Strategic Account Executive, Dach

Glean Glean · Enterprise · EMEA · Remote · Sales

Strategic Account Executive for Glean, an AI-first Work AI platform, focusing on driving new business and growth within large enterprise prospects in Switzerland. The role involves sophisticated account research, executive-level messaging, and building relationships to deliver tailored strategies and achieve ARR revenue targets. Requires strong SaaS sales experience, ability to demonstrate technical products, and understanding of complex organizations and technical solutions.

What you'd actually do

  1. Source and close net new logos within a given territory in your book of business
  2. Have the ability to navigate complex organizational structures and identify executive sponsors and champions
  3. Research and understand the business objectives of your customers and have the ability to perform a value drive sales cycle
  4. Collaborate with internal partners to move deals forward and ensure customer success
  5. You will consistently over-deliver ARR revenue targets and drive success through a metric-based approach

Skills

Required

  • SaaS sales
  • Enterprise sales
  • Account management
  • Sales strategy
  • Pipeline generation
  • Complex deal closing
  • Territory development
  • Technical product demonstration
  • Relationship building
  • C-level engagement
  • Understanding of integrations, APIs, infrastructure management, security, and analytics
  • Swiss market knowledge

Nice to have

  • AI fluency
  • AI-focused exercise or discussion

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years of closing experience in Sales with a track record of being a top performer in SaaS sales
  • Ability to learn, pitch, and demonstrate a highly technical product
  • Have clear examples of closing complex deals and selling into complex organizations
  • Effectively use a repeatable method for uncovering greenfield opportunities and building out a new territory
  • Previous experience building relationships and selling face-to-face to face to C level executives
  • Knowledge of best of breed softwares and a technical understanding of integrations, APIs, infrastructure management, security and analytics
  • Experience selling technical SaaS and cloud-based software solutions
  • This is a remote position; you will be based in Switzerland and know the regional market, including its cultural nuances and business practices.