About the opportunityAt Contentful, we are always searching for top candidates to join our global team of Account Executives. We are particularly interested in individuals with experience in the Benelux market.This is a speculative job description, and an immediate opening may not be available. However, we still encourage interested candidates to apply. In the first instance, a recruitment team member will be in touch to discuss your profile and explain more about Contentful.Thank you for being so interested in Contentful. We will keep your application on file should a suitable opportunity arise.As an Account Executive, you will lead the end-to-end sales process from prospecting to closing, driving net new revenue and uncovering upsell opportunities with both new and existing customers. You will collaborate closely with our Customer Experience and Marketing teams to nurture and grow a regional customer base. You will follow a consultative sales process to communicate effectively with professional developers and business leaders.What to expect?Self-generation of the pipeline through outbound motions in conjunction with marketing and BDR teams to help create new opportunities in regional accountsPosition, negotiate, and spearhead expansion opportunities with existing clients in the Benelux regionGrow existing accounts by leveraging relationships and following our comprehensive "land and expand" sales modelMeet quarterly and annual sales goals by developing an account strategy and pipeline, managing internal and client processes, maintaining sales reports, developing market and competitor knowledge, delivering presentations to customers, and creating sales proposalsManage RFI/RFQ requests with Contentful internal and customer teamsRefine and evolve our "land-and-expand" model in collaboration with Sales, Partnerships, and Customer Success teamsSeek to understand the digital experience challenges of prospects and clients while aligning the ROI of Contentful with those challenges to ensure a value-based selling approachWork closely with Sales Engineers and Solution Architects to uncover technical challenges and opportunitiesDevelop innovative proposals, position complex pricing structures, and negotiate contracts and deal-closing requirements quickly and efficientlyWork closely with customer success & marketing teams to ensure that best practices of Contentful are shared and implemented at the respective customersWhat you need to be successful4+ years of experience selling a technical platform 4+ years of quota carrying experienceWorking knowledge of selling and positioning to customers a technical SaaS and/or PaaS platform2+ years of growing and expanding existing customer accounts in a SaaS and/or PaaS environment Demonstrated knowledge of how to sell transactions of $150k+ to organizations with $1b+ in revenueExperience working with Partner ecosystems to work with customers.Nice to have:Previous CMS (content management system) experienceFluency in Dutch What's in it for you?Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital experiencesFull-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our companyComprehensive healthcare package health/dental/vision care package covering 100% of monthly health premiums for employees and 85% of costs for your dependents. Fertility and family building benefits, including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family.We valueWork-Life balanceandYou Time!A generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, sick days, education days, compassion days for loss, and volunteer daysCompany paid parental leaveto care for and focus on your growing family Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your careerEnjoy a full range of virtual and in-person events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties An annual wellbeing stipend to care for your physical, financial, or emotional healthA monthly communication phone/internet stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement.New hire office equipment stipend for hybrid or distributed employees. Get the gear you need to work at your best.#LI-onsite
