Enterprise Account Executive - DACH (German-Speaking)

Enterprise Account Executive - DACH (German-Speaking)

• Employment Type: Full-time
• Recruitment Type: Permanent

About the Position

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Responsibilities

You'll join our Enterprise Account Executive team within Canva Enterprise, working with large enterprise organizations to help them consolidate design, content production, and collaboration under one secure, centralized account. You're fluent in German and English, and comfortable moving between both with customers and internal partners.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Owning account planning: Using a data-driven approach to identify and reach out to potential customers likely to benefit from Canva's products, analyzing market landscapes, trends, and dynamics to translate high-level plans into targeted sales activity.
• Managing pipeline and driving revenue growth: Keeping pipeline, revenue forecasts, and sales activity current in Salesforce for maximum efficiency and visibility.
• Leading with a customer-centric mindset: Using compelling storytelling and vision transfer, presented through a creative lens, to guide customers on a journey that feels personalized and right for them.
• Being a genuine product expert: Exhibiting a deep love for Canva's product and an ability to sell creative solutions that address customers' unique problems, while gathering customer feedback and market insight to help shape the Product roadmap.
• Fostering long-term relationships: Building lasting partnerships both with customers and with internal cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Post-Sales, Customer Success).
• Bringing chaos to clarity: Simplifying complex situations into digestible, customer-ready stories and materials using Canva's own worksuite (presentations, docs, and more).

Requirements

• Fluent in German and English, spoken and written.
• 5+ years of full-cycle selling experience working with medium-sized businesses through to large enterprise organizations, ideally within a technology company, with a demonstrated history of top performance.
• Proven success managing a full sales cycle, including prospecting with a focus on new logo attainment.
• A pro at navigating complexity - understanding and addressing complex business challenges and crafting solutions to match.
• Skills to create detailed plans that cover all the bases within intricate organizations.
• Skills to captivate an audience, especially in face-to-face meetings with multiple key stakeholders.
• A track record of leading successful negotiations.
• Comfortable navigating uncertainty and can keep up in a fast-paced environment.

About the Team

You'll be joining Sales & Success, the team behind Canva's go-to-market engine, supporting Canva Enterprise with the mission to empower every organization to design. Canva Enterprise lets organizations consolidate design, content production, and collaboration tools under one secure and centralized account - from whiteboards to docs, to presentations, and our AI platform Magic Studio. We work with colleagues across the board, from Product to Marketing, all in support of our sales team. As we branch out into new markets and develop fresh Enterprise solutions, we're crafting something truly unique. Together, we're redesigning work.

We Offer

• Equity packages - so you share in Canva's success.
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers.
• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more.
• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge, and support you personally.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills, and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva, so even if you don't feel like your skills quite match what's listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.