On-site
SaaS
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🇫🇷 French
About this role
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Join the Future of Work ! Malt is Europe's leading freelance marketplace, connecting over 1,000,000 talented freelancers with 100,000+ companies. Founded in 2013, we're transforming how work gets done through our tech-powered, human-centered platform. What makes us different:
- A diverse team of 600 Malters across 6 European countries
- A culture that champions equality (50% of our Comex are women) and inclusive growth
- Backed by top investors including ISAI, Serena Capital, Eurazeo Growth, Goldman Sachs, and BPI
- A mission to give everyone the freedom to work differently
Ready to help shape the future of work? Your next chapter starts here! 🪐
At Malt we believe that Ambition is the Way, so all lists of
missions and
responsibilities are non-exhaustive.Explore your future career 🔭 As our new Strategic Account Executive, you will drive Malt's growth across the French market by winning high-impact Enterprise accounts. You will join the Enterprise Sales team, leading complex acquisition cycles from initial contact to contract execution.
You will focus on large French enterprises, navigating complex procurement ecosystems and strategic decision-makers.
Key
responsibilities ✨
Execute targeted account prospecting strategies to identify and engage multi-stakeholder entry points across enterprise accounts.
Lead in-depth discovery and qualification using a structured sales framework (Meddic, BANT, SPIN..) to validate business pain points, metrics, and economic buyers.
Build compelling, ROI-driven business cases and tailored value proposals that resonate with C-level executives and procurement leaders.
Coordinate Proof of Value (PoV) and pilot programs to validate operational readiness, product capabilities and accelerate conversion of our Marketplace use cases.
Manage complex, multi-entity MSA commercial negotiations to close high-value, scalable agreements.
Orchestrate internal cross-functional teams
Selling Motion
Sales Cycle
Enterprise
6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals
Prospecting
Outbound-Heavy
Self-sourced pipeline via cold outreach
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.
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 Malt involves managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through close.
SaaS sales roles typically involve consultative selling with longer deal cycles.
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