Strategic Account Executive, France

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Hiring Remotely in Paris, Île-de-France, FRA
In-Office or Remote
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Cloud • Information Technology • Productivity • Security • Software • App development • Automation
Atlassian provides tools to help every team unleash their full potential.
The Role
Develop and execute strategic sales and account plans for high-value enterprise customers in France. Build C-level relationships, understand business objectives, position software solutions, lead complex negotiations, coordinate internal account teams, identify expansion opportunities, and drive transformation deals involving multi-million-dollar investments. Provide performance updates to senior leadership and participate in customer travel and industry events.
Summary Generated by Built In
Atlassians can choose where they work - whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities.
To help our teams work together effectively, this role requires you to be located in France.
At Atlassian, we work with over 300,000 customers worldwide. Our goal is to unleash the potential of every team through the power of incredible software solutions, delivering exceptional customer impact and ensuring ongoing revenue growth. What makes us unique is our belief in our value of 'play as a team'. We support each other, celebrate our wins together and share knowledge. Our employees work with Atlassian, not for Atlassian. We're leading the way in responsibly integrating AI into our cloud products as we aim to migrate our customers to the cloud while building trust through transparency of cost, moving faster with our collaborations, and accelerating our customers' business outcomes and are tasked with constructing and executing a powerful sales strategy.
The role involves steering the utilization of various products and services for our most significant and strategically important customer base. This includes overseeing a specific set of high-value customers, comprehending their long-term business goals, and formulating customized strategies to foster mutual growth and success.
What You'll Do:
  • Develop and implement strategic sales and account plans to maximize expansion opportunities and ensure customer success, while building strong relationships with key decision-makers and C-level executives in our most strategic accounts.
  • Understand customer business objectives and challenges, and position solutions to meet their needs effectively.
  • Work with internal teams and partners to streamline sales processes and enhance customer satisfaction.
  • Lead complex negotiations, conduct market research, and stay informed about industry trends to identify new opportunities.
  • Provide sales performance updates to senior management and engage with clients through travel and participation in industry events.

Your Background:
  • 10+ years of quota-carrying Enterprise Software Sales Experience
  • Experience engaging and building C-level and other executive relationships
  • Experience navigating complex procurement processes with multiple stakeholders and complex purchasing needs
  • Building and leading territory & strategic account plans
  • Experience leading or coordinating Account teams to drive successful customer outcomes
  • Experience driving transformation deals in large global accounts with multi-million dollar spend thresholds

Benefits & Perks
Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits .
About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh .
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Skills Required

  • 10+ years of quota-carrying enterprise software sales experience
  • Experience engaging and building relationships with C-level and other executive stakeholders
  • Experience navigating complex procurement processes involving multiple stakeholders and purchasing needs
  • Experience building and leading territory and strategic account plans
  • Experience leading or coordinating account teams to drive customer outcomes
  • Experience driving transformation deals in large global accounts with multi-million-dollar spending thresholds

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Atlassian Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Parental & Family Support 26 weeks paid leave for birthing parents and 20 weeks for non‑birthing parents are offered, alongside inclusive family‑formation support such as fertility, adoption, and surrogacy. Additional resources include neurodiverse family support and conveniences like breastmilk shipping for business travel.
  • Healthcare Strength Medical, dental, and vision coverage is paired with extensive mental‑health programs (e.g., Modern Health/EAP), plus disability and life insurance in many locations. Fertility and family‑formation benefits further expand the health offering.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) with a 4% company match and 100% immediate vesting is highlighted for U.S. employees. Retirement planning support is also included.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
11,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Atlassian creates teamwork solutions for high-performing teams. Our portfolio of collaboration and work management software products includes Jira, Confluence, Trello, Loom and Rovo. More than 300,000 businesses worldwide rely on Atlassian’s technology, including 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. Our solutions support various business teams and they help organizations plan, track, and deliver their biggest ideas together.

Why Work With Us

At Atlassian, we believe we can accomplish so much more together than apart — which is why everything from our tooling — to our distributed workforce — to how our teams are structured is rooted in collaboration. Come join us and help unleash the potential of every team.

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