Senior Account Executive, New Logo

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Hiring Remotely in Berlin, DEU
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Software
The Role
Own the DACH new-logo enterprise sales territory, managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through close. Develop strategic account plans, engage technical and executive stakeholders, navigate complex enterprise organizations, and drive adoption of Temporal’s application-development platform. Build trusted customer relationships, identify high-value opportunities, exceed revenue targets, and collaborate with customer success, solutions architecture, and product teams. The role is based in Germany and requires German proficiency and travel for in-person meetings.
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Role Summary

Temporal is shaping the future of application development by enabling organizations to build, scale, and run resilient applications. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Account Executive based in Germany to join our New Logo team and drive revenue within some of the largest and most complex enterprise organizations.

In this role, you will own the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) sales territory, navigating matrixed enterprise companies and selling to highly technical personas such as software engineers, engineering leaders, and architects. As a strategic partner to our customers, you will bring a proven ability to lead sophisticated sales processes, uncover opportunities within massive organizations, and drive adoption of Temporal’s solutions. Your entrepreneurial mindset will help you thrive in a high-growth, startup environment, while your expertise in scaling revenue within complex organizations will make you an invaluable asset to our team.

Come work with some of the brightest minds in the tech industry and help transform how modern applications are built. You will contribute to the growth of a category-defining company at the forefront of innovation.

What You'll Do
  • Own and manage the entire sales cycle, from prospecting to close, with a focus on growing revenue with new enterprise customers

  • Develop and execute strategic sales plans to break into large, matrixed enterprise accounts

  • Engage with software engineers, architects, and technical stakeholders to understand their needs and position Temporal effectively across a wide range of use cases

  • Navigate complex technical discussions and align Temporal’s capabilities with customer priorities

  • Build and nurture quality relationships with prospects, acting as a trusted advisor throughout the sales process

  • Partner with customer success, solutions architecture, and product teams to ensure a seamless customer experience

  • Leverage your expertise in enterprise sales to identify and capture high-value opportunities within large, complex organizations, driving net-new customer acquisition

  • Innovate and adapt sales strategies to meet the dynamic needs of enterprise businesses in a rapidly evolving market

  • Be based in Germany with the ability to travel throughout the country for in-person meetings

What You'll Bring
  • Demonstrated expertise in enterprise software sales, typically gained through 7+ years of experience in similar roles

  • Proven track record of selling to software engineers, technical decision-makers, and engineering leaders

  • Navigate complex technical discussions and collaboratively align Temporal’s capabilities with customer priorities

  • Demonstrated success navigating and closing deals within large, matrixed enterprise organizations

  • Experience driving high-growth sales motions within enterprise accounts, identifying opportunities, and scaling revenue

  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with a hands-on approach and entrepreneurial mindset

  • Exceptional relationship management skills, with the ability to influence and build trust across multiple levels of an organization

  • Demonstrated success in consistently achieving or surpassing revenue goals

  • Experience working with cutting-edge developer tools or infrastructure products

  • Experience working with OSS, and monetizing OSS

  • Familiarity with consumption-based sales models and driving adoption of technical products

  • Outstanding communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to present to technical and executive audiences

  • A passion for technology and a deep curiosity for solving complex customer challenges

  • German language proficiency is a requirement for success in this role.

Temporal Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Temporal Technologies does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We embrace and celebrate differences and diversity.

Temporal is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation, please let your Recruiter know so we can assist.

Skills Required

  • 7+ years of experience in enterprise software sales or similar roles
  • Proven experience selling to software engineers, technical decision-makers, and engineering leaders
  • Success navigating and closing deals within large, matrixed enterprise organizations
  • Experience driving high-growth sales motions and scaling revenue within enterprise accounts
  • Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with an entrepreneurial mindset
  • Exceptional relationship management and stakeholder influence skills
  • Consistent achievement or surpassing of revenue goals
  • Experience with developer tools or infrastructure products
  • Experience with open-source software and monetizing OSS
  • Familiarity with consumption-based sales models and technical product adoption
  • Outstanding communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
  • Passion for technology and curiosity about solving complex customer challenges
  • German language proficiency
  • Ability to travel throughout Germany for in-person meetings

Temporal Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Temporal Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Temporal Technologies.

  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare coverage is described as 100% employer-paid for medical, dental, and vision, with AD&D, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance included. Feedback suggests this breadth and cost coverage is a strong differentiator for a remote-first employer.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time off includes unlimited PTO alongside 12 standard holidays and 2 floating holidays. Feedback suggests this structure supports rest and recharge across teams.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Wellbeing and remote-work support include a home office stipend, internet reimbursement, WFH meals, Calm app access, a lifestyle spending account, and learning/professional membership budgets. Feedback suggests these perks enhance overall total rewards beyond base pay.

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The Company
HQ: Bellevue, Washington
501 Employees
Year Founded: 2019

What We Do

Temporal develops and distributes the world's leading open source durable execution system. We make code fault tolerant, durable and simple. Innovative companies like Datadog, Glovo, Indeed, Netflix, Qualtrics, Remitly, Snap and Yum! Brands build their services and applications with Temporal to make them reliable to run, productive to enhance and easy to troubleshoot and repair. More than a decade in the making, Temporal is powered by veterans behind some of the industry's most loved systems technologies, programming frameworks and open source communities as well as investors like Amplify Partners, Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures.

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