Enterprise Account Executive (Germany)

• TA tools in the Enterprise represent a huge market opportunity, a $1B+ TAM, and the incumbents are legacy players. We are displacing a collection of tools (ATS, Sourcing & CRM, Scheduling, Analytics, Offers & Approvals) with a consolidated talent suite. This is a proven playbook that Workday used to win the HCM market as customers realize value in a multitude of ways
• 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
• In this role, you’ll focus on new logo acquisition. Our emphasis is on your ability to excel in the areas listed below and your appetite for continuous growth & improvement

Benefits

• $100/month education budget with more expensive items (like conferences) covered with manager approval
• Unlimited PTO with four weeks recommended per year
• Twelve weeks of fully paid family leave
• 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
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget

• You can confidently deliver micro-demos before engaging your SE partners.
• You can’t imagine not being fluent in the product you sell
• You’re adept at competitive or evangelical selling in new or established markets
• 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
• 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 enjoy becoming an expert and tailoring discussions to address each prospect’s unique challenges
• 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 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
• Your peers describe you as action-oriented and persistent.
• You’re always on the leaderboard for outbound effort and pipeline created
• You are willing to travel at least 25% of the time for customer engagements and events
• You skillfully guide prospects through the evaluation—engaging the right stakeholders at the right time to create consensus for a strategic technology decision
• You demonstrate mastery of clear communication.
• You ask questions with precision and can explain complex concepts in simple terms
• You are based in Germany
• 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 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 have experience selling to Talent or People leaders