Are you ready to power the World's connections?

If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.

What you'll be doing:

• You will be leading and mentoring a fast growing team of Account Executives based in the The Netherlands for the Benelux region

• You will be scaling the team quickly, with a large focus on recruiting, onboarding and ramping new hires

• You will work closely with the the Regional Vice President of Sales to drive Kong’s success by adding new sales opportunities to the pipeline and closing them

• And any additional tasks required by a leader in a scale up organisation

What you'll bring:

• Experience building and leading high-performance sales teams at a high-growth SaaS company, selling a complex technical product

• Experience successfully selling SaaS solutions in a field sales capacity

• Experience accurately forecasting and managing pipelines

• A history of scaling teams quickly, with knowledge of how to effectively recruit, train and ramp new hires

About Kong:

Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API technologies, is on a mission to enable companies around the world to become “API-first” and securely accelerate AI adoption. Kong helps organizations globally — from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises — unleash developer productivity, build securely, and accelerate time to market. For more information about Kong, please visit www.konghq.com or follow us on X @thekonginc.