Enterprise Account Executive - Amsterdam

Ideals; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ideals is hiring its first Enterprise Account Executive in Amsterdam to establish a new growth channel for the Netherlands. You will sell directly to large enterprises across industries, managing long, multi-month cycles and navigating procurement, security and legal steps.

You will build and own a pipeline for new logos, conduct consultative engagements including executive presentations and product demos, and drive upsell opportunities with white-space analysis.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of quota-carrying B2B sales experience.

Responsibilities

• Proactively build and manage a pipeline focused on acquisition of new strategic enterprise accounts (new logos).
• Conduct solution-based sales engagements, including client meetings, executive presentations, and product demonstrations (face-to-face and virtual).
• Maintain White Space analysis and execute strategic initiatives to upsell and cross-sell within existing customers.
• Develop and deliver comprehensive business cases that quantify ROI and address priorities.
• Structure, negotiate, and close complex deals with enterprise procurement, security, and legal processes.
• Navigate enterprise politics with multi-threading and build relationships with C-Suite executives.
• Keep accurate records of sales activities in the CRM and provide mid/long-term forecasting.
• Provide customer feedback to product, success, marketing and commercial teams to maximize revenue.

Skills

Quota-carrying sales

Engaging C-level executives

Consultative selling

Executive storytelling

CRM proficiency

Dutch language

English language

Tools

CRM (Salesforce)

Job description

Get to know us

Ideals is a global B2B SaaS product company recognized as the most highly rated and customer-centric brand in the secure business collaboration market. Trusted by over 2,000,000 users from 300,000 companies globally, we help people run high-stakes processes and make important decisions with less stress, higher quality, and shorter hours.

Ideals Virtual Data Room (VDR): Secure document sharing and collaboration for due diligence, fundraising, corporate reporting, licensing, clinical trials, and other complex transactions.

After 18 years in the market, we grow sustainably at 30%+ YoY and are now scaling 5x globally to disrupt the VDR category and reach unicorn status by 2029.

The role

Ideals has powered Dutch M&A activity since 2013. Now we’re expanding into the Corporate segment and hiring our first Enterprise Account Executive in Amsterdam to build it from scratch.

Unlike our M&A advisory-focused motions, you’ll sell directly to enterprise companies across industries like energy, pharma, biotech, and telecommunications. As a quota-carrying strategic seller, you’ll grow revenue, acquiring new enterprise accounts and expanding existing ones. Expect 6- to 9-month sales cycles, deep discovery conversations, and consultative selling that often means displacing an incumbent vendor.

You’ll open a new growth channel for Ideals in the Netherlands, with real ownership over how we approach the Dutch corporate market.

Compensation package: 50% base salary; 50% performance-based variable.

Why Ideals?

• Market-leading position: 18+ years in the VDR business, powering 10%+ of global M&A activity, with a 31% CAGR against competitors’ 11%.

• Mature high-trust sales org: Ideals ranks in the top 10% of over 15,000 sales organizations on RepVue, as rated by sales professionals. Expect strong Sales Enablement, RevOps, Marketing support, and a structured onboarding ramp.

• Real growth trajectory: Profitable and bootstrapped, with 5x revenue growth and unicorn status targeted in the next five years, and real headroom to build the team.

What you will do

• Proactively build and manage a pipeline focused on the acquisition of new strategic enterprise accounts (new logos)

• Conduct solution-based sales engagements, including client meetings, executive presentations, and product demonstrations (face-to-face and virtual)

• Maintain "White Space" analysis and execute strategic initiatives to upsell and cross-sell within the existing customer base

• Develop and deliver comprehensive business cases that quantify the cost of inaction and address customer priorities, pain points, and ROI

• Structure, negotiate, and close complex deals, guiding corporate clients step-by-step through enterprise procurement, security compliance, and legal processes

• Orchestrate multi-threading strategies to navigate enterprise politics, establishing strong relationships with C-Suite executives and key stakeholders across various verticals

• Keep an accurate track record of personal sales activities in the CRM, including methodical mid- and long-term forecasting

• Provide relevant customer feedback to the product development team and collaborate with Customer Success, Marketing, and Commercial Sales to maximize revenue and customer satisfaction

What you bring

• 4–7 years of demonstrable quota-carrying success in B2B sales

• Proven track record of managing lengthy or complex enterprise sales cycles

• Significant experience selling directly to C-level executives (CxOs) and multi-threading within large enterprise organizations

• Clear understanding of, and practical experience with, consultative sales methodologies (e.g., MEDDIC/MEDPIC, SPIN, Challenger)

• Exceptional business communication skills, enabling you to execute executive storytelling, challenge the status quo, and handle complex contracting negotiations

• High learning agility, analytical thinking, and commercial curiosity to quickly grasp the nuances of various corporate industries

• High AI fluency and advanced CRM tracking skills

• Native-level proficiency in Dutch with advanced English (C1+ level)

Nice to have

• Fluency in an additional language

• Background in SaaS, financial technology, or information security sectors

• Familiarity with enterprise M&A use cases and corporate compliance workflows

Our assessment process

• Screening call with the Talent Acquisition Specialist (30 mins)

• Hiring Manager interview & Discovery Call Role-Play (60 mins)

• Executive Presentation Role-Play with the Hiring Manager (60 mins)

• Competency-based interview (CBI) with the Talent Acquisition Specialist (60 mins)