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# Enterprise Account Director at Cobalt

- **Company:** Cobalt
- **Location:** United States (North Central)
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/cobaltio/jobs/8879621002

## Job description

## Who We Are

Cobalt was founded on the belief of a fundamental human aspiration: the desire to live better and safer. It all started in 2013, when our founders realized that pentesting can be better. Today our diverse, fully remote team is committed to helping organizations of all sizes with seamless, effective and collaborative Offensive Security Testing that empower organizations to OPERATE FEARLESSLY and INNOVATE SECURELY. Our customers can start a pentest in as little as 24 hours and integrate with advanced development cycles thanks to the powerful combination of our SaaS platform and an exclusive community of testers known as the Cobalt Core. Accepting just 5% of applicants, the Cobalt Core boasts over 400 closely vetted and highly skilled testers who jointly conduct thousands of tests each year and are at the forefront of identifying and helping remediate risk across a dynamically changing attack surface. Cobalt is an equal-opportunity employer, and we strive to build a diverse and inclusive workforce. At Cobalt, we aspire to engage with diverse individuals, communities, and organizations to continue to nurture our unique, rich, diverse culture. Join our team, and be your true self to do your best work.

Description

Win new enterprise logos for the leading Pentest as a Service platform. This is a hunter role: your primary mandate is opening and closing net-new accounts across US - North Central, with a secondary responsibility to expand within our install base. You will sell scoped, human-led pentesting to CISOs, AppSec leaders, and engineering buyers, backed by our vetted Cobalt Core community and a platform that gets customers testing in as little as 24 hours.

Your territory covers ND, SD, NE, KS, MN, IA, MO, MI, WI, IL, IN, OH, and KY, with anchor markets including Chicago, Minneapolis, Detroit, Columbus, Indianapolis, Kansas City, and St. Louis. You will own the full cycle, from territory planning and outbound prospecting through negotiation and close.

## What You'll Do

New logo acquisition (primary focus)

- Build and run an outbound-led pipeline engine in your territory, combining targeted prospecting, executive outreach, events, and partner-sourced opportunities.
- Research target accounts to identify triggers (compliance deadlines, audits, M&A, new product launches, security leadership changes) and map buying centers across security, product, IT, and engineering.
- Multi-thread new accounts from first meeting to close, navigating procurement, legal, and security review in complex organizations.
- Run discovery that ties pentesting to business drivers such as SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA, customer security questionnaires, and secure SDLC goals, then lead scoping conversations that convert to a first engagement.
- Negotiate and close enterprise agreements, structuring initial credit commitments that create a path to expansion.
- Meet prospects in person across the region (25% travel) to build trust and advance deals.

Expansion within the install base

- Partner with Customer Success to identify expansion opportunities in existing accounts: additional assets, new business units, and larger credit commitments.
- Drive renewals and upsell by connecting engagement results and finding trends to customer risk priorities.

Across the territory

- Build and execute territory and account plans that prioritize regulated industries (e.g., financial services, healthcare, and insurance), as well as manufacturing and SaaS.
- Collaborate with Solutions Architects, Customer Success, and Channel Partners to create value at every stage of the customer lifecycle.
- Forecast accurately and maintain rigorous pipeline hygiene in Salesforce.

You Must Have

- 5+ years of enterprise sales experience in SaaS or cybersecurity, with a proven new logo acquisition track record as the core of your background (required).
- Demonstrated success sourcing your own pipeline through outbound prospecting, not just working inbound or inherited accounts.
- A record of meeting or exceeding quota, with a majority of attainment from net-new business.
- Experience closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals with $100K+ ACVs and 90-180 day sales cycles.
- Experience selling to CISOs, AppSec leaders, or engineering buyers.
- Ability to expand and renew within an install base while keeping new logo as your priority.
- Residence within the territory (or willingness to be based there).
- Nice to have: experience selling pentesting, AppSec, or compliance-driven security (SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA).

## How You Work

- Curious, accountable, and collaborative. You adopt tools like automation, AI, and data insights to sell more effectively, and you take ownership of your number.

## Why You Should Join Us

- Grow in a passionate, rapidly expanding industry operating at the forefront of the Pentesting industry
- Work directly with experienced senior leaders with ongoing mentorship opportunities
- Earn competitive compensation and an attractive equity plan
- Save for the future with a 401(k) program (US) or pension (EU)
- Benefit from medical, dental, vision and life insurance (US) or statutory healthcare (EU)
- Leverage stipends for:
- Wellness
- Work-from-home equipment & wifi
- Learning & development
- Make the most of our flexible, generous paid time off and paid parental leave

Pay Range Disclosure (For US openings only)

Cobalt is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. On-target earnings (OTE) of $250,000 to $300,000 USD, split 50/50 between base salary ($125,000 to $150,000 USD) and variable commission ($125,000 to $150,000 USD). Commission is uncapped, with accelerators on new logo, plus equity. A candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, and certifications.  The salary range may differ in other states and may be impacted by proximity to major metropolitan cities.

Cobalt (the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer, and we want the best available persons for every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company's policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws and providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

Cobalt is an E-Verify employer. E-Verify is an Internet-based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA). It allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees in the United States.

## About Cobalt

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cobalt provides a human-led, AI-powered Pentest as a Service (PtaaS) platform that enables organizations to conduct continuous offensive security testing across their attack surface.
- **Entity Type**: Private (venture-backed startup)
- **Headquarters**: United States (remote-first, with Scandinavian roots and presence in US, UK, and Germany)
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: Martin Rannje and Christian Hansen (co-founders, per leadership page) [cobalt.io/team]

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cybersecurity – specifically Penetration Testing as a Service (PtaaS) and offensive security.
- **Target customers**: B2B, ranging from SMB to enterprise, with a focus on development, security, and operations teams.
- **Mission**: To help organizations “operate fearlessly and innovate securely” by making security testing faster, simpler, and more transparent. [cobalt.io/about]

## Products & Services
- **Cobalt Platform (PTaaS)**: SaaS platform that pairs with a vetted community of pentesters to deliver on-demand penetration tests, starting in as little as 24 hours. Includes automated reconnaissance, AI-powered exploit intelligence, and integrations with ITSM, DevOps, and collaboration tools.
- **Offensive Security Services**: Penetration testing (web, mobile, network, cloud), Digital Risk Assessment (identifying publicly exposed information), and Secure Code Review.
- **Cobalt Core**: An exclusive community of over 400 highly vetted pentesters (acceptance rate ~5%) who conduct thousands of tests annually. Creates a talent marketplace for on-demand security expertise.

All offerings emphasize human expertise amplified by AI and a decade of proprietary exploit intelligence. [cobalt.io]

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available.
- **Key Metric**: Over 1,500 customers served; platform delivers 2.6x faster time to report and gets customers to remediation 50% faster than traditional approaches.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not disclosed in provided sources.
- **Growth Signals**: Fast-growing remote-first cybersecurity start-up; expanding globally with employees from 45+ nationalities; recognized as an award-winning “best workplace”; continuous product innovation in AI and automation. [cobalt.io/life][cobalt.io/about]

## Competitive Advantages
- **Human-Led, AI-Powered Pentesting**: Combines creative human testing (focusing on business logic abuse) with proprietary exploit intelligence AI to automate recon and isolate high-risk vulnerabilities faster.
- **Speed & Scale**: Start a pentest in 24 hours; 2.6x faster report turnaround; 50% faster remediation cycle.
- **Exclusive Talent Pool**: The Cobalt Core accepts only 5% of applicants, ensuring access to top-tier, vetted security experts.
- **Unified Platform**: Single pane of glass for managing findings, integrations with dev workflows, and continuous testing across the attack surface.

## Strategic Focus
- **Continuous Offensive Security**: Moving away from point-in-time testing to ongoing, proactive risk management.
- **AI Integration**: Leveraging over a decade of exploit data to continuously refine testing logic and improve automation.
- **Scaling the Community**: Expanding the Cobalt Core and platform to address global shortage of skilled security resources.
- **Customer Agility**: Empowering organizations to do more with less by integrating security testing into development cycles.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Emphasizes “Innovate Relentlessly,” “Lead with Grit,” “Quality at Speed and Scale,” and “One Cobalt.” Fully remote, remote-first with flexible PTO.
- **Perks**: Competitive compensation + equity, medical/dental/life insurance (US), 401k matching, paid parental leave, monthly stipends for wellness, WFH office setup, WiFi, and learning & development.
- **Diversity**: 45+ nationalities; equal opportunity employer that values inclusion and diverse perspectives.
- **Team**: Work directly with experienced senior leaders in a rapidly growing PtaaS market; opportunity to “make your mark.” [cobalt.io/life][job-boards.greenhouse.io/cobaltio]

## Sources
1. [Cobalt Homepage](https://www.cobalt.io)
2. [Careers at Cobalt (Greenhouse)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/cobaltio)
3. [About Cobalt](https://www.cobalt.io/about)
4. [Life at Cobalt](https://www.cobalt.io/life)
5. [Leadership Team](https://www.cobalt.io/team)

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