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Founding Account Executive – New Business
Location
Germany
Posted
12 hours ago
Salary
€55K - €60K / year
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
Founding Account Executive – New Business
Primefold
• Build and run outbound pipeline (LinkedIn, email, calls) threaded across multiple stakeholders • The full sales cycle: discovery → demo → trial → proposal → close • Selling a new category: educating buyers, creating urgency, making the "ask your data, get decisions" shift land • HubSpot discipline: clean stages, next steps, close dates, and a forecast you can stand behind • A clean closed-won handover to our CX team
Job Requirements
- 2-4+ years closing B2B SaaS, outbound-first (not SDR-only)
- A true hunter; you work independently, own your number, and deliver results without being managed to them
- A track record of creating pipeline and closing independently; you've packed your own bag
- Strong discovery, demo and negotiation; including with C-level / executive buyers
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, fast-changing environment; you move quickly and adapt
- Strong affinity for digital products, AI and tech; you get genuinely excited about the space and can speak credibly to technical buyers
- Fluent Business Level German and English
- Strong HubSpot experience and fluency with modern sales tooling (Calendly, sequencing, etc.); clean CRM habits; MEDDICC or SPICED a plus
- Open to 1-2 days/month travel in DACH (expensed)
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
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