Sales Director DACH

Free resume; Germany; Remote; EUR 98,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Exemplar is seeking an ambitious enterprise sales professional to own Germany, Austria and Switzerland. You will drive new-logo growth in a strategically important region, selling market simulation, modelling and analytics to utilities, power producers and network operators.

Reporting to the Regional Sales Director, you will build your pipeline, conduct discovery, lead negotiations and close complex enterprise agreements, working remotely with a global team.

Responsibilities

• Win new customers: Take accountability for new-logo acquisition across DACH, consistently achieving or exceeding individual sales targets.
• Build your own pipeline: Proactively generate opportunities through targeted outbound prospecting, executive outreach, networking, referrals and industry events.
• Own your territory: Develop and execute a focused territory strategy, prioritising accounts, market segments and buying centres with the strongest growth potential.
• Create demand: Engage prospective customers, uncover unmet needs and establish a compelling reason to act.
• Lead deals from first contact to close: Own discovery, qualification, proposals, technical evaluations, commercial negotiations and contract signature.
• Sell measurable business value: Connect Energy Exemplar’s capabilities to customer priorities, quantify commercial impact and build business cases that secure investment.
• Build executive relationships: Gain access to senior decision-makers, develop internal champions and build relationships across commercial, technical and procurement teams.

Job description

Job Description

About Energy Exemplar

In an era where the world is rapidly advancing towards a cleaner future through decarbonization, Energy Exemplar’s mission lies in ‘Empowering Transformative Energy Decisions’. Founded in 1999 in Adelaide, Australia, our award-winning software portfolio encompassing the modeling and simulation platform PLEXOS®, Aurora, and Adapt2, is trusted by innovative organizations across the globe. Through our technology and people, we strive to enable stakeholders from across the entire energy value chain to revolutionize the energy ecosystem and to collaboratively plan and execute for a sustainable energy future with unprecedented clarity, speed, and innovation.

Our impact is global and is being recognized across the industry. Some of our recent accolades include:

• SaaS Company of the Year (2025) – Global Business Tech Awards.
• Environmental Impact Award (2025) – E+E Leaders Awards.
• IPPAI (Independent Power Producers Association of India) Power Awards (2025) - Winners
• Finalist: Platts Global Energy Awards (2024) – Grid Edge category
• Finalist: Reuters Global Energy Transition Awards (2024) – Technologies of Change
• Top 50 Marketing Team (2024) – Voted by the public at the ICON Awards.

How We Work

Energy Exemplar is growing fast and that growth is driven by how we work. We trust our team to deliver great results from wherever they work best, whether that’s at home, in the office, or on the move.

We’re a global team that values ownership, integrity, and innovation. You’ll be supported to balance work and life in a way that works for you, and empowered to take initiative, solve problems, and make an impact, regardless of your background, location, or role.

Our four core values, Customer Success, One Global Team, Integrity & Ownership, and Innovation Excellence aren’t just words. They show up in how we collaborate, how we solve, and how we grow together.

About the Position

Energy Exemplar is looking for an ambitious enterprise sales professional who thrives on opening doors, building pipeline and winning new customers. Owning Germany, Austria and Switzerland, you will drive new-logo growth in a strategically important region, helping energy organisations make better decisions through market simulation, modelling and analytics.

Reporting to the Regional Sales Director, you will have ownership of your territory and the full sales cycle. From identifying your next target account to securing executive engagement and closing complex enterprise agreements, you will turn market opportunity into revenue. Your customers will include utilities, power producers, renewable developers and network operators facing some of the energy sector’s most significant commercial challenges.

This role requires a hunter who creates opportunities, challenging established thinking and earning a place at the decision making table. You will combine a clear territory strategy with consistent, hands‑on prospecting, building your own pipeline and maintaining the momentum needed to win competitive deals.

Responsibilities

• Win new customers: Take accountability for new‑logo acquisition across DACH, consistently achieving or exceeding individual sales targets.
• Build your own pipeline: Proactively generate opportunities through targeted outbound prospecting, executive outreach, networking, referrals and industry events.
• Own your territory: Develop and execute a focused territory strategy, prioritising accounts, market segments and buying centres with the strongest growth potential.
• Create demand: Engage prospective customers, uncover unmet needs and establish a compelling reason to act.
• Lead deals from first contact to close: Own discovery, qualification, proposals, technical evaluations, commercial negotiations and contract signature.
• Sell measurable business value: Connect Energy Exemplar’s capabilities to customer priorities, quantify commercial impact and build business cases that secure investment.
• Build executive relationships: Gain access to senior decision‑makers, develop internal champions and build relationships across commercial, technical and procurement teams.

Remote full-time en 110,000–170,000 USD/yr