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Founding Account Executive Germany

Learned

Düsseldorf, Utrecht
Full-time
2-5 years experience
Hybrid

€123,000 - €138,000 per year

Work Arrangement

Office Days per Week: 1 day

Key Skills

B2B SaaS sales
Account executive
Consultative selling
Complex deal management
Pipeline building
Strategic relationship building
Contract negotiation
Needs analysis
Product demonstration
German language
English language
HubSpot
Entrepreneurial mindset

Job Description

The mission
At Learned, we're building a fair, high-performing working world. Our software helps managers grow their teams continuously, evaluate them fairly and reward them transparently. The platform automates the whole performance and evaluation process. That saves managers valuable time and helps them have conversations with their people that make a real impact.

The opportunity
Our go-to-market engine in the Netherlands is proven and ready to scale internationally. We recently closed a new funding round specifically to speed up our expansion into Germany. As our first Account Executive in Germany, you'll win new customers in the German market. You'll run product demos and translate each prospect's challenges into the right solution on the Learned platform. You'll own the full sales cycle, from needs analysis and proposal through contract negotiation to close. Then you'll hand each new customer over to Customer Success with a clear implementation plan. Not everything is set in stone yet, and that's exactly where you can bring in your own ideas and shape our German go-to-market strategy.


The team

We're a team of around 45 colleagues from more than seven cultures, based in Utrecht. You'll work closely with our CCO and CEO, our German Partnership Manager and our German BDR. You'll spend your first two months of onboarding at our headquarters in Utrecht. After that, you'll be in the office about once a month and visit customers across Germany regularly. Whenever you're in Utrecht, you'll join our daily team lunch (healthy and fully taken care of), and we have a team activity every month.


Your development

This role goes well beyond a classic Account Executive position. Over time, you'll build your own German team of BDRs and (senior) Account Executives, with a clear path to Country Manager Germany. You'll have a lot of ownership, entrepreneurial freedom and direct influence on how we grow in Germany. An experienced, successful team in the Netherlands will back you up.


The musts

  • German as your native language and fluent English

  • Several years of B2B SaaS sales experience, including at least three years as an Account Executive or in a similar role

  • Experience with consultative selling and complex deals involving multiple stakeholders (e.g. management, works council, IT and legal)

  • Comfortable building your own pipeline

  • An independent, entrepreneurial way of working, and you enjoy taking responsibility in a scale-up

  • Able to work with customers at a strategic level and build long-term relationships

  • Willing to travel within Germany and to visit our office in the Netherlands regularly

The nice-to-haves

  • A background as a BDR and as a full-cycle AE

  • Experience with HubSpot as a CRM


The benefits

  • Base salary of €75,000 to €90,000

  • Uncapped commission (realistic on-target variable: €48,000)

  • Stock options, so you build equity

  • A company car

  • A clear growth path to Country Manager Germany

  • 25 vacation days (full-time)

  • A MacBook and all the equipment you need to succeed

  • A personal development budget of €1,000 per year

  • An international work environment with colleagues from more than seven cultures

Sounds like the right challenge? We'd love to hear from you, so go ahead and apply.
A few questions beforehand - feel free to call Shayenna van Delft (Senior HR & Recruitment Manager) +316 83 29 02 91

Core Responsibilities

You will own the full sales cycle for the German market, from initial needs analysis and product demonstrations to contract negotiation and closing. Additionally, you will shape the German go-to-market strategy and eventually build and lead a local team of sales professionals.

Requirements

The role requires native-level German, fluent English, and several years of B2B SaaS sales experience, specifically in consultative selling with complex stakeholders. Candidates must be independent, entrepreneurial, and willing to travel regularly within Germany and to the Netherlands.

Benefits

  • Base salary of 75,000 to 90,000 euros
  • Uncapped commission
  • Stock options
  • Company car
  • 25 vacation days
  • MacBook
  • Personal development budget
  • International work environment
  • Daily team lunch

About Learned

Industry: Software Development

Company size: 11-50 employees

Learned is AI-driven HR software that integrates job architecture, performance management, and compensation into a single, continuous process, enabling organizations to make decisions based on objective data rather than gut feeling and allowing people to perform at their best.

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