Enterprise Account Executive, Paris France

    Rubrik

    🇫🇷 Paris
    SaaS
    Hybrid
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    Posted 3 weeks ago
    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    arbeitnow

    Language

    🇫🇷 French

    About this role

    About Team & About Role

    Rubrik's sales organisation is a unified group of elite cross functional professionals helping companies across every major industry, from financial services and manufacturing to the public sector, achieve true resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. As an Enterprise Account Executive in France, you will drive Rubrik's expansion in one of Europe's most dynamic enterprise markets, owning the full sales cycle from first contact to close and building the pipeline that powers our growth across the French enterprise landscape.


    What You'll Do

    • Define and execute a territory sales plan for France, driving net new logo acquisition through disciplined prospecting, pipeline development, and strategic account pursuit
    • Run complete, multistakeholder sales cycles end to end, from discovery and qualification through solution design, negotiation, and close, consistently building toward and exceeding your targets
    • Build and manage a high quality pipeline that balances breadth across your enterprise territory with depth in your highest priority opportunities
    • Partner closely with Solutions Engineers, Channel Development, and Rubrik's partner ecosystem to position our data security platform against the full scope of customer risk
    • Develop relationships with key decision makers and executive sponsors within target accounts, connecting Rubrik's capabilities to their most pressing business priorities
    • Work with channel partners, distribu

    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

    Territory

    Named Accounts

    Pre-assigned list of target companies

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    Prospecting·Required skill
    Negotiation·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

    ✓
    Equity/Stock Options

    Ownership stake offered

    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 Rubrik'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 Rubrik involves managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through close.

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

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