Account Executive – New Business Development (Adabas & Natural)

Software AG helps companies to manage and optimize their operations, infrastructure and technology with products that simplify complexity, increase transparency and prepare organizations for change.   

Trusted by the world’s best brands for more than 50 years, Software AG’s AI-enabled process intelligence, application development, high-performance database, and strategic portfolio management solutions are used by banks, retailers, manufacturers, governments and more.   

Software AG’s Adabas database & Natural development platform are used by the world’s leading organizations to build and deploy high-performance, mission-critical applications for IBM Z®, Linux® and cloud. Governments and businesses (in finance, manufacturing, retail and more) tailor these applications to give their organization a distinct competitive advantage and optimize them to meet the most demanding operational service level agreements. With a pledge to innovate Adabas & Natural to 2050 and beyond, we ensure our customer’s mission-critical Adabas & Natural applications are Future ready. Now.  

Be you, join us.   

Job Overview:
A unique opportunity for a highly motivated and results-driven Account Executive to join our team in Johannesburg, South Africa. You will be responsible for identifying and acquiring new business opportunities for Software AGs new portfolio of mainframe products. This is the 1st position of its kind at Software AG – providing a ‘start up’ type opportunity backed by a 50 year old company and its heritage.

You will collaborate with Product Management, Partners and Marketing teams to develop strategies to reach potential clients. Then you will use consultative and value-based selling techniques to build relationships with prospects and new clients and close deals, ensuring long-term partnerships and company success. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Understanding and articulating the business value / ROI of the Software AG platform.

• Identify and target potential clients in assigned industries or regions.

• Work with pre-sales to tailor and deliver compelling sales presentations

• Manage the entire sales cycle, from hunting and prospecting to pipeline generation, opportunity management, and successful deal closing.

• Work closely with internal teams (e.g., finance, legal, operations) to ensure smooth contract execution

• Maintain accurate records of interactions with clients, leads, and sales progress.

• Use CRM software to track sales activities and pipeline, and to provide regular updates and reports to the sales leadership team

• Close deals and achieve sales targets and quotas.

Essential Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of successful enterprise software sales experience and background in process consulting or

• Experience in a “New Business Hunter” role in a related field or industry

• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.

• Ability to build and maintain relationships with senior executives and key decision-makers.

• Highly motivated, self-driven, and results-oriented with the ability to work independently.

Nice to Haves:

• Good understanding of the mainframe market and the associated ecosystem of partners and solution providers

• A well-connected network of c-level executives where your relationship could be advantageous.

• Experience in Start-ups or Scale-ups

What’s in it for you? 

• Earn competitive total compensation and receive comprehensive country-specific medical and other benefits. 

• Enjoy time and location flexibility with our Hybrid Working Model, which allows a remote workshare of up to 60%.  Work anywhere in your country or abroad for up to 10 days per year.  

• Set yourself up for success in your new role by upgrading your home office space using your one-time hybrid work payment. 

• Lean on the Employee Assistance Program for support during some of life’s most common but difficult challenges. 

At Software AG we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect and fairness where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.  

We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, compensate, develop, promote, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. 

To all recruitment agencies: Software AG does not entertain unsolicited CVs without prior approval from Software AG's Talent Acquisition Team. Kindly refrain from sending CVs to our job’s alias, Software AG employees, or any other organizational location without explicit consent. Software AG assumes no responsibility for any fees associated with unsolicited CVs.

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