Account Director (French Speaking)

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work environment

Unlimited vacation

Health, dental, vision benefits

Training reimbursement

WFH reimbursement

Travel to international offices

Employee referral program

Social activities

Job summary

Tempo Software is seeking an Enterprise Account Executive to drive new and expansion business in the Enterprise segment across the EMEA region, with a focus on Fortune 500-type organizations. You will own qualification, evaluation, closing, and ongoing account care, working with partners and pre-sales to maximize deal value.

You will educate champions and decision makers on Tempo’s portfolio, manage pipeline, and forecast opportunities while leveraging a remote-friendly, globally connected team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6+ years in an Enterprise Account Executive or equivalent role in B2B SaaS selling to large organizations.
• Proven track record of bringing in enterprise new logos and managing complex sales cycles with senior stakeholders.
• Strong data-driven approach to diagnosing blockers and maintaining sales cadence.

Responsibilities

• Position the value of Tempo’s apps to large corporate customers within your territory.
• Collaborate with top solutions partners to approach, pitch, and close enterprise deals.
• Manage a set of accounts, build relationships, and devise strategies to expand usage.
• Guide champions and decision makers through Tempo’s product portfolio journey.
• Follow enterprise sales processes, build pipeline, and forecast opportunities.
• Maintain accurate customer and transaction data in Salesforce.
• Travel to customer locations as needed to support sales efforts.
• Contribute to pricing and engagement model discussions for large deployments.
• Negotiate and sign agreements to exceed quarterly targets.
• Share strategies to align with Tempo values and culture, and work with Pre-Sales and Sales Engineers.
• Be the voice of users, communicate new features, and identify value opportunities.

Skills

Enterprise sales

B2B SaaS

Quota attainment

New logo acquisition

Executive relationship-building

Data-driven

French speaking

Partner management

Job description

At Tempo we’re on a mission to help teams build better, together. We are creators of top-selling Atlassian Marketplace apps, supporting more than 30,000 customers, including a third of the Fortune 500 companies, and working with hundreds of Solutions Partners globally.

Our solutions help customers orchestrate creation and delivery, so their teams can focus and optimize around their highest priorities. We have been named Top Atlassian Vendor multiple years and we continue to be one of the highest ranked and most heavily used solutions out there.

Our product suite has grown from our popular time-tracking solution, which launched in Iceland in 2009, to a full blown, award winning SPM solution focusing on modularity, scalability and driving value.

We envision a world where everyone inside an organization works in harmony on the most impactful opportunities aligned with their mission. Come join us as we continuously innovate our award-winning products, create new solutions, and expand to new ecosystems. Are you ready to unlock the joy of building with us?

About the role:

As an Account Director focusing on New & Expansion Business in our Enterprise segment you’ll be given the opportunity to work with some of the world's most interesting organizations across a variety of exciting industries. You will be responsible for driving sales of Tempo’s products within the EMEA region. You will represent Tempo and manage all aspects of the sales process including qualification, evaluation, close and account care and will play an integral role in the success of the overall sales team.

What you’ll do:

• Position the value of all of Tempo’s applications to large/corporate businesses that match your territory segment.
• Work closely with our top solutions partners to jointly approach, pitch, and close large enterprise deals
• Work an assigned set of accounts in your region to identify those with high-potential to grow, work to establish relationships and devise tactics to expand their usage
• Educate and guide champions/decision makers through their company’s journey to learn how Tempo’s strategic portfolio product suite can positively impact their business
• Adhere to an enterprise sales process and opportunity qualification methodology including proactively building pipeline and forecasting business
• Accurately and consistently manage and track customer and transactional information in Salesforce
• Travel to customer locations in support of sales efforts (as needed)
• Help Tempo to consider and build new pricing and engagement models appropriate for supporting large enterprise deployments, as Tempo rapidly moves up market in the enterprise segment
• Negotiate and sign agreements with new or existing large corporate customers to exceed targets quarterly
• Bring your thinking, strategies, and ideas to advance our company’s values, unique culture, and vision for the future
• Work closely with Pre-Sales to develop and execute operational procedures and strategic account plans
• Work with Sales Engineers to diagnose and provide recommendations for configuration and blueprints
• Become the voice of our users, solve technical challenges, announce new features or updates, and identify how Tempo can make their lives better!

Who you are:

• At least 6+ years as an Enterprise Account Executive or similar role in B2B SaaS selling solutions into Fortune 500 companies/large logo- With multiple years exceeding quota attainment- Experience bringing in enterprise new logos and managing a more complex sales cycle with senior management- Data driven and able to diagnose problems and blockers to push through the sales funnel
• French Speaking is preferred
• Farmer with the ability to prospect, and exceptional relationship-building skills with executive sponsors
• Experience in managing key customer relationships and closing strategic sales opportunities in conjunction with strategy partners, such as global and regional solution providers and systems integrators.
• Familiarity with Atlassian MarketPlace, other closed product ecosystems, and project or portfolio management solutions is a plus
• Experience selling to a wide variety of IT audiences internationally including via value-add resellers

Why Join Tempo?

• Impact: Work on meaningful products that empower enterprise users and improve productivity.
• Innovation: Be part of a culture that values creativity and innovation, with opportunities to make a real impact.
• Collaboration: Join a supportive, collaborative UX team that values openness, communication, and a continuous learning environment.
• Growth: Opportunities for professional development, including conferences, courses, and mentorship.

What's In It For You?

• Remote First work environment
• Unlimited vacation in most of our locations!!
• Great benefits including health, dental, vision and savings plan.
• Perks such as training reimbursement, WFH reimbursement, and more.
• Diverse and dynamic teams with challenging and exciting work.
• An opportunity to have a real impact on our business.
• A great range of social activities (both in person and virtual).
• Optional in person meet-ups and the ability to travel to our international offices
• Employee referral program
• And so much more!

Note: As our hiring teams are global, please submit your resume in English only

Join us at Tempo Software, where we proudly foster an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.