On-site
SaaS
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🇩🇪 German
About this role
About the position:
Are you looking for a role where you can truly influence and manage your own book of business in a collaborative sales environment? We believe in entrepreneurship and empowering you to make decisions that will grow our business, and we’ll provide you with all of the resources you need to be a successful high-earning sales executive.
Key responsibilities:
The Enterprise Account Executive participates in a team-selling environment and will assume the ownership role for their assigned enterprise accounts. You will be driving the identification and qualification of opportunities, developing and executing account & opportunity plans leading to the generation of software license, maintenance and services revenues. In addition, you will facilitate and maintain successful relationships with customers, which will be measured by their reference ability, customer satisfaction levels and increased revenue levels.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Developing new prospects and expanding existing accounts with enterprise level clients
• Using consultative selling techniques to teach customers about their industry and offer insights and perspectives on IT needs that are fulfilled by our solutions
• Using competitive analysis to educate customers on the value of our solutions
• Continuously pursuing quota goals by working directly with the customer during negotiations
• Working with a virtual account team to deploy the customer engagement lifecycle, that include; Marketing for lead generation, Business Development Representatives for lead qualification, Pre-sales Engineers for technical support, and Customer Success Managers for renewals after the initial sale.
• Attending and participating in customer team meetings and communicating regularly with professional
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Selling Motion
Sales Cycle
Enterprise
6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals
Prospecting
Outbound-Heavy
Self-sourced pipeline via cold outreach
Buyer Persona
Manager-Level
Departmental buyers and team leads
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
Inherit existing accounts
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.
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Walk me through your discovery process.
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Template questionThis Account Executive position at Avepoint 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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