Enterprise Account Executive, Energy & Utilities

EngineersOfAI; München; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is looking for a highly capable Enterprise Account Executive to lead strategic deals with large DACH enterprises. You will own the end-to-end sales cycle, educate decision-makers on our frontier AI productivity SaaS, and drive revenue growth by aligning Anthropic's capabilities with complex business needs.

You will collaborate with GTM, Product, and Marketing to refine value propositions, respond to procurement cycles, and accelerate adoption across corporate functions.

Qualifications

• Native German speaker with excellent written and verbal communication in German and English
• Specialised sales industries experience: Energy & Utilities
• Track record of managing complex sales cycles within large enterprise organizations
• Ability to navigate procurement processes and build consensus among executives and IT teams
• Experience negotiating complex enterprise agreements and driving revenue growth
• Strong prospecting, pipeline management, and stakeholder engagement skills

Responsibilities

• Win new business and drive revenue for Anthropic within the enterprise sector across DACH
• Design and execute sales strategies aligned with enterprise procurement cycles to meet quotas
• Identify new use cases and expand market by collaborating cross-functionally
• Navigate stakeholder ecosystems including executives, IT, procurement to build alignment
• Provide market feedback to inform product roadmaps and messaging for enterprise buyers
• Refine sales playbooks and processes to improve productivity and consistency

Skills

German fluency

English proficiency

Enterprise sales

Job description

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

As an Enterprise Account Executive at Anthropic, you'll join the foundational team at the forefront of introducing our cutting-edge AI productivity SaaS solution to large enterprise organizations across DACH. You'll drive the adoption of safe, frontier AI by securing strategic deals with major corporations, technology companies, and research institutions. You'll leverage your consultative sales expertise in the enterprise sector to propel revenue growth while becoming a trusted partner to enterprise stakeholders, helping them embed and deploy AI while uncovering its full range of capabilities across business operations, research, and administration. In collaboration with GTM, Product, and Marketing teams, you'll continuously refine our value proposition, sales methodology, and market positioning to resonate with enterprise decision-makers in the German market.

Responsibilities:

• Win new business and drive revenue for Anthropic within the enterprise sector across DACH. Navigate complex enterprise organizations to reach key decision-makers, educate them about our services, and help them succeed with Anthropic. You'll own the full sales cycle, from first outbound to close

• Design and execute innovative sales strategies tailored to enterprise procurement cycles and budgeting processes to meet and exceed revenue quotas. Analyze enterprise market landscapes, trends, and dynamics to translate high-level plans into targeted sales activities and campaigns

• Spearhead market expansion by identifying new use cases within enterprise departments, innovation centers, and operational offices. Collaborate cross-functionally to differentiate our offerings for enterprise applications

• Navigate complex enterprise stakeholder ecosystems including executives, administrators, IT departments, and procurement offices to build consensus across DACH business culture and practices

• Inform product roadmaps and features by gathering feedback from enterprise users and conveying market needs from the German enterprise landscape. Provide insights that strengthen our value proposition for enterprise customers

• Continuously refine the enterprise sales methodology by incorporating learnings into playbooks, templates, and best practices. Identify process improvements that optimize sales productivity and consistency

You may be a good fit if you have:

• Native German speaker with excellent written and verbal communication skills in German and English

• Specialised sales industries experience: Energy & Utilities

• A track record of managing complex sales cycles within large enterprise organizations and securing strategic deals by understanding both technical requirements and business use cases

• Demonstrated ability to navigate enterprise bureaucracies and procurement processes, building consensus among diverse stakeholders including executives, administrators, and IT departments

• Extensive experience negotiating complex agreements within enterprise procurement frameworks and policies

• Proven experience exceeding revenue targets in the enterprise sector by effectively managing an evolving pipeline and sales process

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to present confidently to various enterprise audiences, from technical teams and business analysts to senior executives

• Deep understanding of enterprise buying cycles, decision-making processes, and key pain points, particularly within the German market

• A strategic, analytical approach to assessing the enterprise market combined with creative, tactical exe