On-site
SaaS
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🇩🇪 German
About this role
Saviynt's AI-powered identity platform manages and governs human and non-human access to all of an organization's applications, data, and business processes. Customers trust Saviynt to safeguard their digital assets, drive operational efficiency, and reduce compliance costs. Built for the AI age, Saviynt is today helping organizations safely accelerate their deployment and usage of AI.
Saviynt is recognized as the leader in identity security, with solutions that protect and empower the world’s leading brands, Fortune 500 companies and government institutions.
For more information, please visit www.saviynt.com.Saviynt is looking for a professional, highly motivated, and energetic Strategic Account Executive to drive regional sales for our disruptive IaaS Cloud Security, Access Governance & Privileged Access Mgmt. (PAM) solutions.
The Strategic Account Executive will combine a good working knowledge of (IaaS & SaaS) Identity, Cloud Security, or PAM with prospecting and sales skills. You will ultimately be responsible for the entire enterprise sales cycle and meeting or exceeding territory quota.
Strategic Account Executives are the primary interface to both Prospects and Customers and are responsible for actively driving and managing day-to-day prospecting and selling activity in the region.
This activity includes opportunity Discovery, Demo, RFP/RFI, Evaluation & POC stages of the sales process, and working in conjunction with Sales Engineering & Product Management Teams to identify and close new deals. This job is located remotely in Germany.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING Effectively interact with Field Sales, Cloud Team, and Line of Business decision makers. Learn and maintain knowledge of Saviynt’s solutions, focused on Cloud. Security, Cloud Access Governance and PAM Aggressively identify qualified sales opportunities across all assigned accounts. Develop and leverage all lead sources (personal and partner contacts, inbound leads, events,
Commission Structure
Base Salary
Not disclosed — ask in interview
Commission
Structure not specified
Ramp Period
Not mentioned — clarify timeline
Quota
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Selling Motion
Sales Cycle
Enterprise
6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals
Prospecting
Hybrid
Mix of inbound leads and outbound prospecting
Buyer Persona
C-Suite
Selling to executive decision-makers
Territory
Named Accounts
Pre-assigned list of target companies
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
Warm leads provided
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
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 questionAs an Account Executive with Saviynt, 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.
The German market values structured sales processes and typically offers strong base salaries alongside performance incentives.
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