Senior New Business Account Executive
💰 $80,000 – $140,000/yrMarket estimate · not provided by the employer
At a glance
- Who can apply
- United States
- Work arrangement
- Hybrid · Hybrid (Denver, Colorado, United States)
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Senior
- Experience
- 2+ years (as stated by the employer)
- Salary
- $80,000 – $140,000/yr · market estimate
- ✓ Open to early-career candidates
Checked against the employer's source on October 15, 2026. Details come from the employer's posting; confirm them on the application page.
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Job Description
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About Tailscale
Tailscale is making safe connection effortless by delivering software that makes it easy to securely interconnect people and their devices, no matter where they are. From hobbyists to multinational corporations, teams of every size use Tailscale each day to protect their networks, share access to internal tools, and more. We're building a future for the Internet that's easy, sensible, and safe, like it used to be. Founded in 2019 and fully distributed, we're backed by Accel, CRV, Insight, Heavybit, and Uncork Capital.
About the Role
We are looking for ambitious sellers to join our New Business Account Executive team. This is not a “farmer” role. You will be assigned inbound leads via round robin, however you will also be responsible for prospecting and sourcing a third of your own pipeline. You’ll own the sales cycle from prospect to purchase, and work to earn customer trust every step of the way.
Tailscale has a vibrant community across Hacker News, X, and Reddit. We have 100,000+ monthly active users, many of whom are engineering leaders working at the most innovative companies in the world. This is an opportunity to join early at a rapidly growing startup and build the playbook for startup sales.
Key Responsibilities
- Win new business. Find your way to the right people at prospective customers, educate them about our services, and help them succeed with Tailscale.
- Experiment and move quickly. Analyze market landscapes and customer trends to inform your sales campaigns.
- Travel to (or organize) local events and attend large industry events to evangelize Tailscale to prospective customers
- Support customers across all time zones
- Manage and organize your activities, pipeline, and forecast in Gong and Salesforce
What We Are Looking For
- 2+ years of prospecting or closing experience in a door-to-door or in-person sales role
- Ambition to build (and not just follow) a sales playbook
- A technical background or curiosity in technology
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Proactive from lead to close - if this opportunity really excites you, please don’t just apply on the website. Find the hiring manager, prospect thoughtfully, and tell us why you’re the best candidate for this position.
- Experience self sourcing opportunities and guiding a customer from discovery all the way through closed won deals, with senior technical buyers (VP Engineering, CTO, Head of Platform, CISO)
- This role is based in Denver and is hybrid required (3 days/week in-office)
As a company, we strive to maintain fair and equitable compensation practices within our team across all roles and all levels. Tailscale's compensation package includes base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits. The salary range displayed on each job posting represents the target range for a new hire's base salary. Individual offers may vary based on experience and skill set.
For this position, our pay ranges reflect target OTE (on target earnings), inclusive of base salary and variable compensation tied to the attainment of quarterly sales targets.