Account Executive - Investors / Public Markets H/F

AXA Climate; Paris; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AXA Climate, based in Paris, is seeking an experienced B2B SaaS Sales professional to own the full sales cycle with Asset Managers and financial institutions. You will build pipelines, engage senior stakeholders, and translate climate data insights into business value.

You will operate in a fast-paced environment, navigating complex organizations, with bilingual English-French communication and a strong hunter mindset to hit revenue targets.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of B2B SaaS sales experience.
• Proven full sales cycle ownership from prospecting to closing.
• Strong hunter mindset with ability to generate opportunities.
• Experience selling to Asset Managers or institutional investors is a plus.
• Solid understanding of the investment ecosystem and climate data.
• Fluent in French and English; excellent collaboration.
• Autonomous, structured, resilient and results-driven.
• Ability to navigate large organizations and influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage your own pipeline through proactive outbound prospecting.
• Develop new business with Asset Managers, Asset Owners, and Financial Institutions.
• Manage the full sales cycle from discovery to closing.
• Engage stakeholders across investment, ESG and risk functions.
• Translate client needs into Altitude use cases and value propositions.
• Maintain a rigorous pipeline and forecast in Salesforce.

Skills

B2B SaaS sales

Hunter mindset

Asset Managers/Investors

investment ecosystem understanding

navigate complex organizations

selling complex SaaS/data/tech

qualification & pipeline forecasting

climate risk & sustainable finance

French & English fluency

autonomous & resilient

team player & listening

Job description

Your mission

• Build and manage your own pipeline through proactive outbound prospecting

• Develop new business with Asset Managers, Asset Owners and Financial Institutions

• Manage the full sales cycle: prospecting, qualification, discovery, demo, proposal, negotiation and closing

• Engage with investment, ESG/Sustainability, Risk and other relevant stakeholders

• Understand clients’ investment processes, climate challenges and regulatory environment

• Translate client needs into relevant Altitude use cases and value propositions

• Develop account strategies for priority financial institutions

• Work closely with Climate experts, Product, Growth and Customer Success throughout the sales cycle

• Maintain a rigorous and reliable pipeline and forecast in Salesforce

About you

• 3–5+ years of successful B2B SaaS sales experience, ideally within Financial Services, FinTech, ClimateTech, ESG or data solutions

• Proven experience owning a quota and managing the full sales cycle from prospecting to closing

• Strong hunter mindset, with demonstrated ability to generate your own opportunities

• Experience selling to Asset Managers, Asset Owners or other institutional investors is a strong plus

• Good understanding of the investment ecosystem and how institutional investors operate

• Comfortable navigating complex organizations and engaging senior stakeholders

• Experience selling complex SaaS, data or technology solutions

• Structured approach to qualification, account planning, pipeline management and forecasting

• Strong interest in climate risk, sustainable finance and investment-related climate challenges

• Fluent in French and English

• Autonomous, structured, resilient and results-driven

• Strong team player with excellent listening and collaboration skills

What success looks like

You consistently generate new qualified opportunities within the Public Markets ecosystem and build a healthy, predictable pipeline.

You develop strong relationships with investment professionals and understand how climate data and insights can support their investment processes.

You manage your sales cycles with rigor, maintain a reliable forecast and consistently work toward your revenue target.