Enterprise Account Executive - Paris

    Ideals

    🇫🇷 Paris, France
    SaaS
    Hybrid
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    Posted 4 days ago
    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    arbeitnow

    Language

    🇫🇷 French

    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.The roleIdeals has been in the Virtual Data Room space since 2008 and has built a trusted reputation with clients across multiple industries in Europe, including Deloitte, and EY.To support the next stage of Ideals VDR growth in France, we are looking for an Enterprise Account Executive based in Paris.

    Joining our French Key Accounts team, you will own the full new business sales cycle and sell directly to a wide variety of enterprise corporations across diverse industries (such as energy, pharma, biotech, telecommunications, etc.).

    As a quota-carrying strategic seller, your primary goal will be to grow sales and revenue through the acquisition of new strategic enterprise accounts and the expansion of existing ones.

    You will act as an impactful industry expert, generating demand, navigating complex 6 to 9-month sales cycles, and displacing incumbents by utilizing deep discovery and consultative selling frameworks.Compensation package: 50% base salary; 50% performance-based variable.Why Ideals?Industry-leading sales culture: Ideals ranks among the Top-10% of companies on RepVue, as rated by sales professionals.

    You’ll be empowered with dedicated Sales Enablement, RevOps, Marketing support, and a structured onboarding ramp.Stable growth: You’ll join a profitable, bootstrapped SaaS company that is positioned to deliver 5x revenue expansion and reach unicorn status in the next 5 years. The deals you close will shape Ideals' footprint in Fran

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Enterprise

    6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    Consultative 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.

    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

    Key Accounts
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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 Ideals'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

    Account 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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