Senior Account Executive

Summary

Join Cognigy's expanding DACH Sales team as a Senior Account Executive and revolutionize the customer service industry. Collaborate with potential customers to understand their needs and determine how Cognigy's AI solutions can help. Responsibilities include acquiring new enterprise companies, building and maintaining a sales pipeline, developing territory plans, running full sales cycles, and taking a consultative approach with senior executives. You will coordinate responses to RFPs/RFIs, collaborate with various team members, represent Cognigy at industry events, and utilize CRM effectively. This role offers significant career development opportunities, including ongoing training and high-impact projects.

Requirements

• You are an experienced Enterprise Sales Executive with a proven track record of success in selling SaaS within the wider Contact Center or Conversational AI environment
• You have a hunter mentality and are passionate about winning and being part of an exciting company in a hyper-growth phase
• You are confident navigating sales cycles with all management levels (particularly SVP/C-Level)
• Organization and prioritizing are at the heart of everything you do and you are disciplined and function well in a remote environment
• What is a salesperson without professional communication skills, and a customer-centric, personable demeanor?!
• You can balance driving a sales cycle independently while leveraging internal resources
• You are comfortable leveraging a partner channel to support the sales process
• Fluent in German and English

Responsibilities

• Acquiring new enterprise companies from all industries within the DACH region
• Building and maintaining an effective pipeline by self-directed prospecting, as well as working with internal, Business Development Representative resources
• Developing, maintaining and reviewing territory plans that outline how you will meet business goals
• Running full sales cycles from account planning & targeted prospecting through discovery/qualification, contract negotiation & close
• Taking a consultative, value-centric approach with senior executives to map value, develop effective business cases, build ROI models and drive Digital Transformation conversations
• Coordinating responses to RFPs/RFIs
• Taking a collaborative approach to working closely with various team members including BDRs, Presales support, Marketing, Product, Finance and Leadership
• Representing Cognigy at trade fairs or events that are customary in the industry
• Preparing, presenting and conducting demos, presentations and customer meetings
• Using CRM effectively and consistently to track sales cycles/engagement

Benefits

• Attractive and performance-oriented salary
• Company Pension Scheme
• 25 days paid leave, plus 5 floating days, plus public holidays
• Unique opportunity to help build and shape the company, with little hierarchy
• Flexible working options
• Colleague recognition, reward and celebration events
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• ClassPass membership, giving you access to a variety of fitness and wellness experiences
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities, including Udemy
• One paid ‘Giving Back Day’ each year, so you can volunteer for a charity or community activity of your choice
• Subscription to the Calm app for you plus five friends/family members, giving you access to guided meditation, sleep stories, music, masterclasses, and much more