Account Executive, Commercial - French Speaking

Intercom Intercom · Enterprise · Dublin, Ireland · Sales

Account Executive for Intercom, an AI Customer Service company, focusing on driving new business growth with SMB customers in EMEA. The role involves owning the full sales cycle, generating pipeline, delivering product demos of the Intercom Suite including their AI agent Fin, and navigating commercial processes. Requires B2B SaaS sales experience, strong closing and demo skills, and fluency in French.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the full sales cycle — prospecting, discovery, value-based demos, negotiation, and close —across our EMEA SMB customer base for deal sizes between 20k-250k ARR.
  2. Generate and progress pipeline through a healthy mix of inbound qualification and targeted outbound, partnering closely with SDRs and Marketing.
  3. Lead incisive discovery to uncover business problems, quantify impact, and align stakeholders on an Intercom value narrative.
  4. Deliver compelling product demos and evaluations that showcase the Intercom Suite, including our Fin AI agent, tailored to each customer’s goals and constraints.
  5. Navigate procurement, security, and legal processes with support from cross-functional partners; keep deals moving with clear next steps and timelines.

Skills

Required

  • 2+ years closing new business in B2B SaaS, ideally with SMB customers and familiarity with running larger deals +100k-200k ARR.
  • Consistent track record of exceeding quota with strong opportunity management, multi-threading, ROI modelling and deal execution.
  • Exceptional discovery, storytelling, and demo skills grounded in business value and outcomes.
  • Skilled at generating pipeline through outbound and partner-led motions in tandem with SDRs/Marketing.
  • Adept at running structured evaluations and managing commercial processes (pricing, redlines, security).
  • Proficient with modern CRM and sales productivity tools; strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience with MEDDPICC or similar sales methodologies
  • Rigorous deal inspection and a clear understanding of forecasting principles
  • Fluent French

Nice to have

  • experience selling customer service, helpdesk, AI, or messaging solutions; interest in the broader support-tech ecosystem.

What the JD emphasized

  • Fluent French