At runZero, we're a team of dreamers and creative thinkers who aren't afraid to shake up the status quo. Fixing what’s broken with legacy vulnerability management and overcoming persistent, decades-old problems requires a new approach.
Our platform provides a single source of truth for exposure management across the total attack surface. Without requiring agents, authentication, or appliances, runZero delivers the most complete and accurate visibility into every asset and exposure across internal, external, IT, OT, IoT, mobile, and cloud environments — including uncovering unknown and unmanageable devices and broad classes of exposures that evade traditional tools.
Founded by HD Moore (creator of Metasploit), runZero is trusted by more than 500 companies and 30,000 users worldwide to find and mitigate risks faster, meet compliance requirements, and improve overall security. See for yourself with a free trial!
runZero is looking for a highly motivated Enterprise Sales Engineer to join our growing team and support sales in the West! In this pivotal role, you'll be at the forefront of our sales effort, partnering with Account Executives to uncover new business opportunities, lead technical evaluations, and help security teams see what they've been missing. You'll demo the platform, run structured Proof of Value engagements, and drive deals from discovery to close.
The right person for this role is not just a product demonstrator. They know how to uncover customer pain, run disciplined discovery, shape a proof of value around clear success criteria, and translate technical findings into business impact for both practitioners and executive buyers. If you're passionate about making a real impact in a fast-moving, innovative environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Responsibilities- Partner with enterprise account executives from discovery through close to drive technical wins and support attainment of team revenue goals.
- Understand and communicate the runZero value proposition effectively through product demos, PoVs (proof-of-value), presentations, and enablement sessions with prospects, customers, or partners
- Help qualify opportunities by assessing technical fit, urgency, stakeholder alignment, and the likelihood of a successful evaluation. Including identifying when runZero is not the right fit and helping disqualify poor-fit opportunities early.
- Partner with Product, Marketing, Customer Success, and Engineering to share field feedback, improve messaging, and strengthen the customer journey.
- Support partners and customer enablement where technical credibility can accelerate pipeline and adoption.
- Actively participate and speak at regional marketing events and conferences
- Travel is expected to be 20% to engage with customers and prospects in person
- 4+ years of experience in a pre-sales or similar customer-facing role supporting technical interactions and communications with a relevant market
- Strong hands-on experience in one or more of the following: networking, security operations, vulnerability management, attack surface management, operational technology (OT), or exposure management.
- A foundational understanding of core cybersecurity principles and challenges for IT, OT, and IoT environments
- Ability to lead strong discovery and connect technical findings to business outcomes, operational efficiency, and risk reduction.
- Experience running structured proof-of-value or evaluation processes with defined success criteria and executive-level summaries.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with engineers, architects, security leaders, and C-level stakeholders.
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-moving startup environment while collaborating tightly across Sales, Product, Marketing, and Customer Success.
- Strong curiosity, coachability, and sound judgment in ambiguous customer situations.
- Nice-to-haves: Experience supporting partner-led opportunities and channel technical enablement.
- Nice-to-haves: Comfort with APIs, integrations, light scripting, and troubleshooting in customer environments.
- Nice-to-haves: Experience creating technical content, enablement materials, webinars, or thought-leadership content.
runZero values transparency in the hiring process. According to our market data, we’re expecting this role to come in at an On Target Earnings (OTE) of $200,000- $220,000, with an 80/20 split between base salary and commissions, plus stock options, depending on level of experience. We know the talent market is always in flux, so please let us know if you believe we have advertised this role in the wrong salary band.
We value your time and see the interview process as a critical two-way street, allowing us to assess your skills, strengths, and cultural fit while simultaneously providing you with a clear understanding of our company, our ways of working, and the expectations specific to the role you’re seeking. To this end, our interview process incorporates a combination of:
- Initial one-on-one interviews with a recruiter and manager
- Panel interviews with the team
- Candidate challenge - a role-specific challenge designed for you to showcase your strengths and allow us to assess your skills in a hands-on exercise
- A final interview, conducted either remotely or in-person if we haven't yet met face-to-face in previous rounds
- 🏡 Fully remote: runZero is a 100% remote company! While we aim to gather annually for kick-offs, our team thrives in the flexibility and freedom that remote work provides.
- 🥕 Benefits: We prioritize the well-being of our team members, which is why runZero pays for 100% of the premium platinum-level medical, vision, dental, life, and short-term disability coverage for you and your dependents.
- 🔐 401(k): We match 4% of 401(k) contributions
- 🏝️ Time off: We offer unlimited PTO, 11 official company holidays, and a recharge week at the end of the year
- 🍼 Paid parental leave: We offer 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- 🎉 Culture of collaboration: Our team is diverse, representing various backgrounds and perspectives, which fosters an inclusive and vibrant environment. With flexible schedules and supportive coworkers who listen to one another, runZero promotes a culture of collaboration.
- And more!
For more information on what it's like to work at runZero, please visit our employee spotlight page!
ApplicationsrunZero positions are currently restricted to the United States and the United Kingdom. All other International applications will not be considered.
runZero is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, marital status, ancestry, nationality or any other basis covered by applicable law.
We encourage under-represented applicants to apply, even if you don’t think you fit 100% of the criteria (nobody ever does)!
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