Senior Enterprise Account Executive, DACH (Remote, Switzerland)

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Grafana Labs

Job Description

Grafana Labs is looking for a Senior Enterprise Account Executivewho will be responsible for prospecting and closing new business across Switzerland. You will identify, nurture and close opportunities with both new and existing customers, manage forecasts and track customer data. We're strong proponents of a consultative sales approach - learn about the customer's needs first before talking products. Your expertise will be critical in helping articulate the value of our products, work with the customer during the trial phase and hand off a strong relationship to our Customer Success team. Ideally, you come from a technical background and have sold technical products before.

Responsibilities

Meet and exceed individual quarterly and annual sales goals
Manage all aspects of the sales process (prospecting, sales meetings, product demos, proofs of concept, proposals, negotiations and account management)
Cultivate sales through outbound prospecting and inbound leads
Be able to understand and convey the value of both Grafana Cloud and Grafana Enterprise
Become an expert in managing your sales pipeline in Salesforce
Manage quote creation, order processing, and day-to-day customer requests

Requirements

5+ Years of Experience in Infrastructure Technology Sales
Demonstrated history of consistent goal achievement in a highly competitive environment (top 10% performer)
Energetic, upbeat, entrepreneurial, tenacious team player
Adaptable and with demonstrable experience in high velocity technology companies
Experience using Salesforce
Familiarity with open source technology is a significant advantage
You will need to be an excellent communicator in all channels (in person, online, in writing) and able to form strong working relationships both in person and virtually
Experience using Command of the Message and MEDD(P)ICC is ideal
Must be located in Switzerland
Must be fluent in German

About Grafana Labs: There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies -- including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay -- manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self-managed with the Grafana Enterprise Stack, both featuring scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir), logs (Grafana Loki), and traces (Grafana Tempo). Benefits: For more information about the perks and benefits of working at Grafana, please check out our careers page. Equal Opportunity Employer: At Grafana Labs we’re building a company where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, stay, and do their best work. We know that our company runs on the hard work and the dedication of our passionate and creative employees. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. We will recruit, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different and unique. We believe that equality and diversity builds a strong organization and we’re working hard to make sure that’s the foundation of our organization as we grow. For information about how your personal data is used once you’ve applied to a job, check out our privacy policy.

Advice from our career coach

A successful applicant for the Senior Enterprise Account Executive position at Grafana Labs should be well-versed in infrastructure technology sales with a proven track record of goal achievement in a competitive environment. Important qualities include being energetic, upbeat, and entrepreneurial, with strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships both in person and virtually. Familiarity with Salesforce and open source technology is an advantage, as is experience using Command of the Message and MEDD(P)ICC. Fluency in German and being located in Switzerland are also requirements for this role.