Account Executive, Commercial

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.

We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

We are looking for an Account Executive, Commercial to join our team. This is a hybrid (2 days in the Munich office) role, reporting to the Sales Director in the Sales and Go-to-Market department. You will drive a secure, cloud-enabled digital future by managing a territory focused on net new logo and up-sell opportunities for accounts with 750 to 5,000 users. Your focus is on building high-impact business cases that demonstrate clear value and differentiation across all levels of prospect organizations.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Own an assigned territory with a focus on capturing net new logos and driving up-sell opportunities within the 750 to 5,000 user segment

• Develop and present comprehensive business cases that articulate clear value and differentiation to stakeholders at all levels

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales Engineering, Solution Architecture, and Transformation teams to navigate complex sales cycles

• Drive consistent pipeline generation through innovative techniques, field marketing initiatives, and strategic engagement with top-tier channel partners

• Maintain high accountability for sales targets while leveraging internal resources and partners to ensure customer success

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.

• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.

• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn