we offer:

  • Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
  • Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
  • 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
  • Unlimited Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
  • 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.

If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Chainguard will process your personal data in accordance with Chainguard's Global Candidate Privacy Notice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this role fully remote or is office attendance required?
The role is remote-first with no office requirement. Chainguard offers coworking space stipends and hosts bi-annual destination summits for team connection. However, travel to clients may be required to support enterprise sales relationships.
What technical background is required for this sales role?
Candidates need domain experience in at least one of: compute platforms (Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure, GCP), DevOps tooling, or CI/CD platforms (GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins). Prior SaaS or developer tools sales experience is a strong plus.
What does the equity package look like at Chainguard?
Employees receive stock options upon hire and promotion, can participate in secondary offerings, and have a 10-year window to exercise their options — a notably generous term compared to the industry-standard 90-day post-termination window.
How much experience is needed to apply for this position?
The role requires 5+ years of enterprise sales experience with a consistent track record of overachieving targets. The posting encourages candidates whose experience is close but doesn't meet every requirement to apply anyway.
What territory would this Enterprise Account Executive cover?
The job posting does not explicitly define the territory, but the Denmark location hint suggests a Nordic or EMEA territory. Candidates should clarify the exact geographic scope and quota during the interview process.
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