Account Executive, Strategic (Paris, France)

Figma; Paris; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Figma is seeking an experienced sales professional to manage strategic accounts and help drive enterprise-wide deployments at our Paris hub. The ideal candidate has significant experience in closing deals with large Enterprise customers, effective in relationship management, and is fluent in both French and English.

Join us in making design accessible to all while working collaboratively to innovate and streamline workflows for our clients.

Qualifications

• Experience closing sales for a SaaS business with Enterprise customers.
• Consistent pipeline generation performance.
• Management of complex sales cycles lasting over 9 months.

Responsabilités

• Manage strategic accounts to exceed sales targets.
• Build relationships with executives to promote Figma's products.
• Co-create with partners to promote Figma and ensure customer success.

Connaissances

Sales experience

C-level relationship management

Fluency in French

Fluency in English

Complex sales cycle management

Description du poste

Overview

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! This role is based in our Paris hub.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined list of named strategic accounts to consistently meet or exceed quarterly and annual sales targets
• Apply effective discovery and value-selling techniques to build and strengthen C-level relationships for every account in your book
• Align with executives on business challenges and gain sponsorship for enterprise-wide deployments for a suite of products, identifying where Figma’s roadmap and innovations fit in the long term
• Conduct thorough analysis to create strategic account plans that outline company priorities and initiatives, multi-threading at a senior level to build on expansion opportunities
• Co-create with cross-functional partners to expertly position Figma, drive deals forward and ensure customer success
• Leverage opportunities to advance executive-level relationships through in-person meetings and networking opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience closing sales, over multiple years, for a software or SaaS business with the highest tier of Enterprise customers (5000+ FTEs), selling to executives
• Consistent performance meeting pipeline generation targets for net new business
• Demonstrated experience successfully managing complex sales cycles (9 months+)
• Proficiency in a sales methodology and process that creates value for customers
• Fluency in French and English

Nice-to-have

• Experience selling solutions to technical audiences at the highest level in Engineering, Product and Design teams
• Demonstrated ability to succeed in a changing environment
• Certified in deal qualification and prospect discovery

Equal Opportunity and Accommodation

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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• Changing the mode or format of interviews

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