Account Executive, Early Stage - DACH
At a glance
Mid-level Account Executive role at Vanta. London · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Find promising business sectors and build outbound plans to reach prospective customers
- Run deals from first conversation through negotiation and close, aiming to move them within thirty days
- Convert inbound interest into new customers while keeping your sales pipeline current and improving the sales playbook
- Tailor Vanta’s benefits for each buyer, prepare sales materials and demos, and share prospect feedback with product teams
What you bring
- At least twelve months in a role where you close sales and carry a quota, with a record of beating targets
- B2B SaaS sales experience, ideally with small businesses and shorter deal timelines
- Fluency in German and English, with strong communication in both
Who this fits
This role suits a customer-focused seller comfortable managing the full sales cycle and working with technical prospects. You’ll work from the London office on a hybrid schedule, with Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays as standard in-office days.
From the employer
At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it.
Vanta is growing quickly, and we're continually outpacing our growth targets while maintaining very strong NPS scores. Our Sales team is leading the charge in exceeding our revenue goals and growing our market share as the industry leader in compliance and security.
We're scaling our Early Stage Sales team with customer-focused Account Executives who will take ownership of their entire sales cycle and distinguish Vanta as best-in-class to prospects in a burgeoning competitive landscape.
This role will be based in our London office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
What you’ll do as an Account Executive, EMEA (Startups) at Vanta:
Identify high-potential business verticals to develop and execute outbound strategies to engage them with Vanta.
Manage the entire sales cycle, from initial contact to contract negotiation and closing, with a focus on expediting deals within a 30-day timeframe.
Turn our inbound demand into closed-new business and happy Vanta customers.
Manage our sales pipeline, improving and maturing our sales process and playbook.
Define and communicate the specific benefits of Vanta appropriate for each customer, including making sales materials and demos.
Collect insights from prospects for our product development process.
How to be successful in this role:
Have 12+ months in a closing and quota-carrying role, while consistently exceeding monthly and quarterly sales targets.
Be experienced in B2B SaaS, preferably in SMB with a focus on short deal cycles.
Be fluent in German and English, with strong communication skills in both languages.
Be highly empathetic to customers, with a proven track record of long-term customer retention.
Possess the technical competency to understand Vanta’s software and build great relationships with highly technical prospects.
Have stellar problem-solving chops, and an enthusiasm for making a large impact early on at a start-up.
Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact
What you can expect as a Vanta'n:
Industry-competitive salary and equity
100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage
16 weeks paid Parental Leave for all new parents Health & wellness stipend
Remote workspace, internet, and mobile phone stipend
Commuter benefits for team members who attend the office
Pension matching
25 days of Annual Leave per year and unlimited sick time
8 company-paid holidays
Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!
Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney
At Vanta, we are committed to hiring diverse talent of different backgrounds and as such, it is important to us to provide an inclusive work environment for all. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender identity, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran or disability status, or any other protected class. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people of all backgrounds to apply.
About Vanta
We started in 2018, in the wake of several high-profile data breaches. Online security was only becoming more important, but we knew firsthand how hard it could be for fast-growing companies to invest the time and manpower it takes to build a solid security foundation. Vanta was inspired by a vision to restore trust in internet businesses by enabling companies to improve and prove their security. From our early days automating security monitoring for compliance standards like SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 to creating the world's leading Trust Management Platform, our vision remains unchanged.
Now more than ever, making security continuous—not just a point-in-time check— is essential. Thousands of companies rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust— all in a way that's real-time and transparent.
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