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About Staffbase
We inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is to help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication with the first AI-native Employee Experience Platform. Our industry-leading and award-winning agentic AI communications channels - intranet, employee app and email solutions - create engaging experiences that connect and empower employees.
Headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany and New York City, with offices in Berlin, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Prague, and Minneapolis–St. Paul, our diverse team of 550+ employees supports 1,500+ customers—reaching over 14 million employees—in transforming their employee experience.
We are proud to be a Unicorn company—privately valued at over $1 billion—demonstrating strong growth, innovation, and lasting impact in our industry. Together, we’re shaping the future of workplace communication.
Staffbase is the global market leader in Employee Communications SaaS, empowering the world’s largest companies (like Adidas, Audi, and Deutsche Post) to connect with their entire workforce. We are a fast-paced, high-growth unicorn, and we are looking for a Senior Enterprise Account Executive to join our elite DACH Sales team.
This is not a general sales role. You will be tasked with hunting and closing high-value, complex deals within the German Enterprise segment (1,000+ employees), positioning our mission-critical platform as a strategic necessity for HR, Communications, and IT leadership.
If you thrive on navigating multi-stakeholder deals, challenging the status quo, and driving six-figure ARR, this is your next career move.
What You Will Be Doing (Strategic Impact)
Own the DACH Enterprise Territory: Owning your patch, driving new logo acquisition and securing significant Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) above quota level. Design & Execute Outbound Strategy: Architect and lead sophisticated outbound campaigns, collaborating strategically with SDRs, Partnerships, and Marketing to build pi
Selling Motion
Sales Cycle
Enterprise
6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals
Prospecting
Channel / Partner
Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances
Deal Size
$,
Typical contract value
Requirements at a Glance
Typical Day — Account Executive
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
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.
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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 questionAccount 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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