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Account Executive

Patchstack is a cybersecurity company that provides a vulnerability management and mitigation platform for WordPress developers and agencies, focusing on the complete lifecycle of open-source security.

Patchstack

Employee count: 11-50

Salary: 60k-72k EUR

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What this role is

You'll own the full sales cycle at Patchstack — from first conversation to closed deal to a clean handover. The customers are regional hosting providers, agencies, and other key accounts who need to bring proactive application-layer security to their users. Your job is to find them, qualify them, show them what we do, and close deals that stick.

You'll work closely with our SDR on pipeline, with Marketing on positioning and events, with Customer Success and Partnerships on handovers and expansion, and with Product on what the field is telling you.

This is a quota-carrying role. You'll be measured on pipeline you create, deals you close, the quality of what you hand over, and how accurately you forecast.

About you

You've sold B2B SaaS before — ideally something technical, ideally to people who care about the details. You know a sales methodology (MEDDPICC, SPICED, or similar) well enough to use it without making it weird, and you can tell the difference between a deal that's progressing and a deal that's being polite to you.

You're a self-starter. Patchstack is ~25 people, fully remote, Series A. We are building the playbook as we go. If you need a defined process to feel safe doing your job, this isn't the right role. If the absence of one sounds like an opportunity, keep reading.

You're honest about pipeline. You'd rather call a deal dead than carry it forward to make a forecast look better. You push back when something doesn't make sense, and you don't confuse pushing back with being difficult. You're curious about the product, not just the process — you can explain detection, mitigation, and patching to a CTO without either overselling or hiding behind jargon.

You're comfortable being uncomfortable. Cold outreach, hard conversations, walking away from deals that aren't right — none of this should feel exotic.

What you'll do

  • Build and work a focused territory plan aligned with company goals
  • Generate pipeline through outbound prospecting and inbound follow-up, and work with the SDR to keep qualified meetings flowing
  • Run discovery, deliver demos tailored to the audience, and build mutual close plans with timelines, risks, and stakeholders
  • Multi-thread deals across the buyer's organisation — not single-thread to whoever picks up the phone
  • Coordinate clean handovers to Customer Success and Partnerships, with a success plan the customer recognises
  • Stay engaged post-sale to spot upsell and cross-sell opportunities with CS and Partnerships
  • Feed customer and market signal back to Product on pricing, packaging, and product gaps
  • Keep the CRM honest — next step, close date, stage accuracy, all of it
  • Represent Patchstack at industry events and conferences

Requirements

  • Closed B2B SaaS deals end-to-end — prospect to signature — with deal sizes in the $25k+ ACV range
  • Worked a defined sales methodology in practice, not just in training
  • Built pipeline yourself, not only worked inbound
  • Sold something technical to a technical buyer — security, infrastructure, dev tools, hosting, or adjacent
  • Forecasted your own number with a manager who held you to it

Bonus, not required: hosting industry experience, agency industry experience, existing relationships with hosting providers

Benefits

  • Salary: €60–72k base + commission, €105–128k OTE at 100% quota, location-dependent
  • Company stock options scheme
  • Remote-first — work from anywhere with reasonable EU timezone overlap
  • 4.5 day work week
  • Company-provided laptop
  • 38 days paid time off (including public holidays) + 3 health days
  • Co-working membership or WFH equipment for your home office
  • Quarterly health benefits allowance (gym, wellness, your call)
  • Travel for conferences, events, and our annual company meetup
  • Fun team - ambitious work!

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About Patchstack

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What began as a focused endeavor to secure the open-source world has blossomed into Patchstack, a leading force in web application security. The journey started with a clear and pressing need: to address the rampant vulnerabilities within the WordPress ecosystem, which powers a significant portion of the internet. The founders, recognizing the immense and often overlooked security gaps in third-party plugins and themes, embarked on a mission to create a comprehensive solution. Initially known as WebARX, the company was born from a desire to provide digital agencies and developers with the tools to monitor, protect, and maintain their websites effectively. This early vision was rooted in the understanding that a proactive, rather than reactive, approach to security was paramount. The team's dedication and innovative spirit led them to develop a smart firewall engine capable of shielding websites from a wide array of threats, including the notorious OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities and specific plugin exploits.

The evolution from WebARX to Patchstack marked a significant milestone, reflecting a deeper, more specialized focus on the entire lifecycle of open-source security. This transition wasn't just a name change; it signified a strategic shift towards building a community-powered security model. At the heart of this model is the Patchstack Alliance, a vibrant community of ethical hackers and security researchers who actively discover and report vulnerabilities. This collaborative approach has been instrumental in Patchstack's success, enabling them to become the world's largest discloser of WordPress-related security vulnerabilities. The company's growth has been fueled by strategic investments and recognitions, including a Series A funding round and selection into prestigious programs like the Google for Startups Growth Academy for AI in Cybersecurity. Today, Patchstack stands as a testament to the power of community and innovation, offering a robust platform that not only protects millions of websites but also fosters a more secure and resilient open-source ecosystem for everyone. Their journey is a compelling narrative of identifying a critical problem and relentlessly building a solution that has a tangible, positive impact on the digital world.

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