Account Executive (Technical Sales)

Prefect; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Prefect, a remote-first company in Germany, is looking for an Account Executive (Technical Sales) to own and grow business opportunities. This role focuses on product-led sales and aims to exceed revenue targets while working closely with Sales Engineers.

Successful candidates will have a background in closing six-figure deals and generating new leads. The collaborative team environment and high-performance culture support personal and professional growth.

Qualifikationen

• Proven track record in high-impact sales roles.
• Experience working in remote-first, high-ambiguity environments.
• Skills in consultative evaluations and translating technical adoption into business value.

Aufgaben

• Own the full sales cycle for new logos from prospecting to close.
• Generate pipeline using inbound and creative outbound strategies.
• Run technical evaluations with Sales Engineers.

Kenntnisse

Proven track record of closing six-figure deals

Experience in product-led sales

Ability to generate pipeline through creative outbound

Jobbeschreibung

PREFECT https://www.prefect.io/ BUILDS AND OPERATES RESILIENT, PYTHONIC ORCHESTRATION AND MCP PLATFORMS -- PREFECT OSS https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect, PREFECT CLOUD https://www.prefect.io/prefect/cloud, FASTMCP OSS, https://gofastmcp.com/getting-started/welcome AND HORIZON https://www.prefect.io/horizon-- USED FOR MISSION-CRITICAL WORKLOADS.

Our Vision: Prefect will define automation for the context era.

Our Mission: Curate an intelligent context layer that delivers the right information at the right time.

Our remote first company is singularly focused on this vision and mission, and every team member directly contributes to their advancement.

We've carefully created a supportive, high-performance culture - the operating system of our company - that empowers our team to do the best work of their careers and achieve their personal and professional aspirations.

Our company operates both open-source and commercial offerings, partnering with Fortune 500 companies, data innovators, and fast-growing digitally native startups. We are looking for folks who want to join a remote‑first team #LI-Remote to continue building an equally amazing company, product, and developer community.

ROLE SUMMARY

We are looking for an Account Executive (Technical Sales) to join our team. As an experience “hunter”, you will own and grow a book of business focused on net‑new Prefect opportunities. You’ll combine product‑led sales with targeted outbound to build pipeline, and partner closely with Sales Engineers pre‑sale.

We’re looking for someone with a proven track record of closing six‑figure deals with developer SaaS. Your mission is to meet or exceed revenue targets by landing new logos, running consultative evaluations, and translating technical adoption into business value. This is a high‑impact role at the center of our go‑to‑market engine, ideal for a self‑starter who thrives in remote‑first, high‑ambiguity environments.

You’ll report to Prefect's Director of Sales, Shane.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own the full sales cycle for new logos—from prospecting and qualifying through discovery, evaluation, negotiation, and close.
• Generate pipeline by blending inbound signals (OSS adoption, PQLs, self‑serve Cloud users) with creative outbound; use Prefect’s brand awareness and market momentum to create new lead generation playbooks and channels; maintain ≥3× pipeline coverage quarter over quarter.
• Run technical evaluations with Sales Engineers, setting success criteria, designing evaluation plans, and ensuring clear roles and responsibilities in every deal.
• Deliver crisp handoffs to Solutions Engineers and CSMs after close, sharing goals, architecture notes, and risks to set customers up for adoption, renewals, and expansion.
• Operate with rigor: maintain stage exit criteria, deliver accurate forecasts, keep CRM notes clean, and run disciplined close plans.
• Share market insights with Product and Sales leadership to inform roadmap and GTM; co