Senior Account Executive - Benelux

    Theydo

    🇳🇱 Netherlands
    SaaS
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    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    arbeitnow

    Language

    🇳🇱 Dutch

    About this role

    Help fix customer-centricity at scaleEvery company wants to become more customer-centric. At TheyDo, we make that ambition real. Our AI-powered journey management platform helps the world’s largest enterprises align around what matters most: their customers. By bringing scattered data and teams together, we empower smarter decisions and better experiences.

    Since 2019, global leaders across industries — including Ford, Cisco, Johnson & Johnson, Siemens, Home Depot, and Lufthansa — have trusted us to scale journey management and deliver measurable impact.Backed by $50M from top-tier investors, including Blossom and 20VC, we are building a category-defining company.

    Our fully remote team of 100+ TheyDoers represents 30+ nationalities across 27 countries, united by a customer-led, people-first culture.Our mission is clear: Make journey management the most powerful business tool in the world.If you’re looking for a place where your work shapes the future of how companies operate, join us.

    Let’s build it together.The roleJourney management is becoming a must-have for the world's biggest companies, and TheyDo is the platform leading the category. Enterprises like Ford, Cisco, Vodafone and Pfizer already use TheyDo to understand their customers end to end and decide where to act.Now we're going after the rest of Europes biggest brands, and we want you leading the charge.

    As a Senior Account Executive, you'll take a greenfield territory of enterprise accounts, open the doors, and land the new logos that define TheyDo's next chapter.You'll be based in the Benelux, working remotely and reporting to Stephan.

    You'll join a team of 6 EU AEs, backed by SDR, Enablement and Customer Success colleagues across North America and Europe.Why this role, nowThe timing couldn't be better. Customer experience has moved into the boardroom, and enterprises want a way to turn it into decisions. TheyDo gives them that, and our customers are proving it.Europe is wide open. Your target list is

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Enterprise

    6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Territory

    Greenfield

    Build territory from scratch — net-new logos

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required

    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

    ✓
    Remote Friendly

    Location flexibility

    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.

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    How do you handle a prospect who goes silent mid-deal?

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    Tell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.

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    How do you build business cases for stakeholders?

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    Describe a deal you lost and what you learned.

    Template question
    Research Theydo'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

    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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