Account Executive

200 - Sales
Remote (within Singapore)
Octopus Deploy sets the standard for Continuous Delivery, empowering software teams to deliver value in an agile way. Over 4,000 organizations globally –  including Ubisoft, Xero, Stack Overflow, NASA, and Disney – rely on our Continuous Delivery, GitOps, and release orchestration solutions. 

Founded in Australia in 2012, our team of over 300 Octonauts now spans the globe. We combine high growth and big ambitions with a sustainable, balanced working environment. Our revenue has grown consistently between 20–50% every year for the past 8 years, and we’ve been profitable for 11 out of the past 12 years. Octopus now provides the industry's most comprehensive Continuous Delivery solution for organizations operating at scale.

We’ve been remote-first since 2015 and work with an uncommon level of transparency. You can read our public handbook to learn how we work. We have a transparent approach to compensation that ensures people doing the same work with the same skill get paid the same, with well-defined career pathways. We foster a supportive, collaborative, and high-trust environment. We leave our job titles at the door and focus on doing what’s best for our customers and team. Our leaders never shy away from answering the tough questions at our all-hands calls or in 1:1s. We conduct interviews and onboarding virtually as part of being a remote-first company. 

The Account Executive will join our growing team and will help to identify potential client opportunities and generate new business. In this role, you will nurture and grow our relationship with customers by owning accounts and delivering exceptional performance and service. 

The revenue team at Octopus Deploy To help our teams work together effectively, this remote position requires you to be located in Singapore.

What You'll Do

  • Working closely with the broader team to ensure pipeline generation
  • Spearhead our business growth by leveraging a diverse range of tools and strategies to actively prospect and cultivate new business pipelines
  • Developing and managing sales pipeline & accurate forecast through the CRM system.
  • Building multi-threaded strategic relationships within assigned accounts
  • Serving as key client contact for customers and coordinating resources to support pre & post-sale experience, professional services, and technical account team
  • Keeping abreast of competition, competitive issues, and products.
  • Developing and presenting executive-level presentations to new and existing customers.

You'll Be A Great Fit For This Role If You:

  • Enjoy working in a team environment, putting your hand up to help where needed, and making a positive contribution to the culture of the business.
  • Are ambitious and driven: You enthusiastically create new business opportunities.
  • Independently drive and enjoy high level of customer facing activity
  • Effective communicator, strong interpersonal skills, motivated, driven and results-oriented.
  • Excellent negotiation, presentation and problem-solving skills.
  • Have at least 5+ years of full-cycle sales experience, ideally in the Enterprise space and DevOps.
  • Know the local industry and can demonstrate software sales experience, both directly and through partner ecosystem.
  • Understand modern software development lifecycle, phases and key technologies.
  • Have experience managing both existing and new customers.
  • Practice effective, excellent communication with management, customers, and partners.
  • Can demonstrate a track record of quota attainment.
  • Have a strong business development background and experience in opening new logos.
  • Experience with MEDDPICC, SalesForce, and storytelling techniques to solve customer problems.
Octopus has an internally open and transparent system for compensation. Any Octonaut can view the compensation for any role at any level. This ensures people doing the same work with the same skill get paid the same. 
The compensation for this role is-

Level 3 (Enterprise Growth AE): $149,000 SGD-$176,000 SGD annual + variable & stock options


Benefits include a minimum of 25 days annual leave, up to 10 days of paid sick and carers leave, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave with flexible return options, pension contribution up to 5%, and stock options. Learn more. 

Interview Process
Below is the interview process you can expect for this role. We know interviewing can seem daunting, but rest assured we designed our interview process to move quickly while still getting you all the information you need.

👋🏼Initial chat [30 min]
Talent acquisition screen: Meet with your Talent Acquisition team and get a feel for what it would be like to be an Octonaut!

🧑‍💻Hiring manager chat [45–60 min]
Hiring manager chat: Designated time to chat with the hiring manager. This is a great opportunity to get to know each other. You should expect the hiring manager to ask questions about your professional background and goals. We welcome any questions you may have for us!

🎉Panel interview [60–90 min]
Panel evaluation: In this panel interview, you meet cross-functional team members. You can expect a mix of leaders and individual contributors to join the chat. By the end of this call, you should have a great idea of what it’s like to work at Octopus. We should also have a great idea of what it would be like to have you on the team! We’ll ask any final questions and encourage you to do the same.

🤝 In Person Evaluation [60 min]
In person evaluation: This final step is an opportunity to connect face-to-face with 1–2 members of the Octopus Deploy team. It’s a chance for both sides to get a real feel for what it’s like to work together and ensure alignment in values, motivation, and ways of working. During this session, we’ll explore what drives you day to day, how you collaborate, and what kind of environment helps you do your best work. It’s also your time to ask any remaining questions and get a clear sense of what life at Octopus is really like. By the end of this conversation, both you and the team should have a confident sense of whether Octopus feels like the right long-term fit.



Our public employee handbook is the best place to learn more about life at Octopus. It includes our values, how we structure teams, career progression, leave and benefits, and much more. 

If you're enthusiastic about this position, even if you don’t meet all the criteria above, we wholeheartedly encourage you to submit your application. Our talent team is in-house, and we recognize that every individual brings something unique. We take the time to review every application and consider how you might add to the team. 

We know your time is precious. If you apply, we promise to update you at least once per week about the status of your application and to give you clear expectations for each step in the journey. 


Important Notice About Recruitment Scams
Please be aware that individuals and organizations may attempt to scam job seekers by offering fraudulent employment opportunities under the name of Octopus Deploy or Codefresh by Octopus Deploy. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, text messages, or other communications claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers.

Octopus Deploy will never:
• Ask for sensitive personal information, such as credit card details, bank account numbers, or other financial information during the recruitment process.
• Request payment, fees, or purchases from job seekers.
• Send checks for equipment purchases prior to employment.

Official Communication Channels:
All communication from Octopus Deploy recruiters or hiring managers will come from official email addresses ending in @octopus.com. If you receive messages from other domains (e.g., name.sr.octopus.com or generic addresses like @yahoo.com), these are not from Octopus Deploy.
If you are unsure about the authenticity of a communication claiming to be from Octopus Deploy, do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at recruitment@octopus.com.

Reporting Fraud
If you believe you have been a victim of a recruitment scam, please report it to the appropriate authorities:
New Zealand: NetSafe

Signs of a Recruitment Scam
Be vigilant about the following red flags:
• The sender uses email domains that do not end in @octopus.com (e.g., name.sr.octopus.com or generic addresses like @yahoo.com or @hotmail.com).
• Poor spelling and grammar in emails or official-looking documents.
• Requests for payment, financial details, or fees to proceed in the hiring process.
• Receiving a check and being asked to deposit it for equipment purchases before employment.
• Contacting you through informal channels such as WhatsApp, particularly in the United States.
• Pressure to act quickly or threats of losing the opportunity if immediate action is not taken.

We take fraudulent activities seriously and are committed to ensuring the integrity of our hiring process. Thank you for helping us protect our community and future Octonauts!

[Note to Search Firms/Agencies]
Octopus Deploy does not compensate search firms for unsolicited assistance unless they have a written search agreement with Octopus Deploy and the requisition is position-specific. Any resumes, curriculum vitae and other unsolicited assistance from search firms that do not have a written search agreement or position-specific requisition submitted to any Associate of Octopus Deploy will be deemed the sole property of Octopus Deploy and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Octopus Deploy.

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Why Octopus Deploy

If you join Octopus, you’ll be joining a high trust, remote-first team that helps over 150,000 people around the world to deliver working software to production.

We’ve been around since 2012 and we’re used by over 25,000 companies, including ASOS, Xero, StackOverflow, NASA and Disney.

Growing, sustainable company

We’re profitable and long-term oriented. And yet we’re growing quickly. It’s a unique opportunity to join a growing company without all the craziness. With that growth comes all kinds of opportunities for career progression and professional and personal development.

What to expect

What’s it really like here? We’ve made our internal handbook public, so you can see for yourself. It will answer many of the questions you might have.

Read our Handbook

Benefits & perks

Impact

Trust and autonomy to do the best work of your life, in work that makes a meaningful difference.

Competitive salary

Along with a pro-active salary review and feedback system.
Learn more.

Opportunities

As we grow, new opportunities to learn, advance and contribute are continuously opening.

Laptop & home office

Choose your own laptop and home office program.
Learn more.

Health & dental

Excellent health care, dental and vision.
(US only)

Retirement

Generous 401K / pension retirement plan matching.
(US & UK only)

Work/life harmony

No crazy hours or arbitrary deadlines.

Parental Leave

Paid parental leave for primary & secondary carers.

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