Account Executive, Commercial - Emea

Fivetran Fivetran · Data AI · United Kingdom · Remote · Sales Department

Fivetran is seeking a Commercial Account Executive for their EMEA region to drive new business sales. The role involves outbound prospecting, pipeline management, and consultative sales to help companies leverage their data for analytics and AI. Requires SaaS sales experience and a track record of overachievement.

What you'd actually do

  1. Proactively identify and engage new commercial customers through outbound prospecting
  2. Build and close your own pipeline of opportunities across your territory
  3. Lead discovery conversations to understand customer data challenges and translate them into Fivetran solutions
  4. Collaborate closely with Sales Development, Solutions Engineering, Marketing and Partner teams
  5. Build productive relationships with technology partners and system integrators

Skills

Required

  • closing experience in a SaaS or technology sales role
  • consistent overachievement against quota
  • outbound-led sales, including prospecting and early-stage conversations
  • navigate technical discussions
  • build credibility with data and engineering stakeholders
  • Clear, confident communication
  • strong relationship-building skills
  • Command of the Message or other value based selling techniques
  • Good organisation and follow-through across longer sales cycles
  • collaborative mindset
  • interest in being an active part of a growing team

Nice to have

  • selling data, analytics, infrastructure or developer-focused products
  • partner-led sales or co-selling motions
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms or modern data stack
  • Fluent in German or experience selling to the DACH territory

What the JD emphasized

  • at least 2 years of closing experience in a SaaS or technology sales role
  • proven track record of consistent overachievement against quota in previous roles
  • Comfort and motivation in outbound-led sales, including prospecting and early-stage conversations
  • Ability to navigate technical discussions and build credibility with data and engineering stakeholders