On-site
SaaS
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🇫🇷 French
About this role
Enterprise Account Executive, TradFi & Web3 Enterprise, MED (France & Italy)Our Account Executives help organisations adopt digital assets with confidence by connecting their business needs to Chainalysis's blockchain intelligence solutions.
They build trusted customer relationships, develop new business, and grow existing accounts through a consultative sales approach.We are looking for an Enterprise Account Executive to cover France, Italy and Malta within our SEMEA team.
Your primary focus will be two segments: traditional finance (TradFi), including retail, commercial, private and investment banks, payment and e-money institutions, and asset managers that are launching, supporting or exposed to digital asset activity; and the largest Web3 players, including major exchanges, brokers, custodians, stablecoin issuers and digital asset infrastructure providers operating at scale in France and Italy.You will own your territory strategy, navigate complex and highly regulated sales cycles, and engage stakeholders across compliance, financial crime, risk, security, procurement, digital assets and executive leadership, from bank CCOs to the compliance and security leaders of large crypto platforms.
We measure success through quota attainment, new customer acquisition, and account growth across France and Italy.In this role, you'llExceed your sales quota by acquiring new customers and growing existing accounts across France and Italy, with a primary focus on TradFi institutions and large Web3 enterprises.Develop and execute territory and strategic account plans that reflect each market's banking and digital asset landscape, regulatory environment, and buying processes.Build relationships with decision-makers and champions across compliance, AML / financial crime, investigations, risk, security, digital assets teams, and executive leadership, in both TradFi and large Web3 organisations.Create and maintain a qualified pipeline through targeted prospecting, local indu
Selling Motion
Sales Cycle
Enterprise
6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals
Prospecting
Outbound-Heavy
Self-sourced pipeline via cold outreach
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
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.
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 questionAs an Account Executive with Chainalysis, you'll own the entire revenue pipeline and be measured on quota attainment.
Expect to work with recurring revenue models where customer retention is as important as acquisition.
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