Senior Account Executive

PRC Executive Search; Ireland; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uncapped commission

Greenfield territory

Job summary

PRC Executive Search is seeking a true hunter to open and grow new business across France and French-speaking Europe. You will own the territory, manage the full sales cycle, and build a standalone pipeline with no existing account management handover.

Fluency in French is essential, with professional English. The role offers uncapped commissions and a clear path to quota attainment in a fast-growing SaaS environment.

Qualifications

• Native or fluent French (spoken and written).
• 5+ years' B2B closing experience in a new business/hunter role, ideally SaaS or tech.
• Track record of hitting quota with tangible numbers.
• Experience selling into the French market and navigating French buying cycles.
• Comfortable building pipeline from scratch and not waiting for leads.
• Structured sales methodology (MEDDICC, Challenger, SPIN or similar).
• Strong commercial instinct, resilience and a competitive streak.

Responsibilities

• Prospect and break into new accounts across mid-market and enterprise via outbound calls, email, LinkedIn and events.
• Own the full sales cycle: discovery, demo, business case, negotiation and close.
• Build and manage a healthy pipeline.
• Hit and exceed an annual new business quota of $1.2m ARR.
• Work with SDRs and marketing on territory plans and campaigns into the French market.
• Keep HubSpot accurate and forecast with discipline.
• Feed market and competitor insight back to product and leadership.

Skills

Fluent French

English proficiency

B2B Sales

New business hunter

Quota attainment

SaaS/Tech sales

Sales methodology

Pipeline building

France market

Job description

A pure hunting enterprise role. You will open up and grow new business across France and French-speaking Europe – building your own pipeline, running the full sales cycle and closing net-new logos. No account management book handed over. This is a seat for someone who wants to own a territory and be measured on what they bring in.

You need to be fluent french speaker for this role!

What You Will Do

• Prospect and break into new accounts across mid-market and enterprise via outbound calling, email, LinkedIn and events
• Own the full sales cycle: discovery, demo, business case, negotiation and close
• Build and manage a healthy pipeline
• Hit and exceed an annual new business quota of $1.2m ARR
• Work with SDRs and marketing on territory plans and campaigns into the French market
• Keep HubSpot accurate and forecast with discipline
• Feed market and competitor insight back to product and leadership

What You Will Bring

• Native or fluent French (spoken and written) – essential; professional English
• 5+ years' B2B closing experience in a new business / hunter role, ideally SaaS or tech
• A track record of hitting quota – you can show the numbers
• Experience selling into the French market and navigating French buying cycles
• Comfortable building pipeline from scratch – you do not wait for leads
• Structured sales methodology (MEDDICC, Challenger, SPIN or similar)
• Strong commercial instinct, resilience and a competitive streak

Why This Role

• Greenfield territory – real upside and visibility
• Uncapped commission with accelerators above target

Candidates must be eligible to work full time and long term in the location specified or currently hold a valid appropriate long term work Visa to apply.

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