On-site
SaaS
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🇳🇱 Dutch
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.After 18 years in the market, we grow sustainably at 30%+ YoY and are now scaling 5x globally to disrupt the VDR category and reach unicorn status by 2029.The roleIdeals has powered Dutch M&A activity since 2013.
Now we're expanding into the Corporate segment and hiring our first Enterprise Account Executive in Amsterdam to build it from scratch.Unlike our M&A advisory-focused motions, you'll sell directly to enterprise companies across industries like energy, pharma, biotech, and telecommunications.
As a quota-carrying strategic seller, you’ll grow revenue, acquiring new enterprise accounts and expanding existing ones.
Expect 6- to 9-month sales cycles, deep discovery conversations, and consultative selling that often means displacing an incumbent vendor.You’ll open a new growth channel for Ideals in the Netherlands, with real ownership over how we approach the Dutch corporate market.Compensation package: 50% base salary; 50% performance-based variable.Why Ideals?Market-leading position: 18+ years in the VDR business, powering 10%+ of global M&A activity, with a 31% CAGR against competitors' 11%.Mature high-trust sales org: Ideals ranks in the top 10% of over 15,000 sales organizations on RepVue, as rated by sales professionals.
Expect strong Sales Enablement, RevOps, Marketing support, and a structured onboarding ramp.Real growth trajectory: Profitable and bootstrapped, with 5x revenue growth and unicorn status targeted in
Selling Motion
Sales Cycle
Enterprise
6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals
Prospecting
Channel / Partner
Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances
Buyer Persona
C-Suite
Selling to executive decision-makers
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.
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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