Senior Account Executive - Financial Services EMEA

    Unblu

    🇨🇭 Basel, Switzerland
    SaaS
    Hybrid
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    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    arbeitnow

    Language

    🇨🇭 German/French

    About this role

    About UnbluUnblu helps the world's leading banks and insurance companies deliver conversational finance solutions. We provide highly secure engagement and collaboration software, enabling financial institutions to enrich the digital experience of their clients.By choosing a career with Unblu you choose to join an international, and innovation-savvy company.

    With our head office situated in Basel, Switzerland and additional offices in Bulgaria, Germany, the UK, Canada and the USA, you’ll be joining an international team dedicated to shaping the future of digital engagement. While Unblu is run as an independent company with global scope, we are fortunate to have Swiss Post as our anchor shareholder, providing long term support and vision to the company.

    The RoleAs a Senior Account Executive, you are responsible for executing a strategic go-to-market approach and representing Unblu to customers, prospects, and partners. In addition, you are responsible for laying the foundation for rapid and sustainable growth of the customer base and revenues.

    This is primarily driven by your large and well established network in the financial sector and your refined skills in account-based selling within the B2B space.

    You will work closely with all functions across the company, selling both directly and indirectly to financial institutions, while driving new business with strategic accounts as well as upsell opportunities within our existing customer base.This is a senior, quota-carrying role for someone who already has the relationships at CxO, Head of Digital, Head of Private Clients / Private Banking / Wealth Management level.

    The role requires regular travel across EMEA, with occasional travel to APAC (expect 40–50% of your time on the road)If you would like to be part of a growing and modern company, you are a team player and you appreciate the opportunity to contribute to the digital future of the financial services industry, then this role is for you! We are lookin

    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

    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

    Sales
    Computer Software
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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.

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    Research Unblu'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

    As an Account Executive with Unblu, you'll own the entire revenue pipeline and be measured on quota attainment.

    Expect to work with recurring revenue models where customer retention is as important as acquisition.

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