On-site
SaaS
arbeitnow
🇫🇷 French
About this role
About the team and role
Rubrik's sales organisation is a unified group of cross-functional professionals helping companies across every major industry, from financial services and manufacturing to the public sector, achieve true resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders and operational disruption. As an Account Executive in France, you will drive Rubrik's growth across one of Europe's most dynamic markets, owning the full sales cycle from first contact to close and building the pipeline that powers our growth across the French commercial landscape.
What you'll do
- Define and execute a territory sales plan for France, driving net new logo acquisition through disciplined prospecting, pipeline development and focused account pursuit
- Run complete sales cycles end to end, from discovery and qualification through solution design, negotiation and close, consistently building toward and exceeding your targets
- Build and manage a high-quality pipeline that balances breadth across your territory with depth in your highest-priority opportunities
- Partner closely with Solutions Engineers, Channel Development and Rubrik's partner ecosystem to position our data security platform against the full scope of customer risk
- Develop relationships with key decision makers and sponsors within target accounts, connecting Rubrik's capabilities to their most pressing business priorities
- Work with channel partners, distributors and VARs to extend your reach and accelerate growth across
Selling Motion
Prospecting
Channel / Partner
Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances
Buyer Persona
C-Suite
Selling to executive decision-makers
Territory
Named Accounts
Pre-assigned list of target companies
Requirements at a Glance
Typical Day — Account Executive
Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.
Role Signals
Green Flags
Ownership stake offered
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.
Tags
Walk me through your discovery process.
Template questionHow do you handle a prospect who goes silent mid-deal?
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 questionAccount Executives are the revenue engine of any sales organization — this role will require strong pipeline management and closing skills.
Top SaaS reps often earn significant upside through accelerators once quota is exceeded.
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