Account Executive - Germany 🇩🇪

    Doctrine

    🇩🇪 Düsseldorf
    SaaS
    Hybrid
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    Posted 6 days ago
    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    arbeitnow

    Language

    🇩🇪 German

    About this role

    Our Mission ⚖️

    At Doctrine, we're building Europe's leading legal AI platform. Our belief? Law shouldn't be slowed down by repetitive tasks. It should be augmented by a specialised AI, designed to understand, analyse and produce legal reasoning at the highest standard. Our ambition?

    To help legal professionals work with greater reliability, efficiency and peace of mind, through a single, comprehensive and secure platform. Today, 27,000 legal professionals across five countries (France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Luxembourg) trust us to do just that. Our growth is guided by a clear approach: a global vision, grounded in a deep understanding of local specificities.

    Behind this ambition, a team of around 250 people, united around one goal: supporting lawyers and legal professionals at every stage of their work, from research to drafting. And we're just getting started. Doctrine employs over 230 people and has been growing steadily and profitably for several years. In 2025, we are entering a new phase, becoming multi-country and multi-product.

    After launching in our first international market, Italy, Doctrine is continuing its global expansion with Germany. We are therefore looking to several Account Executive in Germany to scale our commercial impact in the German market.

    A word about the Germany Team ✨ When you join, you’ll be onboarded and supported by your manager, Pascale (Head of New Business), who will help you ramp up and succeed in

    your role. You’ll work closely with our first Account Executive on the German market, Danu, collaborating on opportunities and helping drive our growth in Germany. You’ll also be supported by our broader German go-to-market team 🇩🇪, enabling you to move forward confidently in your conversations with prospects: Audrey (Product Manager), Maïte (Legal Counsel), and Laura (Field Marketing Manager).

    Responsibilities Prospect and leverage inbound leads to build a strong pipeline of opportunities Understand the challenges of your pr

    Selling Motion

    Prospecting

    Hybrid

    Mix of inbound leads and outbound prospecting

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    Prospecting·Required skill

    Typical Day — Account Executive

    Demos & presentations4–6/week
    Prospecting calls20–30/day
    Proposal writing2–3/week
    Pipeline review2Ă—/week

    Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.

    Role Signals

    Green Flags

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    Inbound Leads

    Warm leads provided

    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

    Sales & Customer Success
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    Walk me through your discovery process.

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

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

    Template question
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    How do you build business cases for stakeholders?

    Template question
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    Describe a deal you lost and what you learned.

    Template question
    Research Doctrine'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
    Review the job description and map your experience to each requirement
    Role Insights

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

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

    The German market values structured sales processes and typically offers strong base salaries alongside performance incentives.

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