October 19, 2026

The role of a Account Executive DACH at Remote

Sales helps our prospective customers and active customers to fully experience our Global HR Platform. Sales is the team responding to incoming queries and help customers understand how to maximise Remote’s full suite of products to meet their employment needs. To enable them to embody our value of Transparency, we have a fair price guarantee.

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global employment space as an Account Executive, joining our Sales Team in the DACH region. This is a pure hunting role as an Account Executive, driving net new business for Remote.

About Remote

Remote is building the infrastructure that makes global payroll and employment possible for everyone, everywhere. Our team is made up of people who want to own a piece of that work, not just contribute to it. That work happens across six continents, only Antarctica left to go, entirely remote. It also requires real fluency with AI in every role, not just familiarity with it.

Our standards are high, and the ownership is total. You’ll have the trust and space to find your own way to the best answer, and the support to see it through, because that’s how we build things that actually work at this scale. In return, your career grows faster, because at Remote, growth is tied to results. We’re founded on the principle that where someone lives should never limit what they can achieve, and we operate exactly that way.

Job Description

What you bring

  • 2+ years of previous experience as an Account Executive in a New Business Role, or related SaaS sales experience preferred
  • Proven success in building key customer relationships, including key decision makers and champions to be able to drive successful client outcomes, grow accounts and drive revenue outcomes as well as track record of meeting or exceeding quota
  • Native or professional fluency in German, excellent verbal and written communication skills (English)
  • In-depth knowledge of sales processes, demonstrated ability to qualify opportunities involving multiple key decision makers, initiate and convert prospects, close deals and achieve sales quota
  • Ability to confidently build outbound sales pipeline by utilizing a mix of different channels including cold calls
  • High level of integrity and work ethic
  • Self-motivated and self-directed; able to work independently and as an active member of the team
  • Efficient in multitasking, prioritization, and time management
  • In-depth understanding of company services and its position in the industry
  • Ability to build trust with a client and work as an advisor
  • Capable of forecasting sales to achieve targets on a monthly basis
  • Experience in the HR industry a plus
  • It’s not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus

Key Responsibilities

  • Create ‘Land’ opportunity deals that include detailed notes with accurate close dates
  • Meet and exceed sales quota based on role level and manage the entire sales cycle
  • Identify new opportunities and manage the entire sales cycle from prospecting to close
  • Maintain a clean and current pipeline of volume based, high velocity opportunities
  • Efficiently present and deliver all information to potential clients
  • Proactively answer potential client questions and follow-up call questions in a prompt manner
  • Internal collaboration and communication with key departments that support client process, experience and support
  • Close sales deals efficiently while kindly guiding clients through process
  • Understands the communication needs of small and mid-sized business customers, and designs solutions to meet those unique business needs.
  • Self-generates leads by contacting prospective clients by telephone, cold call premise visits, networking, and industry events.

Practicals

  • You’ll report to: Manager, Sales – DACH
  • Team: Sales
  • Location: Anywhere
  • Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

  1. Resume review
  2. Interview with Recruiter (30 min)
  3. Interview with hiring manager (30 min)
  4. Role play Interview with hiring manager (45 min)
  5. Interview with Director(30 minutes)
  6. Bar Raiser interview

Compensation

Remote’s Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay locally competitive rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide – here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hire globally.

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The interviewer will share further details with the candidate on the more restricted pay range for the role in line with their specific location. The individual pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, internal parity and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.

The annual salary range for this full-time position is €100,000 to €150,000.


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Experience
Minimum 2+ years
Work Level
Junior Level
Employment Type
Full Time
Salary
€100,000 to €150,000 / year
Valid Until
November 18, 2026
Industry
Human Resources
Company size
1001 - 5000 employees
Founded in
2019
Location
San Francisco