OPT Enterprise Sales Executive Jobs
Enterprise Sales Executive jobs are open to F-1 OPT students with degrees in business, marketing, communications, or related fields. Most roles qualify as specialty occupations supporting H-1B visa sponsorship. Your 12-month OPT window, extendable to 36 months with a STEM extension, gives you real runway to prove your value in a long sales cycle.
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We’ve learned that scammers are impersonating Commvault team members—including HR and leadership—via email or text. These bad actors may conduct fake interviews and ask for personal information, such as your social security number.
What to know:
- Commvault does not conduct interviews by email or text.
- We will never ask you to submit sensitive documents (including banking information, SSN, etc) before your first day.
If you suspect a recruiting scam, please contact us at wwrecruitingteam@commvault.com
About Commvault
Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience. The company empowers customers to uncover, take action, and rapidly recover from cyberattacks – keeping data safe and businesses resilient. The company’s unique AI-powered platform combines best-in-class data protection, exceptional data security, advanced data intelligence, and lightning-fast recovery across any workload or cloud at the lowest TCO. For over 25 years, more than 100,000 organizations and a vast partner ecosystem have relied on Commvault to reduce risks, improve governance, and do more with data.
The Opportunity
The Enterprise Account Executive is responsible for achieving quota by selling solutions into a defined account list that may include current Commvault customers and high value prospects. The position is a field sales role where the AE will engage in face-to-face sales with customers and prospects either directly or through partners. The Account Executive plans, organizes, leads and controls balanced sales growth, account penetration and customer satisfaction on a long-term multi-quarter basis. This individual may lead a cross-functional sales team and is responsible for creating sales campaigns to penetrate/expand his/her target accounts. The AE must have the ability to articulate an in-depth understanding of the customers’ environment, current challenges/goals and have the ability to align Commvault solutions to those challenges/goals including a financial and strategic value proposition. The candidate must have a history of success in selling complex software platforms (vs. IT component or narrow focused tools) and should have some level of prior engagement with the target account set.
What you’ll do…
- Achieve quarterly and annual quotas by selling to new and established – large, complex prospects and customer.
- Develop and implement Strategic account plans for target account expansion and new account acquisition including performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones for a one and three-year period.
- Create sale campaigns into target accounts and closely coordinate company executive involvement with customer/prospect leadership.
- Coordinate the involvement of company personnel, including support, service, and management resources, in order to meet account performance objectives and customers’ expectations.
- Manage a matrixed sales team; liaison with clients, Deal Desk, inside sales, partners, channels, sales engineers, professional services, finance and legal to drive a prospect to close.
- Establish and maintain a productive, professional relationship with key personnel in assigned customer/prospect accounts.
- Construct and deliver tangible business cases at the CXO level including financial (ROI & TCO), technical and strategic value propositions.
- Prepare and present sales proposals and presentations to new and existing clients.
- Identify and build strategic relationships with partners and alliances that have existing relationships with the assigned target accounts.
- Negotiate and close deals following the company’s practices and processes.
- Ensure orders meet all legal and financial requirements.
- Maintain a high level of relevant industry, Commvault and competitive knowledge.
- Plan, attend and coordinate executive briefings.
- Leverage internal sales tools and processes to drive opportunities to a successful close.
Who you are…
- Bachelor’s degree and proven sales experience.
- Demonstrable success in software sales at the enterprise level; selling six-and-seven figure deals and managing an integrated selling team.
- Experience in the storage management industry.
- Deep understanding of the storage management or data management industry, products, competitors, history, emerging trends and changing marketplace.
- Minimum of two years success in identifying, building relationships and selling directly or with partners.
- Excellent communication skills, persuasive, listening skills.
- Background in IT infrastructure; SaaS Experience Preferred.
Meet the Hiring Manager:
Aaron Warren - Sr Sales Director, Enterprise West
You’ll love working here because:
- High income earning opportunities based on self-performance.
- Opportunity for Presidents Club.
- Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
- Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message.
- Generous competitive benefits supporting your health, financial security, and work-life balance.
Ready to #makeyourmark at Commvault? Apply now!
Thank you for your interest in Commvault. Reflected below is the minimum and maximum base salary range for this role. At Commvault we use broad salary ranges in our job postings to reflect the diverse levels of expertise and experience among our candidates and is not reflective of the total compensation and benefits package. The specific salary offered will be determined based on your unique qualifications, including your relevant experience, skills, and the value you bring to the role. While the range provides a general idea of the compensation, it is important to note that placements within the range are not automatic and will be carefully considered to ensure a fair and competitive offer. We are committed to rewarding talent and experience.
Pay Range
$93,500—$182,850 USD
Commvault is an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are always committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status and we will not discriminate against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we work.
Commvault’s goal is to make interviewing inclusive and accessible to all candidates and employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to participate in the interview process or apply for a position at Commvault, please email accommodations@commvault.com. For any inquiries not related to an accommodation please reach out to wwrecruitingteam@commvault.com.
Recruitment Fraud Alert
We’ve learned that scammers are impersonating Commvault team members—including HR and leadership—via email or text. These bad actors may conduct fake interviews and ask for personal information, such as your social security number.
What to know:
- Commvault does not conduct interviews by email or text.
- We will never ask you to submit sensitive documents (including banking information, SSN, etc) before your first day.
If you suspect a recruiting scam, please contact us at wwrecruitingteam@commvault.com
About Commvault
Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience. The company empowers customers to uncover, take action, and rapidly recover from cyberattacks – keeping data safe and businesses resilient. The company’s unique AI-powered platform combines best-in-class data protection, exceptional data security, advanced data intelligence, and lightning-fast recovery across any workload or cloud at the lowest TCO. For over 25 years, more than 100,000 organizations and a vast partner ecosystem have relied on Commvault to reduce risks, improve governance, and do more with data.
The Opportunity
The Enterprise Account Executive is responsible for achieving quota by selling solutions into a defined account list that may include current Commvault customers and high value prospects. The position is a field sales role where the AE will engage in face-to-face sales with customers and prospects either directly or through partners. The Account Executive plans, organizes, leads and controls balanced sales growth, account penetration and customer satisfaction on a long-term multi-quarter basis. This individual may lead a cross-functional sales team and is responsible for creating sales campaigns to penetrate/expand his/her target accounts. The AE must have the ability to articulate an in-depth understanding of the customers’ environment, current challenges/goals and have the ability to align Commvault solutions to those challenges/goals including a financial and strategic value proposition. The candidate must have a history of success in selling complex software platforms (vs. IT component or narrow focused tools) and should have some level of prior engagement with the target account set.
What you’ll do…
- Achieve quarterly and annual quotas by selling to new and established – large, complex prospects and customer.
- Develop and implement Strategic account plans for target account expansion and new account acquisition including performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones for a one and three-year period.
- Create sale campaigns into target accounts and closely coordinate company executive involvement with customer/prospect leadership.
- Coordinate the involvement of company personnel, including support, service, and management resources, in order to meet account performance objectives and customers’ expectations.
- Manage a matrixed sales team; liaison with clients, Deal Desk, inside sales, partners, channels, sales engineers, professional services, finance and legal to drive a prospect to close.
- Establish and maintain a productive, professional relationship with key personnel in assigned customer/prospect accounts.
- Construct and deliver tangible business cases at the CXO level including financial (ROI & TCO), technical and strategic value propositions.
- Prepare and present sales proposals and presentations to new and existing clients.
- Identify and build strategic relationships with partners and alliances that have existing relationships with the assigned target accounts.
- Negotiate and close deals following the company’s practices and processes.
- Ensure orders meet all legal and financial requirements.
- Maintain a high level of relevant industry, Commvault and competitive knowledge.
- Plan, attend and coordinate executive briefings.
- Leverage internal sales tools and processes to drive opportunities to a successful close.
Who you are…
- Bachelor’s degree and proven sales experience.
- Demonstrable success in software sales at the enterprise level; selling six-and-seven figure deals and managing an integrated selling team.
- Experience in the storage management industry.
- Deep understanding of the storage management or data management industry, products, competitors, history, emerging trends and changing marketplace.
- Minimum of two years success in identifying, building relationships and selling directly or with partners.
- Excellent communication skills, persuasive, listening skills.
- Background in IT infrastructure; SaaS Experience Preferred.
Meet the Hiring Manager:
Aaron Warren - Sr Sales Director, Enterprise West
You’ll love working here because:
- High income earning opportunities based on self-performance.
- Opportunity for Presidents Club.
- Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
- Sales training in MEDDIC and Command of the Message.
- Generous competitive benefits supporting your health, financial security, and work-life balance.
Ready to #makeyourmark at Commvault? Apply now!
Thank you for your interest in Commvault. Reflected below is the minimum and maximum base salary range for this role. At Commvault we use broad salary ranges in our job postings to reflect the diverse levels of expertise and experience among our candidates and is not reflective of the total compensation and benefits package. The specific salary offered will be determined based on your unique qualifications, including your relevant experience, skills, and the value you bring to the role. While the range provides a general idea of the compensation, it is important to note that placements within the range are not automatic and will be carefully considered to ensure a fair and competitive offer. We are committed to rewarding talent and experience.
Pay Range
$93,500—$182,850 USD
Commvault is an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are always committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status and we will not discriminate against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we work.
Commvault’s goal is to make interviewing inclusive and accessible to all candidates and employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to participate in the interview process or apply for a position at Commvault, please email accommodations@commvault.com. For any inquiries not related to an accommodation please reach out to wwrecruitingteam@commvault.com.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship in Enterprise Sales Executive
Target companies with complex, consultative sales cycles
Enterprise sales roles at software, SaaS, and technology companies are far more likely to sponsor visas than commodity sales positions. Longer deal cycles justify the investment in retaining top performers through H-1B visa sponsorship after OPT ends.
Understand how your degree connects to the role
For H-1B sponsorship, enterprise sales must qualify as a specialty occupation. A degree in business, finance, marketing, or a technical field directly related to the product you're selling strengthens that argument significantly during USCIS review.
Raise sponsorship early, not at the offer stage
Bring up your OPT timeline during the final interview round, not after receiving an offer. Enterprise sales hiring managers plan headcount carefully and need time to align legal and HR on sponsorship feasibility before extending an offer.
Build a track record with measurable quota performance
Sponsorship decisions hinge on retention value. Document pipeline generated, quota attainment percentages, and deal sizes from day one. Concrete performance data makes the business case for sponsorship far easier for your manager to present internally.
Apply to companies that have sponsored sales roles before
Check DOL LCA disclosure data to confirm whether a company has previously filed for enterprise sales or account executive roles. Past filings are the clearest signal that a company's legal and HR teams are already set up to sponsor.
Use your STEM OPT extension window strategically
If your degree is in a STEM field, you have up to 36 months of OPT. Apply for the STEM extension well before your initial 12 months expire, giving yourself two additional H-1B lottery cycles to secure sponsorship.
Enterprise Sales Executive OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Enterprise Sales Executive role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
It can, but it depends on how the role is defined and what degree the employer requires. Enterprise sales roles tied to a specific technical or business domain, where a relevant bachelor's degree is a genuine requirement rather than a preference, have the strongest case for specialty occupation status under H-1B. Generic sales roles with no degree requirement are harder to sponsor.
Can I work as an Enterprise Sales Executive on F-1 OPT without sponsorship?
Yes. F-1 OPT authorizes you to work in a role directly related to your degree for up to 12 months, or 36 months with a STEM extension. You don't need employer sponsorship to start working. Sponsorship only becomes relevant when your OPT is approaching expiration and you need a different visa status, such as H-1B, to continue working legally.
Where can I find Enterprise Sales Executive jobs that are open to OPT students?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT and international students, filtering jobs by visa sponsorship openness so you're not wasting applications on roles that won't work for your status. Browsing Migrate Mate lets you target enterprise sales roles at companies with a demonstrated history of sponsoring international employees.
Is enterprise sales a good career path if I need long-term visa sponsorship?
It can be a strong path, particularly in technology and SaaS companies where enterprise sales roles are critical, well-compensated, and tied to specific domain expertise. Companies in these sectors sponsor visa holders regularly. The risk is that pure commission-based or high-turnover sales environments are less likely to invest in sponsorship for someone who hasn't yet proven quota attainment.
What happens to my OPT authorization if I change employers in an enterprise sales role?
You can change employers on OPT, but you must report the change to your DSO within 10 days and update your SEVIS record. Your new role must still be directly related to your degree field. If you're on a STEM OPT extension, your new employer must be enrolled in E-Verify, and you'll need to file a new Form I-983 training plan.