Druva is the resilience foundation for the AI enterprise, helping organizations secure and recover from connected risk across data, cyber, identity, and AI. The Resilience Cloud is a fully managed, cloud-native SaaS platform that delivers air-gapped and immutable protection across cloud, SaaS, on-premises, endpoint, and edge environments. Powered by Dru MetaGraph, Druva’s graph-powered intelligence layer, the platform connects critical business context so customers can understand risk, respond faster, recover cleanly, and govern data with greater confidence.
Trusted by nearly 7,500 customers, including 75 of the Fortune 500, Druva helps safeguard the critical information and systems businesses depend on in an increasingly connected world.
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The Role:
We are looking for a driven, hungry Account Executive to join our team and aggressively grow Druva’s Data Security solutions within a defined territory. This hunter-focused role requires a challenger mentality and an innovative, value-based sales approach to stand out in a competitive landscape.
You will proactively seek new opportunities and expand existing accounts by confidently engaging IT decision-makers at multiple levels. Success in this role means thinking creatively to solve customer challenges, commanding Druva’s messaging, and effectively differentiating our solutions.
Who You Are:
You’re a self-starter who thrives on taking ownership and pushing beyond conventional sales tactics. Detail-oriented and process-aware, you balance discipline with a willingness to challenge the status quo and think outside the box. You build trusted advisor relationships by deeply understanding customer needs and delivering clear, compelling value propositions.
While formal experience is important, what truly sets you apart is your hunger to win, your ability to challenge assumptions, and your drive to exceed targets through smart, strategic effort.
What You’ll Do:
- Proactively identify and qualify new business opportunities within your territory to increase Druva’s market share
- Improve NRR with existing customers, ensuring ROI validation and expansion into these accounts with a high platform adoption rate.
- Use MEDDPICC to track deal progress, highlight risks/opportunities, and align internal resources to close deals
- Deliver engaging, tailored product demos both virtually and onsite that resonate with mid-market IT buyers
- Convert prospects by confidently communicating Druva’s unique competitive advantages and value.
- Collaborate with Solutions Engineers to develop customized account strategies and technical solutions
- Work closely with channel partners to generate incremental revenue and expand market reach
- Maintain accurate pipeline, activity, and forecast reporting, and actively participate in Quarterly Business Reviews
- Develop and execute a comprehensive territory business plan aligned with company goals
- Stay informed on Druva’s competitive positioning and market trends to keep your sales approach sharp
- Consistently meet or exceed your assigned revenue targets
What We’re Looking For:
- 5+ years of sales experience, preferably in Enterprise Software, Backup, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, or SaaS environments
- Someone who understands Cloud/SaaS/Security and is a fast learner
- Demonstrated hunger and ability to challenge prospects and internal teams constructively
- Strong problem-solving skills with a creative approach to overcoming objections and barriers
- Comfortable navigating complex buying environments and engaging multiple IT stakeholders
- Self-motivated and disciplined with excellent organizational and communication skills
- Technical aptitude with a solid understanding of backup and data protection solutions; security experience is a plus
- Experience working with channel partners and managing territory accounts
Why You’ll Love Working Here:
Innovation is how we operate, not a side project. You’ll work in a culture that values bold thinking and continuous improvement, where global teams experiment, iterate, and turn new ideas into products customers can rely on.
If you’re looking for high-ownership work, visible impact, and a culture that values innovation, collaboration, accountability, and growth—where you’ll be trusted to lead and empowered to build—you’ll thrive at Druva.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of sales experience
- Experience in enterprise software, backup, cybersecurity, data protection, or SaaS environments
- Understanding of cloud, SaaS, and security
- Ability to challenge prospects and internal teams constructively
- Strong problem-solving skills and creative objection handling
- Experience navigating complex buying environments and engaging multiple IT stakeholders
- Self-motivation, discipline, organization, and communication skills
- Technical aptitude and understanding of backup and data protection solutions
- Security experience
- Experience working with channel partners and managing territory accounts
Druva Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Druva and has not been reviewed or approved by Druva.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive in the U.S., with medical, dental/vision, mental-health programs, and an Employee Assistance Program. Day-one eligibility is cited, and feedback suggests healthcare is a strong part of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is framed around a flexible Rest & Re‑Energize approach, with multiple mentions of open/unlimited PTO and paid holidays. Feedback suggests employees value the flexibility and immediate access to leave.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family benefits include paid maternity, paternity, adoption, and family medical leave. Coverage extends to family-building support such as fertility and adoption expense funding, which feedback suggests is a differentiator.
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What We Do
Druva delivers data protection and management for the cloud era. Druva Cloud Platform is built on AWS and offered as-a-Service; customers drive down costs by over 50 percent by freeing themselves from the burden of unnecessary hardware, capacity planning, and software management.
Why Work With Us
We are the leader in cloud data protection and cloud is the way of the future! With over $300M in funding and our Pre-IPO status, it is the perfect time to jump on board. Two of our company values are "challenger mentality" and "one team". We truly believe in the impact we can make together and we are not afraid to push the status quo.
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