Founding Account Executive

    Bowatt

    🇩🇪 Munich
    SaaS
    Base + Commission
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    Posted Today
    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    arbeitnow

    Language

    🇩🇪 German

    About this role

    About BoWattBoWatt is building AI agents for

    requirements and systems engineering in manufacturing. We help the teams engineering cars, planes, rockets, factories, chips, and medical devices tackle complex engineering work with software.We bootstrapped to €500k+ ARR before raising our first round.

    Our investors include Atlantic Foodlabs, Buildery (CDTM affiliates), and Prequel Ventures, alongside angels from Cohere and Luminovo.Now we’re looking for an ambitious Account Executive to turn customer interest into closed deals.The roleYou want to become exceptional at selling.

    You’re early in your sales career, but you’ve already shown that you learn fast, create opportunities, and take ownership of results.At BoWatt, you’ll own your pipeline from first conversation to signed customer.

    You’ll sell a technical product to manufacturing companies across DACH, learn directly from our CEO, and help turn what works into a repeatable sales process.This is a hands-on individual-contributor role, not a sales-management position. You don’t need to have built a sales team. You do need the drive and judgement to move deals forward without waiting for a finished playbook.

    What you’ll doBuild pipeline through targeted outbound, alongside leads generated with BDR support.Run discovery with engineering and business stakeholders to understand their workflows, pain points, and buying process.Deliver tailored product demos and build a clear business case for BoWatt.Own opportunities through qualification, pilot discussions, negotiation, and close.Keep your CRM and forecasts accurate, with clear next steps for every opportunity.Bring customer feedback to the product team and help improve our messaging, demos, and sales process.

    What you bringEarly experience in B2B software or technical sales. You may already be closing deals as an AE, or be a standout SDR/BDR ready to take on the full sales cycle.Evidence that you perform: targets exceeded, pipeline you created, deals you helped win, rapid

    Selling Motion

    Prospecting

    Outbound-Heavy

    Self-sourced pipeline via cold outreach

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    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

    ✓
    SDR Support

    Dedicated prospecting team

    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

    Growth
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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 Bowatt'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
    Research typical OTE splits for this role level and negotiate accordingly
    Review the job description and map your experience to each requirement
    Role Insights

    This Account Executive position at Bowatt 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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