Enterprise Account Director (Benelux/Nordics)

Coursera; Dublin (CA); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Coursera, formed by the consolidation with Udemy, is seeking an Enterprise Account Director to identify and close opportunities with enterprise-level clients (5,000+ employees). You will drive land-and-expand initiatives, partner with cross-functional teams, and apply AI-powered insights to craft compelling executive-level pitches.

You’ll lead negotiations, manage complex deals, and stay ahead of industry trends and competitor activities while building lasting relationships with key stakeholders

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills to address client needs and drive sales outcomes.
• Willingness to learn, adapt, and apply feedback to improve performance.
• Natural curiosity about market trends, customer preferences, and competition.
• Proactive ability to identify new opportunities and cultivate relationships at scale.
• Proficiency with AI-powered sales tools, GenAI, and prompt engineering.

Responsabilités

• Identify and qualify new enterprise opportunities within an assigned territory.
• Collaborate with Coursera Business teams to ensure territory success and expansion.
• Build relationships with key decision-makers to align solutions with business goals.
• Develop and execute strategic sales plans to meet or exceed targets.
• Leverage AI tools to drive efficiency through enterprise sales cycles.
• Craft personalized messaging for large enterprise prospects using prompt engineering.
• Lead negotiations and close complex deals with timely contract execution.
• Share insights on industry trends and competitive dynamics with the team.

Connaissances

Problem Solving

Coachability

Curiosity

Outbound Mindset

AI Proficiency

Description du poste

About Coursera + Udemy

Coursera and Udemy are now one company, bringing together two mission-driven brands to create the world’s most powerful platform for turning learning into progress. Together, we help more than 300 million learners and 12,000+ enterprise customers build the skills they need for a world being reshaped by AI. Read more about the combined company by visiting our blog.

Why join us now?

AI is transforming how people learn, work, and grow, and the need for new skills has never been greater. Coursera brings trusted content and credentials from leading university and industry partners, while Udemy brings a dynamic skills marketplace and global network of real-world experts. By combining these strengths, we can connect more people and organizations to the skills they need, when they need them.

Shape what comes next

By joining our team, you’ll have the opportunity to reshape how the world learns and applies skills—and help millions of people participate in the new economy. Bring your ideas, expertise, and perspective to meaningful work that can make a difference at global scale.

About this role:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Enterprise Account Director to join our dynamic sales team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for identifying and closing new business opportunities with enterprise-level clients, which are companies with 5,000 employees and above. You will focus on identifying new business opportunities, in addition to land and expand by fostering relationships to maximize opportunities within these organizations.

About your skills:

• Problem Solving: You are skilled in creative problem-solving techniques to address client needs, overcome obstacles, and drive sales outcomes, ensuring customer satisfaction and business success.
• Coachability: You demonstrate a strong willingness to learn, adapt, and incorporate feedback to enhance strategies and achieve performance targets, fostering continuous personal and professional growth.
• Curiosity: You exhibit a natural curiosity and hunger for knowledge, constantly seeking to understand market trends, customer preferences, and competitive analysis to inform strategy and drive business success.
• Outbound Mindset: You possess a proactive outbound mindset, driven to identify new business opportunities, cultivate relationships with prospects, effectively communicate value and supported by your research and rigor throughout the process.
• AI Proficiency: You demonstrate strong AI literacy by adopting and mastering new sales technologies—such as GenAI, conversational intelligence, and AI-powered tooling to drive efficiency. You utilize prompt engineering to create personalized messaging and to gain insight for customer meetings. You leverage data-driven insights from AI tools to craft high-impact pitches for C-level executives.

What you’ll be doing:

• Identify, prospect, and qualify new enterprise-level business and upsell opportunities within assigned territory
• Coordinate and work with Coursera Business team (Customer Success, Solutions Engineering, Marketing, Product, Deal Desk, Legal, key executives) to ensure territory success; customer satisfaction, expansion and retention
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers to understand clients' business objectives and challenges to effectively position our solutions as a strategic fit
• Develop and execute strategic sales plans to meet and exceed sales targets
• Leverage AI-powered sales technologies, GenAI, and conversational intelligence tools to drive efficiency throughout enterprise sales cycles
• Utilize prompt engineering to create personalized messaging for large enterprise prospects and generate insights for executive meetings
• Apply data-driven insights from AI tools to craft high-impact pitches tailored for C-level executives and key stakeholders
• Lead negotiations and close complex sales deals, ensuring contracts are executed accurately and in a timely manner
• Stay updated on industry trends, market dynamics, customer feedback and competitor activities; then relay and share any insights with your team!

Qualifications:

While this work is based more on the skills a person has than what they have done, we think a typical profile could include the following:

• We are looking for a highly motivated, over-achieving "hunter and closer" who flourishes in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• A minimum of 7+ years of closing experience in B2B Enterprise sales (SaaS experience preferred) or equivalent
• Enterprise-style go-to-market playbook that includes value-based selling and leveraging Value Engineers/Solution Engineers in pre-sales
• Experience partnering with other Account Executives in an overlay specialist sales model
• Success in opportunity creation and "full funnel" management of many opportunities
• Strong AI literacy with experience adopting and mastering new sales technologies in enterprise environments
• Proficiency in prompt engineering and interpreting AI-driven insights to enhance enterprise sales effectiveness
• Proven history of exceeding targets in selling licenses/products/subscriptions to Enterprise organizations with demonstrated ownership of all aspects of territory management
• German language skills are a plus, but not essential

Posting Date: 11/06/2026

Application Window: 11/23/2026

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