Senior Account Executive, German Market - Hybrid

BigCommerce’s mission is to help merchants sell more at every stage of growth, from small startups, to mid-market businesses to large enterprises. We focus on being the best ecommerce platform so our customers can focus on what matters most: growing their businesses.

We are equally passionate about growing our employee’s careers and providing them an incredible experience as we rapidly expand across the globe. We are proud to have been recognized numerous times for our product and workplace culture. We empower our people and customers to build, innovate and grow, so together we can redefine the ecommerce industry.

The Strategic Account Executive is responsible for achieving quarterly sales revenue targets while exemplifying the BigCommerce Core Values. They will focus on landing new business and expanding existing relationships with prospects and accounts by selling our Advertising, Marketplace, and BigCommerce for Merchant Onboarding solutions. This role will also demonstrate initiative and leadership qualities within the Sales team and the broader organization.

This role is responsible for the German market and fluency in German is a requirement

Responsibilities

• You will be chosen for conferences or client events in your area
• You may schedule events or recommend conferences you feel would benefit your pipeline, subject to approval by the VP of Sales
• You will be responsible for bringing on new business through screen share demos of our platform and talking at a high level about our offerings
• You will manage your own outbound sales effort from a list of provided leads
• You will manage a pipeline of mid-market to enterprise level prospects, strategically coordinating different touchpoints to maximize the probability of deal closure
• You will represent BigCommerce unique selling proposition and speak lucidly about what differentiates us from competitors
• You will manage a book of business comprised of brands, retailers, and performance marketing agencies, meeting with them on a cyclical basis to uncover and close new business opportunities
• Your goal is to engage these customers through a consultative approach in offering a solution that is best suited for their online Ecommerce business
• You will do this primarily through phone, email, video conferencing, and in person meetings as you have the opportunity to
• You are expected to meet quota consistently
• You will participate in ad hoc projects to focus on specific lead or client subsets
• You will need to collaborate with various departments to improve sales performance and to ensure that services promised during the sales process are appropriately fulfilled

Requirements:

• 12+ years in SaaS enterprise Sales
• Fluency in German
• Experience working in the German market
• 6+ eCommerce or adtech industry experience required
• Ability to travel once or twice a quarter to conferences or client events
• Experience working remotely preferred
• Exceedingly organized

• Ability to plan and manage a busy schedule
• Ability to multitask

Excellent listening and communication skills, a high aptitude for understanding how business and software systems overlap, and a fearless approach to learning.

• Proven experience carrying a quota and managing a pipeline of enterprise level opportunities
• Ability to understand a technical SaaS product
• Strong consultative problem-solving approach to sales
• Need to help prospect architect a solution that solves their problems
• Ability to develop and present account growth strategy to management

Education

• Bachelor’s degree (Minimum)

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you need an accommodation in order to interview at BigCommerce, please let us know during any of your interactions with our recruiting team.

Learn more about the BigCommerce team, culture and benefits at https://careers.bigcommerce.com.