Enterprise Account Executive - Germany

We are seeking a German-fluent and Germany-based Enterprise Account Executive to help us win Enterprise (1,000+ employees) accounts by managing the full sales cycle from pipeline generation through to closed-won.

• Focus on new logo acquisition
• Manage the full sales cycle from pipeline generation through to closed-won
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities
• Source >50% of your own pipeline
• Deliver micro-demos before engaging SE partners
• Conduct discovery to validate or refine perspective and identify project's business drivers aligned to executive priorities
• Craft compelling business cases connecting technical problems to downstream business impacts
• Engage the right stakeholders at the right time to create consensus for a strategic technology decision
• Travel at least 25% of the time for customer engagements and events

• You have 5+ years of full-cycle closing experience and have closed many >$100,000 ACV opportunities
• You have experience selling complex platform technologies in a sales-led GTM motion
• You are a new business hunter and are confident in your abilities to self-source >50% of your own pipeline
• You have sold to multiple regions within EMEA and have strong written and verbal fluency in both English and German
• You are based in Germany
• You demonstrate mastery of clear communication. You ask questions with precision and can explain complex concepts in simple terms.
• You have strong track record in Enterprise SaaS sales, having closed many $100k sales, and overachieved $1M+ quotas consistently. You have won competitive rip-and-replace opportunities of core/platform technologies.
• You are proactive in identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, and comfortable sourcing >50% of your own pipeline. You're both resourceful and innovative in finding new business opportunities.
• You can confidently deliver micro-demos before engaging your SE partners. You can't imagine not being fluent in the product you sell.
• You are highly skilled at discovery. You believe in preparation to establish a point of view, and through discovery validate or refine your perspective to identify a project's business drivers aligned to executive priorities.
• You have strong business acumen. You quickly connect the dots between technical problems and their downstream business impacts. You craft compelling business cases with this context.
• You're adept at competitive or evangelical selling in new or established markets.
• You skillfully guide prospects through the evaluation—engaging the right stakeholders at the right time to create consensus for a strategic technology decision.
• You enjoy becoming an expert and tailoring discussions to address each prospect's unique challenges.
• Your peers describe you as action-oriented and persistent. You're always on the leaderboard for outbound effort and pipeline created.
• Your peers describe you as detail oriented. You write and send crisp follow-up emails, on time. You also take pride in internal operations, like real-time CRM updates. (We use HubSpot, Gong, Chili Piper and Apollo.)
• You are willing to travel at least 25% of the time for customer engagements and events.
• You have experience selling to Talent or People leaders

• Compelling benefits offerings, location dependent
• 10-year exercise window for stock options. You shouldn't feel pressure to purchase stock options if you leave Ashby —do it when you feel financially comfortable.
• Unlimited PTO with four weeks recommended per year. Expect "Vacation?" in our one-on-one agenda until you start taking it 😅.
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget. Get what you need to be happy and productive!
• $100/month education budget with more expensive items (like conferences) covered with manager approval.