Commercial Account Executive, Contentful
DACH
+ Stock Options
Content management platform
Open for applications
Content management platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
+ Stock Options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To modernize how content flows by leading the transition from legacy CMS to content infrastructure.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of experience selling a technical platform working as either an SDR/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
- Experience working with Partner ecosystems to work with customers
- Fluent in German
Desirable
- Previous CMS (content management system) experience
What the job involves
- 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
- Self-generation of the pipeline through outbound motions in conjunction with marketing and BDR teams to help create new opportunities in regional accounts
- Position, negotiate, and spearhead expansion opportunities with existing clients in Italy
- 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 customers
Our take
Creating, distributing and managing digital content can be complex, time-consuming and difficult, especially at scale. Contentful solves this problem by centralizing all content management into one API-based system.
Since founding in 2013, Contentful has grown to become one of the largest companies of its kind. It now serves thousands of customers, many of which are enterprises such as Danone and Bang & Olufsen. Importantly, the company has continued to improve its offering, for example by partnering with eSSENTIAL Accessibility to offer a way for users to achieve ADA compliance.
In recent years, Contentful has grown its executive team, attracting top talent from companies like Zendesk and Atlassian which has helped to accelerate its ambitious growth strategy. It has also expanded its relationship with AWS, launching the Contentful Composable Content Platform in AWS Marketplace, a key move that will help to broaden its reach and ensure it remains a key player in the competitive CMS market.
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Diversity is a priority
"I really like the no-nonsense approach to D+E+I in Contentful. We employ people from over 70 nationalities, there are a lot of grassroots employee..."
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jul 2021
$175m
SERIES F
Jun 2020
$80m
SERIES E
Total funding: $331.1m
Company benefits
- Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
- Generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, education days, and volunteer days
- Use your personal education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
- Enjoy a full range of virtual events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties
- Use your physical fitness budget to get away from your desk and support your physical wellness
- A monthly phone/internet stipend and phone upgrade reimbursement after 2 years
- Plus, Contentful socks! And other amazing swag as part of company events. Oh yeah!
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for information, support, discussion, and counseling for life’s challenges
Company values
- Be humble - We are not centered on ourselves, but focus on the needs and contributions of others around them
- Embody a growth mindset - We believe in our collective potential to develop and evolve through dedication and continuous learning
- Start with the customer and work backwards - The first question we ask is “What customer need does this solve?” and treats each customer with empathy
- Strive together - Creating anything of significance without collaboration is challenging, so we work hard together to make an impact
Company HQ
Brunnenviertel, Berlin, Germany
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Leadership
Paolo Negri
(CTO)Previously worked as Senior Developer at AutoScout24, and Senior Developer Team Lead at Wooga.
Sascha Konietzke
(CSO & Board Member)Previously worked as EMEA Manager at Hewlett-Packard, and founded a range of companies including angel investment firm Ko9.
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