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Enterprise Account Executive, DACH
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Astronomer is seeking an Enterprise Account Executive to acquire new enterprise customers across the DACH market for its DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow. This is a hunter-focused, full-cycle sales role covering prospecting, qualification, solution demonstrations, proposal development, negotiation, and closing. The successful candidate will partner with marketing, sales engineering, and product teams to serve technical buyers such as engineering, data, and platform leaders. The position requires substantial enterprise SaaS sales experience, field engagement capability, and structured sales methodology knowledge such as MEDDIC or Command of the Message. The role is remote in Germany, with some travel for customer and teammate meetings.
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I begin with an account segmentation based on ideal customer profile, technical environment, business triggers, and buying potential. I create multithreaded outreach plans for business and technical stakeholders, combine targeted outbound activity with partner and marketing signals, and inspect conversion metrics weekly to improve the approach.
I would validate measurable business impact, identify the economic buyer, document decision criteria and process, uncover pain and consequences of inaction, locate an internal champion, and map the competitive landscape. I would keep this information current in the CRM and use gaps in qualification to guide each next step.
I prepare by understanding their architecture, workflows, reliability concerns, and toolchain. Rather than leading with generic business claims, I connect product capabilities to concrete technical outcomes such as dependable orchestration, faster data-product delivery, governance, and reduced operational burden.
I create a stakeholder map that identifies influence, success measures, risks, and required actions for each participant. I then tailor the value narrative for executives, technical evaluators, security, procurement, and end users while maintaining a shared mutual action plan tied to the customer’s decision process.
I acknowledge the value of open source and explore the operational context behind the decision. I then quantify the cost and risk of self-managing reliability, security, scaling, and support, positioning the platform as a way to preserve open-source flexibility while reducing the burden on internal engineering teams.
About this role.
Astronomer empowers data teams to bring mission-critical software, analytics, and AI to life and is the company behind Astro, the industry-leading unified DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow®. Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and powers data-driven applications. Trusted by more than 800 of the world’s leading enterprises, Astronomer lets businesses do more with their data. To learn more, visit www.astronomer.io.
About this Role:
We are looking for a motivated Enterprise Account Executive to join our growing sales team. This is a hunting role where you will open new doors, create opportunities, and lead the full sales cycle from prospecting to close. At the same time, you will be part of a collaborative culture where wins are celebrated together and teammates share knowledge and support. You will play a critical role in expanding our customer base and helping shape the future of data.
This role includes some travel to meet with customers and teammates and ideal candidates will be based in Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart or Berlin.
What You Get to Do:
Drive growth together: Lead the full sales cycle from prospecting to close while partnering closely with clients and teammates.
Prospect strategically: Identify, qualify, and pursue opportunities through outbound and inbound channels.
Position solutions: Deliver compelling demonstrations and craft tailored proposals that align with customer goals.
Partner with teammates: Collaborate with marketing, sales engineering, and product to ensure a smooth handoff and long-term success.
Stay informed: Keep current on industry trends and competitive offerings to position Astro as the leading solution.
What You Bring to the Role:
5+ years of sales experience, ideally in SaaS, data platforms, or cloud solutions.
3+ years of field experience with in-person customer engagement.
Proven success running complex enterprise sales cycles in data infrastructure, developer tooling, or adjacent technical domains selling to engineering, data, or platform teams.
A history of consistent success in meeting or exceeding new business quotas in high-growth environments.
Comfort with data orchestration, analytics, or related technologies is a plus.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trust and influence senior stakeholders.
MEDDIC and/or Command of the Message experience
A proactive mindset with perseverance and accountability.
Proficiency in CRM tools (Salesforce) and sales enablement platforms.
Bonus Points If You Have:
Experience selling to data teams, developers, or technical buyers.
Background in data orchestration or Airflow-related technologies.
Prior success in a startup or high-growth environment.
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