Account Executive - Mittelstand (Remote in Germany)

    Everbridge

    🇩🇪 Germany
    SaaS
    Hybrid
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    Posted 1 week ago
    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    arbeitnow

    Language

    🇩🇪 German

    About this role

    Everbridge: a fast-growing global provider of SaaS-based critical communications and enterprise safety solutions are currently seeking an Account Executive - Mittelstand to be based in the Germany. This is a remote role that can be based anywhere in Germany

    This is a full selling role that will include prospecting, qualifying, managing, and closing new sales. In this role as an Account Executive, you will be responsible for selling the Everbridge Critical Event Managed (CEM) Platform into net new customer base.

    What You’ll Do:

    Develop a strong understanding of target buyers, domain knowledge, products and competitors. Prospect and identify new opportunities to build and maintain a healthy pipeline. Demonstrated ability to identify and sell to multiple buyers within an organization. Implement a consultative, solution selling, methodology.

    Work with Marketing, Business Development and Sales Team to execute campaigns to top buyers. Exceed assigned sales objectives and quarterly bookings quotas. Accurately manage and forecast your business using SF.com.

    What You’ll Bring:

    Minimum 5 years of sales experience with SaaS or hosted software to Mittelstand accounts Experience selling: GRC, Resilience or cyber solutions Background or training in a consultative/Solution Sales process Solid blueprinting, consulting, and solution mapping skills Proven, measurable, and successful experience as a "hunter" Must have a verifiable history of meeting or exceeding quotas Experience using Salesforce a plus Experience with MEDDIC, Sandler Selling, SPIN Selling, or Solution Selling a plus.

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    About Everbridge

    Everbridge empowers enterprises and government organizations to anticipate, mitigate, respond to, and recover stronger from critical events. In today’s unpredictable world, resilient organizations minimize impact to people and operations, absorb stress, and return to productivity faster when deploying critical event management (CEM

    Tools & Tech Stack

    Salesforce

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Enterprise

    6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals

    Prospecting

    Outbound-Heavy

    Self-sourced pipeline via cold outreach

    Territory

    Greenfield

    Build territory from scratch — net-new logos

    Requirements at a Glance

    Experience·5+ years required
    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    Prospecting·Required skill
    Solution Selling·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.

    Role Signals

    Green Flags

    ✓
    Remote Friendly

    Location flexibility

    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
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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 Everbridge'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 Everbridge 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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