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    Account Executive, Early Stage - EMEA

    Vanta

    🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
    Remote
    FullTime
    SaaS
    Hybrid
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    Posted Jun 25, 2026
    Job Type

    FullTime

    Work Type

    Remote

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    ashby

    About this role

    At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it.

    Vanta is growing fast—we’re profitable, consistently exceeding our growth targets, and maintaining exceptionally strong NPS scores along the way. Our momentum is driven by a clear mission: to secure the internet and help startups scale with trust.

    As the category leader in compliance and security automation, we’re capturing market share rapidly, and our Sales team is at the forefront of that charge.To support this continued growth, we’re expanding our Early Stage Sales team.

    We’re looking for high-energy, customer-focused Account Executives who thrive in high-volume, fast-paced environments and are motivated by the challenge of turning velocity into results.

    In this role, you’ll take full ownership of the sales cycle—from first touch to close—and play a critical role in positioning Vanta as the go-to solution for early-stage companies navigating security and compliance for the first time.This is a highly transactional, new business role where success comes from running a tight, repeatable process and maintaining a high daily output.

    If you love the energy of working with startups, are driven to outperform targets, and want to make a tangible impact in a rapidly scaling business, we’d love to hear from you.This role will be based in our Dublin office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

    What you’ll do as an Account Executive, Early Stage - EMEA at Vanta:Identify high-potential business verticals to develop and execute outbound strategies to engage them with Vanta.Manage the entire sales cycle, from initial contact to contract negotiation and closing, with a focu

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    SMB / Transactional

    Under 1 month, high-velocity closing

    Prospecting

    Outbound-Heavy

    Self-sourced pipeline via cold outreach

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    Negotiation·Required skill

    Typical Day — Account Executive

    Stakeholder meetings3–5/week
    Executive presentations2–3/week
    Business cases & RFPs1–2/week
    Forecast & pipeline2×/week
    Champion coachingDaily

    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

    ARR / MRRNet Revenue Retention (NRR)CAC Payback PeriodLogo Churn vs Revenue ChurnACV (Avg Contract Value)Magic Number

    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.

    Tags

    Revenue
    Account Executives
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    Walk me through your discovery process.

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    How do you handle a prospect who goes silent mid-deal?

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    Tell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.

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    How do you build business cases for stakeholders?

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    Describe a deal you lost and what you learned.

    Template question
    Research Vanta's product, recent news, and key competitors
    Prepare metrics: quota attainment %, average deal size, win rate
    Practice a 2-minute product demo pitch for a mock discovery call
    Prepare to discuss your home office setup and self-management discipline
    Review the job description and map your experience to each requirement
    Role Insights

    This Account Executive position at Vanta involves managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through close.

    SaaS sales roles typically involve consultative selling with longer deal cycles.

    This remote-friendly role based in IE provides geographic flexibility while maintaining access to a SaaS market.

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