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Senior Account Executive, MSSP, Chicago

Horizon3.ai - Remote - Remote - posted 2026-09-15

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Salary: USD 250,000 - 280,000 / annual

Horizon3.ai is a fast-growing, remote-first cybersecurity company that enables organizations to proactively identify, fix, and verify exploitable attack vectors before criminals exploit them. The flagship product, NodeZero, delivers production-safe autonomous pentests and assessment operations that scale across internal, external, cloud, and hybrid cloud environments. NodeZero is used by IT Ops/SecOps teams, consulting pentesters, MSSPs, and MSPs across organizations ranging from educational institutions to government agencies and Global 100 enterprises. The Senior Account Executive (MSSP) will play a lead role in accelerating Horizon3's revenues through Managed Security Service Providers. The role focuses on establishing and nurturing relationships with targeted MSSP accounts to drive sales growth within a designated territory. Key responsibilities include: - Identifying, recruiting, and enabling new MSSP partners to expand the business portfolio - Collaborating with MSSP partners to develop and roll out new services built around NodeZero - Driving broad MSSP customer adoption of NodeZero - Assisting in driving sales growth and new customer acquisition through MSSP partnerships - Meeting revenue and profitability goals by generating new business opportunities - Developing and executing comprehensive joint business plans and sales strategies with MSSP partners - Providing accurate forecasts and maintaining detailed sales tracking and planning - Leading MSSP partner engagements and overseeing daily operations - Fostering strong relationships with engineering and marketing teams to identify and resolve product-related issues - Maintaining high activity levels to meet sales quotas and build pipelines for quarterly sales goals The role is fully remote but may require up to 50% travel to be successful. Horizon3.ai is a 100% remote company with a minimum broadband requirement of 25Mbps consumer-grade connection. QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS: - 8+ years of proven success in cybersecurity technology sales - 8+ years of experience selling to or through MSSPs - Demonstrated experience developing joint services with MSSP partners that generate additional revenue streams - Deep knowledge and relationships with strategic MSSPs in respective territories - Expertise in managing channel relationships - Consistent track record of meeting quotas and utilizing solution-selling or target-account-selling techniques - Ability to grasp complex technical challenges in the Networking and Security space from a business perspective - Strong sales and relationship-building capabilities with proven success in negotiating and closing deals - Experience selling to executive-level decision-makers - Proficiency in presenting technical solutions and business concepts through demonstrations and proposals - Self-driven, capable of problem-solving and operating with minimal supervision - Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment with a hands-on, proactive attitude - Outstanding interpersonal skills and positive, solutions-focused mindset

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