Enterprise Account Executive, Switzerland (English & German Speaker)

GitGuardian; Switzerland; Remote; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GitGuardian is seeking an Enterprise Account Executive to own and grow the DACH territory, with Switzerland as a primary focus. You will engage high-level security and IT leadership, run the full sales cycle, and partner with Sales Engineers and Customer Success to expand within enterprise accounts.

The role is remote-friendly within the territory and requires strong English and German skills. You will report to the Sales Manager Northern Europe and travel up to 25% as needed, leveraging

Qualifications

• Fluent English and German; French/Swiss German a plus.
• Proven success as Enterprise AE in DevOps/AppSec environments.
• 5+ years in enterprise software or security sales with complex cycles.
• Experience selling to Security, Engineering, IT leadership.
• Demonstrated quota achievement and pipeline creation in new/emerging territories.
• Mastery of enterprise sales fundamentals: discovery, multi-threading, mutual action plans.
• Familiarity with MEDDIC/MEDDPICC frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Identify, engage and build rapport with enterprise prospects in DACH.
• Run full sales cycle from prospecting to deal close with a hunter mindset.
• Demonstrate products to executives and security stakeholders.
• Engage CISOs, CTOs, AppSec leads, VPs of Engineering with tailored messaging.
• Maintain a structured pipeline using MEDDIC/MEDDPICC and modern tools.
• Forecast responsibly and maintain pipeline discipline at all stages.
• Collaborate with Sales Engineers and Customer Success to drive expansion over time.

Skills

English & German fluency

Enterprise AEs in DevOps/AppSec

5+ years enterprise software/security

Security/Engineering IT leadership

Quota achievement track record

Enterprise sales fundamentals

MEDDIC/MEDDPICC

Strong communication

Willingness to travel (up to 25%)

Cross-border or multi-region sales

Job description

This position can be based remotely in territory (Switzerland, Germany, or Austria), or remotely near the Swiss border in France.

About Us

GitGuardian is a global post-Series C cybersecurity scale-up, with team members in France, Europe and in the USA.

Among our early investors who saw our market value proposition, are the co-founder of GitHub, Scott Chacon, along with Solomon Hykes, Docker's co-founder. American and European top-tier VC firms have also invested in GitGuardian.

GitGuardian leads the way in securing the credential layer, helping organizations protect the secrets that let code, machines, and AI agents access systems with broad detection, identity context, and remediation at scale. Already trusted by 600K+ developers worldwide and by 50 of the fortune 500!

About Your Team And Your Mission

Our typical customers are companies with hundreds to thousands of developers leveraging SaaS applications, cloud infrastructures, or internal microservices, and are mature on DevOps and cloud adoption.

Our products are used by different teams: Software Development and Ops, Application Security, and Threat Response. Buying decisions come from CISOs, CTOs, and Directors of Security.

We are looking for an Enterprise Account Executive to own and develop the DACH territory, with a primary focus on Switzerland.

This role is designed for disciplined enterprise sellers who execute consistently, build lasting customer relationships, and contribute to the maturity of GitGuardian’s growing European sales organization.

You will join an EMEA Sales team composed of Account Executives covering the region, Sales Engineers, and Account Managers. The team is international, highly technical, and operates primarily in English. You will report to the Sales Manager for Northern Europe.

Note: Employment in territory will be done through our EOR partner.

Your Mission:

• Identify, engage, and build rapport with enterprise prospects through outbound hunting.
• Running the full sales cycle from prospecting to deal close, with a strong hunter mentality.
• Understanding and demonstrating our products to prospects and key stakeholders.
• Engaging high-level security professionals such as CISOs, CTOs, AppSec leads, VPs of Engineering with tailored, credible messaging.
• Building a structured pipeline using modern sales tools and a rigorous qualification methodology (MEDDIC/MEDDPICC).
• Forecasting responsibly and maintaining strong pipeline discipline at every stage of the cycle.
• Partnering closely with Sales Engineers, Customer Success, and leadership to drive expansion within enterprise accounts over time.

Who You Are:

• Professional speaking level of English & German (French or Swiss German is a plus !)
• Demonstrated success as an Enterprise Account Executive in a DevOps and/or AppSec environment.
• At least 5 years of enterprise software or security sales experience, with a track record

of managing complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles including procurement, legal, and security review.

• Experience selling into Security, Engineering, or IT leadership (Application

Security, DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Identity/IAM/NHI, or developer tooling is a strong plus)

• Demonstrated quota achievement track record and the ability to build your pipeline from scratch in a new or emerging territory.
• Mastery of enterprise sales fundamentals: discovery, multi-threading, mutual action plans, and commercial negotiation.
• Strong communication skills: You're clear and credible with executive audiences
• A willingness to travel (up to 25%).
• Proficiency with MEDDIC or MEDDPICC sales frameworks

The following skills would strengthen your application but aren’t required:

• Experience in cross-border or multi-region sales (international territory management).
• A pre-existing network in AppSec, DevSecOps, platform engineering, or security teams within DACH.
• Knowledge of the cybersecurity landscape: you understand the AppSec buyer community and why secrets sprawl and NHI governance matter.

The interview process

• Video call with a Talent Acquisition team member

To discover your professional projects and evaluate if there could be a mutual match.

• Manager interview: Meet your future manager and/or the Sales Director EMEA

To know more about yourself and your achievements, and present to you the team.

• Business case: Platform Demo & Sales Pitch

To put yourself in the shoes of a sales rep: Access to our demo environment to walkthrough with our leadership team. Additionally, showcasing your prepared sales pitch of choice.

Objective: to evaluate your skills for the position and project yourself into the role.

• Final interview with the CEO

A 1:1 with Eric Fourrier, our CEO & Co-Founder; who will detail our company’s vision and ambitions for the next couple of years.

4.1 References check

You can start thinking about two contacts who can attest to your previous or current professional experiences. These contacts should be as recent as possible, and we will call them at the end of the process.

More about GitGuardian!

Products

• Understand how GitGuardian works in this short video!
• Want to go even further? Check out our public roadmap!
• Check out the State of Secrets Sprawl Report to understand our mission and the industry.
• Our solutions are already used by hundreds of thousands of developers in all industries and GitGuardian platform is the n°1 app on the GitHub marketplace

Clients

• GitGuardian helps organizations find exposed sensitive information that could often lead to tens of millions of dollars in potential damage.
• More than 70% of our customers are in the United States.
• Many F500 companies use GitGuardian's platform.

People

• The Guardians are knowledgeable, committed, serious, aligned with the company’s mission, and true team players: always willing to help each other grow our skill sets!
• The team is diverse and we hail from more than 20 different countries.
• We are also agile, remote-friendly, and fun people to work with.
• You will get trust & autonomy on your perimeter with a very transparent internal communication and a strong impact on the company development.

GitGuardian is an equal opportunity employer committed to encouraging and celebrating its diverse and inclusive workforce. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.