Senior Account Executive, Public Sector (Paris Based)

Coursera; France; À distance; EUR 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading online learning platform in Paris seeks a Senior Account Executive, Public Sector to drive government sales. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of Enterprise SaaS sales experience, strong analytical skills, and a track record of exceeding sales targets. This role involves prospecting, developing government sales opportunities, and requires frequent travel. Embrace the chance to transform lives through education! Remote work flexibility is offered.

Prestations

Flexible workspace options

Virtual onboarding and interviews

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience selling Enterprise SaaS solutions to government agencies.
• Demonstrated experience selling enterprise solutions into large/complex accounts.
• Ability to travel 25% of the time to customer meetings and events.

Responsabilités

• Effectively prospect, develop, and close new government sales opportunities.
• Drive new business with net new logos.
• Meet and exceed all quarterly and annual sales quotas.

Connaissances

Enterprise SaaS sales

Business development

Revenue closing

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Description du poste

Senior Account Executive, Public Sector (Paris Based)

France

Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. It is now one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with183 million registered learners as of June 30, 2025. Coursera partners withover 350 leading university and industry partnersto offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees. Coursera’s platform innovations enable instructors to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning experiences to their learners. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp.

Join us in our mission to create a world where anyone, anywhere can transform their life through access to education. We're seeking talented individuals who share our passion and drive to revolutionize the way the world learns.

At Coursera, we are committed to building a globally diverse team and are thrilled to extend employment opportunities to individuals in any country where we have a legal entity. We require candidates to possess eligible working rights and have a compatible timezone overlap with their team to facilitate seamless collaboration.

Coursera has a commitment to enabling flexibility and workspace choices for employees. Our interviews and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a smooth and efficient experience for our candidates. As an employee, we enable you to select your main way of working, whether it's from home, one of our offices or hubs, or a co-working space near you.

Job Overview:

As an Enterprise Account Executive at Coursera, your mission is to consistently surpass quarterly and annual sales quotas by leveraging your expertise in prospecting, developing, and closing new government sales opportunities. Crafting strategic territory plans, you will proactively drive revenue growth within your designated area, focusing on acquiring net new logos to expand Coursera's market presence. Drawing on your in-depth knowledge of industry trends, you will consult and support prospective customers, ensuring Coursera's solutions align seamlessly with their needs. Together, we are redefining how individuals acquire knowledge and skills, and we invite you to be a driving force as we transform lives through learning.

Responsibilities:

• Effectively prospect, develop, and close new government sales opportunities; create strategic territory plan and drive revenue within that territory
• Drive new business with net new logos
• Meet and exceed all quarterly and annual sales quotas
• Accurately forecast quarterly and monthly sales
• Use in-depth knowledge of industry trends to consult and support prospective customers
• Be the voice of Coursera’s partners, sharing customer-driven insights across Coursera, including product, engineering, business development, and legal

Basic Qualifications:

• 8+ years experience selling Enterprise SaaS solutions to government agencies
• Demonstrated experience selling enterprise solutions into large/complex accounts and over-achieving quarterly and annual sales targets
• Business development and revenue closing sales experience
• Ability to travel 25% of the time to customer meetings, trade shows, and events as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Enterprise sales experience at a SaaS company
• Experience consistently exceeding quota of $1 Million+, with proven success in accurately forecasting targets, and achieving sales commits
• Ability to hold your own in meetings with senior executives from prospective partners and speak as a thought leader and visionary in the learning space
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, strong analytical and creative problem solving abilities, excellent interpersonal skills, organizational, and operational skills
• Entrepreneurial drive and ability to work autonomously in fast moving, quickly-changing environments

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