On-site
SaaS
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🇩🇪 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
Typical Day — Account Executive
Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.
Role Signals
Green Flags
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
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
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 questionThis 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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