Enterprise Account Executive at Rubrik - Remote Global — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
This Enterprise Account Executive role is listed as remote with headquarters in Germany, and the job hint indicates it is open "Anywhere in the World" — making it appealing on the surface for location-independent professionals. However, there are important caveats for nomads to consider.
Timezone and schedule flexibility: Enterprise sales roles are inherently tied to the working hours of your assigned territory. Since the HQ is in Germany and the patch likely covers DACH or European enterprise accounts, you would realistically need to be available during Central European business hours (CET/CEST). This makes it challenging to operate from Southeast Asia or the Americas without disrupting your working day.
Travel requirements: Enterprise AE roles typically require in-person meetings with prospects and partners. While the role is listed as remote, expect meaningful travel to client sites and potentially to Rubrik offices or events — limiting true nomadic freedom.
- Lisbon/Porto: CET-adjacent timezone (WET/WEST), excellent digital nomad visa options, manageable cost of living — a strong base for this role.
- Warsaw or Prague: CET timezone, lower cost of living, EU access — practical options if the territory is Central/Eastern Europe.
- Bangkok or Bali: 5–7 hours ahead of CET; customer calls would fall in the early afternoon locally, but pipeline generation activities in the morning would be difficult.
No explicit travel stipend or coworking allowance is mentioned. Best suited to nomads who prefer a stable European base rather than frequent timezone-hopping.
Headquarters: Germany, Remote
Rubrik's Sales organization is a united group of elite cross-functional sales professionals that help companies and government entities achieve resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. We offer continuous professional growth and opportunity through our world-class sales enablement program. Our One Rubrik selling approach provides all the resources you need to exceed your goals, maximize your earnings potential, and take your career to the next level — all while doing something truly purposeful: protecting the world's data.
As an Enterprise Account Executive, you will have ownership of all elements of bookings growth in new and existing accounts in your assigned region/patch, focused on the enterprise segment. We are seeking a relentless self-starter who is hyper-focused on acquiring new logos by discovering and developing new opportunities, managing pipeline, and executing account strategies, while also driving existing customer expansion. The AE must generate pipeline daily while working with Sales Engineers, Sales Development, Channel Development, and Rubrik Channel Partners to exceed sales quotas.
What You'll Do:
- Define and execute sales plans for the assigned territory to meet and exceed quota through prospecting, qualifying, managing, and closing sales opportunities
- Develop and manage sales pipeline to move a large number of strategic transactions through the sales process
- Identify and close new opportunities for growth working with a mix of mid- to large enterprise accounts
- Present Rubrik, Inc. solutions within complex data center design environments
- Co-sell and strategize with partners, distributors, and VARs to enable rapid growth
- Provide Rubrik, Inc. management with feedback about the local market opportunity and identification of new business opportunities and channel partnerships
Experience You'll Need:
- Ideally 5+ years of tech sales closing experience (selling either IT Infrastructure or SaaS – ideally both) into mid- to large organizations
- Consistent track record landing net new logos via self-sourced pipeline generation activities
- Has ideally translated IT pain into business outcomes – experience selling a complex solution into IT personas
- Ideally understands and has used MEDDPICC as a sales qualification tool and Command of the Message – ability to build strong champions
- Understanding and experience working with channel partners and SDRs
- Highly driven, goal-oriented "get it done" attitude
- Naturally driven, high levels of integrity, grit/tenacity but still coachable
About Rubrik:
Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes.
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Inclusion @ Rubrik:
At Rubrik, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world's data.
Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential.
Our inclusion strategy focuses on three core areas:
- Our Company: We are committed to building a merit-based organization that offers equal access to growth and success for all employees globally.
- Our Culture: We strive to create an inclusive atmosphere where individuals from all backgrounds feel a strong sense of belonging, can thrive, and do their best work.
- Our Communities: We are dedicated to expanding our engagement with the communities we operate in, creating opportunities for underrepresented talent and driving greater innovation for our clients.
Rubrik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact us at [email protected] if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job.
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