About the team OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. OpenAI for Government (OAI4G) helps public-sector institutions understand, adopt, and deploy highly capable AI products in support of their missions. The team brings together Sales, Solutions, Partnerships, Technical Success, Legal, Security, Policy, Global Affairs, and other cross-functional partners to help governments use AI responsibly and effectively. As part of OAI4G’s International Public Sector team, you will help public institutions in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) and APAC translate frontier AI into secure, compliant, mission-aligned outcomes. We work across varied procurement, regulatory, security, sovereignty, and commercial environments, while maintaining a consistent commitment to safety, reliability, and public benefit. About the role We are seeking a senior Account Director (AD) to lead OpenAI’s public-sector work across ANZ, with a wider remit to develop selected priority opportunities across APAC. ANZ will be the centre of gravity for the role: you will build trusted relationships with government leaders, develop and execute account strategies, create and close complex opportunities, and help customers move from initial interest to successful adoption. This is a full-cycle, highly cross-functional sales role that combines technical understanding, strategic vision, partnership management, and value-driven execution. You will work with senior government, operational, technical, procurement, policy, and security stakeholders to identify high-impact AI use cases and translate them into credible commercial and deployment pathways across the OpenAI Platform API and Codex and ChatGPT Enterprise. You will also be an accountable customer leader after signature, working alongside specialist delivery and technical teams to keep customer outcomes, milestones, adoption, risks, and executive alignment on track. The role requires excellent judgement, exec
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Fin is the AI Customer Agent company on a mission to help businesses provide perfect customer experiences. Our AI Agent Fin is the highest-performing AI Customer Agent on the market today, enabling businesses to deliver impeccable, always-on customer support across the customer journey – from service, to sales, to ecommerce. Powered by our own AI models, Fin resolves complex customer issues end-to-end across every channel, with minimal set-up and integration. Fin can also be combined with our natively integrated Intercom help desk for one single system that is designed to meet the needs of modern day support teams. Founded in 2011, Fin became one of the fastest growing companies and remains one of the largest private software companies in the world with nearly 30,000 global businesses using our products to transform their customer support. Driven by our core values, we push boundaries, build with speed and intensity, and relentlessly deliver incredible value to our customers. What's the opportunity? We’re seeking a transformational Solutions Engineering leader to lead our Mid-Market and Enterprise SE teams. You’ll be a pivotal figure in helping Intercom scale its AI-driven support platform to some of the world’s most well-known brands. This role will shape how we engage with large, complex organisations, defining our go-to-market, building a world-class team, and delivering tangible customer outcomes through innovation and credibility. This role is both strategic and hands-on. You will lead a Solutions Engineering team focused on winning complex deals, creating vertical-specific solution architectures, and building repeatable playbooks. We believe in leaders who are open to be a player and a coach, regardless of seniority. You’ll collaborate closely with Sales, Success, Product, Engineering, and Services to deliver customer transformation through Intercom’s AI-first platform – be it through strategic guidance as a senior leader on the team, or securing deals w
GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this role This position is based in Australia (remote) either in Sydney or Melbourne GitLab is looking for an enthusiastic and strategic Business Development Representative (BDR) to join our growing Go To Market team. As a BDR at GitLab, you will lead the initial outreach to targeted Enterprise and Mid-Market accounts in Australia, working in conjunction with our Field and Digital Marketing teams. In this role you will leverage creative marketing and sales tactics to prospect and engage with multiple buyer personas and roles to introduce GitLab's value proposition. You will be responsible for generating qualified m
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join: Our Supply Team is growing, and we want you to be part of it! As a Market Manager, you will play a crucial role in the retention, growth, and optimisation of host entrepreneurs and rising hosts in your assigned territory. These hosts can You will focus on building strong relationships with these hosts, helping them optimise their listings, improve pricing strategies, and enhance their overall success on Airbnb. Hosts are our brand and enable amazing travel experiences for our guests. The mission of the Supply team is to make hosting appealing, rewarding and easy. We are building capabilities that allow us to recruit and retain hosts at a global scale. The Difference You Will Make: As Market Manager based in Sydney, you will be responsible for the supply health and growth in key markets across Australia and New Zealand managing professional host accounts and supply acquisition of high-quality inventory. You will build Airbnb’s strong market presence in your assigned region by collaborating with other teams as the local in-market expert. As someone who knows the Airbnb mission and values inside out, you will drive all phases of supply acquisition and market success, including acquisition strategy development, generating and converting supply leads, and strategic partners relationship management, as well as creating them from scratch. A Typical Day: Manage a book of business consisting of professional hosts, ensuring their retention, growth, and optimisation on Airbnb. Analyse performance data to identify trends and take action on opportunities that driv
About Sentry Software runs the world and the pace is faster than ever. Sentry helps developers fix errors and performance issues before users notice, so teams can spend less time firefighting and more time building. Trusted by 200,000+ organizations, Sentry is today’s application monitoring standard and our team is building its AI-native future. About the Role At Sentry, Support is an engineering discipline. Our customers are the greatest technical minds in the world—developers at elite enterprises building the future of software—and they deserve answers that go deeper than a knowledge base link. We're looking for an APAC Technical Support Engineer based in Australia to join our global Support Engineering team. This role is designed to overlap with our San Francisco headquarters; Monday thru Friday 9AM-5PM AEST. We are architecting the Technical Support engine . We’re looking for a veteran engineer to help us redefine the standard of technical support by combining deep human expertise with autonomous agentic systems. You are a debugger of both code and systems. You will treat support volume as a data signal to build automated resolution paths, ensuring our human engineers only touch the most complex, high-impact architectural puzzles. Sentry Support Engineers aren't just clearing queues; they are Orchestrators . You will engage with our users across GitHub, Discord, and our internal systems, while acting as the Technical Lead for our Agentic Ops. You ensure that when a developer asks a complex question, our systems have the right context and a seamless "Human-in-the-Loop" path to you when deep, nuanced expertise is required. In this role you will Master the Sentry Ecosystem & Support Elite Developers Deep-Dive Debugging: Perform root-cause analysis on complex issues and distributed tracing gaps across polyglot environments. Support the Great Minds: Act as a strategic consultant for senior engineers at our largest enterprise customers, solving high-stakes archite
At Jamf, we believe in an open, flexible culture based on respect and trust. Our track record and thriving work environment all stem from the freedom we grant ourselves to get the job done right. We take pride in helping tens of thousands of customers around the globe succeed with Apple. The secret to our success lies in our connectivity, while operating with a high degree of flexibility. Work-life balance remains our priority while feeling connected is important to maintain our strong culture, achieve our goals, and thrive as #OneJamf. What you’ll do at Jamf: At Jamf, we empower people to be their best selves and do their best work. As a Customer Success Manager (CSM) at Jamf, you will be the post-sale partner for customers leveraging the Jamf platform to manage and secure Apple devices at scale. You will own the customer relationship across your book of business, driving engagement and value realization while partnering cross-functionally to support long-term retention and growth. You will collaborate closely with the broader account team, including Sales and Technical counterparts, to deliver unified customer value and achieve strategic outcomes. This highly visible, customer-facing role requires a blend of strategic thinking, relationship management, technical fluency in the Apple ecosystem, and expertise in the SaaS customer lifecycle. This role emphasizes consistency, execution quality, and proactive customer engagement across a defined book of business. This role is offered as hybrid, with the expectation to be in the office (156 Clarence Street Level 5. Sydney, NSW 2000) 3 days per week. We are only able to accept applications for those based in Australia and have sponsorship to live and work in Australia. # LI -Hybrid What you can expect to do in this role: Serve as the primary post-sale point of contact for assigned accounts, acting as a trusted advisor on Apple device management and security. Build and maintain executive-level and
We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you're ready to help the world's best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us! Senior Solutions Consultant If you have that special mix of DNA that makes an extraordinary Senior Solutions Consultant (SSC) – the blend of great business savvy and technical prowess – then we are a match made in heaven! As a key member of our New Relic Solutions Consulting (NRSC) team, you will be responsible for understanding a client’s business challenge and technical environment through deep levels of discovery and engagement. You will present technology solutions to solve these business challenges and build confidence in the New Relic platform capabilities through value alignment and clear differentiation. As the domain expert on New Relic you will help drive the ‘Technical Win’ in accounts by removing all technical objections in the sales cycle through your depth of technology skills and business acumen to provide clear business value. You will be responsible for driving revenue for our New Relic platform with the the support and partnership of Sales, Product Management and our executive team. This role requires a hands-on solution consultant who can go wide and deep on solution positioning, differentiation and value during sales cycles. What you'll do: You will be the Technical lead for New Relic prospects (new logos) and customers and own the technical strategic direction in the account through an advanced ability to develop, position and provide product-centric and value-centric solutions during sales cycles, while achieving quarterly and annual sales goals for an as
For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day. Smartsheet is seeking an experienced sales professional to join our team as a Commercial Account Executive - Growth on a 12 month fixed term contract. You will have a history of performance in quota attainment, expanding customer accounts, and new business acquisition. This important role is part of the Growth Sales team and reports to the Regional Director Growth Sales who is based in Sydney. You Will: Achieve revenue targets by exceeding sales quotas by running a full-cycle sales process Develop and strategise account plans with members of other Smartsheet teams Manage strategic sales motions alongside transactional, high-volume opportunities with both existing customers and new business prospects, up to 500 employees Conduct needs assessment calls with specific prospects Schedule online product demonstrations Ensure Smartsheet's success in the retention and growth of account revenue in collaboration with Customer Success and the Renewals Team Partner with Customer Success to ensure customers are maximizing the value of their Smartsheet solutions and increasing adoption Consult with clients in defining collaboration goals, success criteria, and program strategy to ensure the customer perception of value that leads to sales renewal and expansion Exceed quotas using a formal understanding of Solution/Consultative Selling Manage your book of business for expansion and up-sell opportunities; partner and grow client relationships Be the subject matter expert of Smartsheet and develop in-depth
For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day. Smartsheet is moving into its new phase of growth in region after 5 extremely successful years having boots on the ground in Australia. To significantly accelerate our growth, we are looking for an accomplished Enterprise Account Executive . This role will focus on a combination of acquiring new customers and expanding existing accounts within the education sector. You will be based in Sydney or Melbourne and will report to the Sr Regional Director, Enterprise. You Will: Be selling to industry project management experts, therefore it's crucial to be dedicated and fanatical about learning the industry trends and competitor landscape! Be the subject matter expert in the features, benefits and application of Smartsheet’s products and solutions. Have confidence presenting to Senior level executives within Large Enterprise organisations. Qualify inbound leads while running end to end industry verticalised and persona based new business sales outreach campaigns, to companies over 5000 employees Be confident in MEDDICC and have a deep discovery and qualification passion. Drive complex value driven sales motions aligned to prospects strategic goals Be expected to develop your own GTM target account strategy within your assigned territory. Maintain accurate and up-to-date records via SalesForce, run consistent outbound campaigns in Outreach. Exceed quarterly sales targets and work to assigned outbound KPIs Schedule online product demonstrations Develop and maintain structured and comprehensive target account plans Att
Fin is the AI Customer Agent company on a mission to help businesses provide perfect customer experiences. Our AI Agent Fin is the highest-performing AI Customer Agent on the market today, enabling businesses to deliver impeccable, always-on customer support across the customer journey – from service, to sales, to ecommerce. Powered by our own AI models, Fin resolves complex customer issues end-to-end across every channel, with minimal set-up and integration. Fin can also be combined with our natively integrated Intercom help desk for one single system that is designed to meet the needs of modern day support teams. Founded in 2011, Fin became one of the fastest growing companies and remains one of the largest private software companies in the world with nearly 30,000 global businesses using our products to transform their customer support. Driven by our core values, we push boundaries, build with speed and intensity, and relentlessly deliver incredible value to our customers. What's the opportunity? As a Senior CSM, you’ll partner with our largest and most complex customers to help them succeed in the new era of AI-driven customer service. You’ll work with C-suite leaders and their Support teams to guide them through their AI Agent transformation with Fin — from early project scoping and requirements gathering, to measurable adoption, to industry-best automation rates and business outcomes. This role is an opportunity to shape how the world’s leading companies deploy AI to transform their support operations and achieve strategic outcomes aligned to their business goals. What will I be doing? Develop trusted advisor relationships with customers (from c-suite stakeholders to
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Our team is looking for a Sales Development Representative (SDR) to join our sales organization. This isn't just about hitting call numbers; it's about strategically identifying, engaging, and qualifying high-value target accounts to generate significant pipeline and fuel Okta's continued market leadership. If you have a hunger for exceeding targets and a desire to work on complex, enterprise-level opportunities, we want to talk to you. This role offers a direct pathway to further your career in a dynamic, fast-growing cybersecurity environment. What You'll Do (Your Impact): Spearhead Strategic Outbound Prospecting: You'll own the identification and engagement of key decision-makers within target enterprise accounts, employing sophisticated, multi-channel outreach strategies (call, email, social selling, video). Generate High-Quality Pipeline: Go beyond lead generation. You'll deeply qualify, nurture, and convert prospects into sales-ready meetings and opportunities for our elite Account Executive team. Become an Okta Evangelist: Master Okta's value proposition and articulate how our solutions address critical business challenges and deliver tangible outcomes for diverse enterprise clients. Collaborate for Success: Partner closely with Account Executives, Field Marketing, and Product Specialists to develop targeted campaigns, refine messaging, and ensure seamless deal progression. Data-Driven Execution: Leverage our best-in-class SaaS toolkit (Salesforce, O
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Okta Vision Okta’s vision is to enable anyone to safely use any technology by providing a secure, highly available, enterprise-grade identity platform. Our technology secures billions of workforce logins each year. At Okta, we empower our Account Executives from day one with a world-class onboarding experience, ongoing development, and a culture of support and collaboration. The Opportunity: Enterprise Account Executive We are looking for a high-performing, self-motivated Account Executive with a passion for cybersecurity and helping organisations protect against evolving identity threats. As an Enterprise Account Executive at Okta, you will work closely with C-suite decision-makers to demonstrate how our platform drives secure, seamless access across their workforce. Your focus will be on both new business acquisition and expansion within our existing customer base. What You’ll Be Doing: Define and execute a clear territory plan with long-term strategic goals and growth targets. Lead a cross-functional virtual team, including Partners, Solution Engin
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join: Every day, Airbnb hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. Since our founding, more than 5 million hosts have welcomed over 1.5 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. The Chief Business Officer organization plays a pivotal role in driving the company’s growth and expansion efforts worldwide. Our teammates work on commercializing Airbnb’s new and existing businesses, helping Airbnb expand beyond its core offering as a place to stay. This includes recruiting and developing Airbnb’s global supply of high-quality stays, and executing Airbnb’s global strategy in the market. With a focus on business strategy, quality supply and international expansion, the team is leading the way for Airbnb’s continued growth and success in its next chapter. The Global Markets Team, which sits within CBO, ensures that Airbnb is locally relevant and serves the needs of our global hosts and guests, helping regions more efficiently plan and execute growth strategies across supply, demand, and other surfaces in a way that will resonate with our communities. As we expand our business, we look for the best and brightest to drive strategic business decisions. To this end, the team is looking for a Business Operations and Growth Lead to join our Australia and New Zealand team (ANZ). The Difference You Will Make: You will work closely with the cross-functional leaders and teams, and play a key role in scaling our community growth and optimization-focused programs. The succes
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join: The Airbnb Hotels is a fast-growing business which will see you leading Airbnb’s expansion into the hotel sector in the region. Operating with an entrepreneurial spirit within the Australian & New Zealand team, this team combines the simplicity, product excellence, and guest-centered ethos that define Airbnb. This team’s mission is to grow and expand our the smoothest, most intuitive hotel booking experience for guests; while providing hotels an opportunity to drive high-quality incremental bookings so they can focus on delivering the best hospitality. The ultimate aim is to help more people discover high-quality hotels, creating value for guests and our hotel partners. The Difference You Will Make: As a Senior Market Manager, your role will entail ensuring the health and expansion of our supply within but not limited to your assigned territory. This will involve both acquiring high-quality hotel inventory and managing Hotels partners. Your focus will be to enhance Airbnb's market presence in your designated region through collaboration with other teams, leveraging your expertise on the local market. With a deep understanding of Airbnb's mission and values, you will oversee all aspects of supply acquisition and market success. This includes developing acquisition strategies, generating and converting Hotel leads, deal management and fostering relationships with strategic partners, including the creation of new partnerships. You will also be tasked with developing and refining scalable, localised supply management strategies for both established, competitive mar
Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team Stripe Infrastructure is responsible for the reliability, scale, performance, and cost of Stripe's systems and the productivity and sentiment of Stripe's people. You may work on a wide variety of critical business areas within Core Infrastructure. We're the home for Stripe's critical tier-0 infrastructure systems (Compute, Networking, DocumentDB, Distributed Caching, and High Assurance Engineering). We build the foundational platform for Stripe products and services to allow them to operate at scale. We drive reliability, availability, efficiency, and scalability of these systems. What you'll do As an Engineering Manager for the Core Performance team at Stripe, you'll lead a team responsible for driving improvements in efficiency and latency across Stripe. Responsibilities • Lead and grow an engineering team in Sydney—hire, coach, mentor, and develop engineers at all levels • Partner with engineering teams across Stripe to identify and implement infrastructure solutions that enhance scalability, reliability, and efficiency • Create team vision, define goals, prioritize work, and deliver high-quality outcomes • Cultivate a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement • Collaborate with staff engineers and technical leadership on architecture and strategic technical decisions, translating technical strategy into team-level plans • Work effectively with geographically distributed colleagues and remote workers to ens
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