SMB Account Executive, Germany

Postman; Germany (OH); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical coverage

Flexible PTO

Wellness reimbursement

Monthly lunch stipend

Team-building events

Job summary

A leading API platform company in Ohio is looking for an SMB Account Executive. This role involves managing target accounts and understanding customer needs in order to drive adoption of Postman's Enterprise Suite. Candidates should have a strong sales background, particularly in Technical SaaS, and be fluent in both German and English. The position offers a flexible work environment along with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Successful track record of pipeline generation.
• Experience in an Enterprise SaaS organization is preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Build strategies to manage target accounts.
• Take ownership of the full sales cycle from lead to close.
• Help educate customers on the value of Postman.

Skills

Fluent in German

Fluent in English

Excellent communication skills

Negotiation skills

Sales experience in SaaS

Pipeline generation

Job description

Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 40 million developers and 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API‑first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaboration—enabling users to create better APIs, faster.

The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Boston, New York, and Bangalore—where Postman was founded. Postman is privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman.com or connect with Postman on X via @getpostman.

Each SMB Account Executive has a set territory of accounts (up to 1,000 employees) across the DACH region, containing existing Postman users on all levels of Postman. The goal is to build strategies to manage target accounts while working new inbound leads, with the intention of understanding how they are using Postman, and introduce them to all the capabilities of our Enterprise Suite. This is a unique opportunity to join the rapidly growing sales team at Postman and we are looking for passionate, energetic people to further scale our fast‑growing business. The ideal candidate has personally driven significant sales growth at Technical SaaS companies.

What You’ll Do.

• Given a portfolio or group of organizations with the most promising growth opportunities, build a credible funnel for Postman Enterprise adoption
• Take ownership of the full sales cycle from lead to close
• Build a strategic outbound motion for your territory
• Convert inbound leads to closed opportunities
• Execute a land and expand sales strategy to drive widespread adoption and larger deployments
• Help educate customers on the value of Postman throughout the evaluation and adoption cycle
• Navigate key decision makers to build Postman Enterprise awareness within organizations
• Leverage data to understand your customers and prospects to gain insight into their business challenges
• Be a great listener, identify customer needs and collaborate with Postman teammates to ensure customer success
• Communicate and organize/escalate issues appropriately including: billing, legal, security, onboarding, and technical inquiries
• Collaborate and work with Solutions Engineering, Customer Success Managers, Account Development representatives Leadership, etc. to build strategic adoption plans for customers in large accounts
• Provide recommendations based on customers’ business needs and usage patterns

About You.

• Able to strategically map out and break into accounts
• Successful track record of pipeline generation
• Relevant sales experience preferably in an Enterprise SaaS organization
• Experience selling developer and/or technical products a strong plus
• Excellent communication skills both with customers and within an organization
• Proven negotiation and closing skills, as demonstrated by regularly exceeding sales targets while selling right‑fit customers.
• Strong track record of navigating organizations across multiple verticals/industries
• Ability to develop senior level relationships quickly and effectively
• Experience presenting to senior managers and the C‑suite
• Ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously at various stages of the buying process
• Takes an active interest in increasing customer satisfaction and deepening customer relationships
• Teamplayer
• Fluent in German and English

What Else?

In addition to Postman’s pay‑on‑performance philosophy, and a flexible schedule working with a fun, collaborative team, Postman offers a comprehensive set of benefits, including full medical coverage, flexible PTO, wellness reimbursement, and a monthly lunch stipend. Along with that, our wellness programs will help you stay in the best of your physical and mental health. Our frequent and fascinating team‑building events will keep you connected, while our donation‑matching program can support the causes you care about. We’re building a long‑term company with an inclusive culture where everyone can be the best version of themselves.

At Postman, we embrace a hybrid work model. For all roles based out of San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and New York, employees are expected to come into the office 3‑days a week. We were thoughtful in our approach which is based on balancing flexibility and collaboration and grounded in feedback from our workforce, leadership team, and peers. The benefits of our hybrid office model will be shared knowledge, brainstorming sessions, communication, and building trust in‑person that cannot be replicated via zoom.

Our Values

At Postman, we create with the same curiosity that we see in our users. We value transparency and honest communication about not only successes, but also failures. In our work, we focus on specific goals that add up to a larger vision. Our inclusive work culture ensures that everyone is valued equally as important pieces of our final product. We are dedicated to delivering the best products we can.

Equal opportunity

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