Commercial Account Executive - DACH (f / m / d)

As a Commercial Account Executive - DACH (f/m/d), youll drive Contentfuls growth by leading the end-to-end sales process with our top-tier clients. Youll be instrumental in driving adoption and engagement, finding new revenue opportunities, and creating customer enablement initiatives within a few named accounts. Youll work closely with our partnership and customer success team to lead a consultative sales process by speaking to professional developers and business leaders in the Middle East, Africa, and Asian markets. This role will require you to be in our Central London office 2 or 3 times a week.
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 accounts
Drive expansion opportunities with existing clients in the DACH (Germany, Austria & Switzerland) territory.
Grow existing accounts by leveraging relationships and following our comprehensive land and expand sales model
Meet 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 proposals
Manage RFI/RFQ requests with Contentful internal and customer teams
Refine and evolve our "land-and-expand" model in collaboration with Sales, Partnerships, and Customer Success teams
Seek 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 approach
Work closely with Sales Engineers and Solution Architects to uncover technical challenges and opportunities
Develop innovative proposals, position complex pricing structures, and negotiate contracts and deal-closing requirements quickly and efficiently
Work closely with customer success & marketing teams to ensure that best practices of Contentful are shared and implemented at the respective customer

3+ years of experience selling a technical platform working as a Sales Development Representative (SDR), Business Development Representative (BDR), and/or Account Executive
1+ years of individual quota-carrying experience
1+ years of growing and expanding existing customer accounts
Demonstrated expertise in closing $60-100k+ opportunities
Ability to drive your own pipeline generation with outbound capabilities

Nice to have:

Experience working with Partner ecosystems to work with customers.
Understanding and experience working in product-led growth sales motions
Fluent German language skills

Contentful is the intelligent composable content platform that unlocks all of an organizations digital content to deliver impactful customer experiences, making content a strategic business asset. The Contentful Platform, Contentful Studio, and the Contentful Ecosystem combine the flexibility of composable content with the intelligence of AI, empowering digital teams to drive business momentum through collaboration, speed, and scale. Contentful powers innovative content experiences across brands, regions, and channels for organizations around the world, including nearly 30% of the Fortune 500. Nearly 800 people from more than 70 nations contribute their energy and creativity to Contentful, working from hubs in Berlin, Denver and distributed around the world.
Everyone is welcome here!
Everyone is welcome here is a celebrated component of our culture. At Contentful, we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical [dis]ability, or length of time spent unemployed. We invite you to apply and join us!

Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital experiences
Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
Fertility and family building benefits, including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family.
We value Work-Life balance and You Time! A generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, sick days, education days, compassion days for loss, and volunteer days
Time off to care for and focus on your growing family
Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
Enjoy 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 health
A 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.