On-site
SaaS
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🇩🇪 German
About this role
Get to know usIdeals is a global B2B SaaS product company recognized as the most highly rated and customer-centric brand in the secure business collaboration market.
Trusted by over 2,000,000 users from 300,000 companies globally, we help people run high-stakes processes and make important decisions with less stress, higher quality, and shorter hours.Ideals Virtual Data Room (VDR): Secure document sharing and collaboration for due diligence, fundraising, corporate reporting, licensing, clinical trials, and other complex transactions.Ideals Board: Board and leadership collaboration platform for faster, safer, and more compliant decision-making.After 18 years in the market, we power more than 10% of global M&A activity, grow at 30%+ YoY, and are now scaling 5x globally to disrupt the VDR category and reach unicorn status by 2029.The roleIdeals has been in the Virtual Data Room space since 2008 and has built a trusted reputation with clients across multiple industries in Europe, including Orcan Energy, E-Gruppe, Deloitte, and EY.To support the growth of the Ideals VDR in Germany, we continue our expansion by adding an Account Executive (Business Development Manager) based in the Munich area to play a key role in building and deepening key accounts and long-term client partnerships across the southern German market.
As a front-line, quota-carrying team member, you will actively reach out to 30-40 new customers each month and oversee a pipeline of 50+ opportunities to close deals.
Engaging proactively with C-suite and key account decision-makers across Finance, Banking, and other sectors, you will contribute directly to our growth story in the German market.This role is for you if you're commercially driven, take full ownership of how you show up, yet are genuinely open to coaching and ways to improve.
You have a collaborative mindset and treat team success as important as hitting your own number.Compensation package: 50% base salary; 50% performance-based variable.W
Selling Motion
Prospecting
Channel / Partner
Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances
Buyer Persona
C-Suite
Selling to executive decision-makers
Territory
Vertical-Specific
Focused on a single industry vertical
Requirements at a Glance
Typical Day — Account Executive
Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.
SaaS — Interview Intel
Typical Sales Cycle
30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)
Common Buyer Objections
- "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
- "We built something in-house already"
- "We don't have budget until next quarter"
- "Our team won't adopt another tool"
Key Industry Metrics
Hot Topics to Reference
- • AI-native product disruption
- • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
- • Vertical SaaS consolidation
- • Usage-based pricing models
Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.
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Walk me through your discovery process.
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Template questionTell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.
Template questionHow do you build business cases for stakeholders?
Template questionDescribe a deal you lost and what you learned.
Template questionAs an Account Executive with Ideals, you'll own the entire revenue pipeline and be measured on quota attainment.
Expect to work with recurring revenue models where customer retention is as important as acquisition.
The German market values structured sales processes and typically offers strong base salaries alongside performance incentives.
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