MakiPeople

Strategic Account Executive

MakiPeople
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeParis • FranceMid-LevelSeniorWebsite
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Demonstrates extensive experience in enterprise sales within the DACH region, with a proven track record of closing six-figure deals and building strategic account plans. Fluent in German and English, capable of leading complex negotiations and utilizing AI tools to enhance sales processes.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Enterprise Sales ExperienceFluent GermanStrategic Account PlanningComplex Negotiation SkillsAI Tools Utilization

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Run complex enterprise sales cycles across the DACH region, from first call to signature
  • Build an account plan and point of view for every key account
  • Build business cases with buyers using their business numbers
  • Lead complex negotiations with executive buyers, procurement, works councils and legal
  • Land initial business while framing future expansion, use cases and commercials
  • Work with the pod to build strategic account plans that maximize long-term account growth
  • Use AI daily to research, prepare and scale sales work
  • Partner with a BDR, forward deployed engineer and customer success account manager

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Minimum 6+ years in sales, including 3+ years selling to enterprises in the DACH region
  • Fluent German and professional English
  • A strategic sales background with experience landing large logos and working with many stakeholders at once
  • Numerous closed six-figure deals that can be explained in detail
  • Points of view and business cases that executives acted on
  • Daily use of AI tools in sales work
  • Willingness to work from the Paris office and travel across Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • A competitive compensation that leads the market
  • Inbound and outbound enterprise demand, and a pod partner to scale it
  • Equity
  • The best Sales and AI tools

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Hard Skills
Sales Cycle ManagementBusiness Case DevelopmentAccount PlanningStakeholder EngagementDeal Closure
Soft Skills
NegotiationCollaborationCommunication
Tools & Technologies
AI Tools
Industry Keywords
DACH RegionEnterprise SalesLarge LogosProcurementWorks Councils