Enterprise Account Executive, Benelux

Role Overview

• Responsible for driving revenue growth through new customer acquisition, upselling and cross-selling, and renewals.
• Working closely with the Sales Development team, Customer Success team, and Marketing team to identify and engage prospects, understand their needs, and build strong relationships.
• Drive revenue growth by generating new business, upselling and cross-selling, and renewals.
• Manage the sales cycle from prospecting to close.
• Comfortable with longer and more complex selling cycles with multiple stakeholders.
• Dealing with Legal/Finance/IT requirements.
• Manage and maintain a healthy pipeline of key customers and continuously find new opportunities for our customers and qualified prospects and opportunities.
• Collaborate with Sales Development, Customer Success, and Marketing teams to develop and execute account plans.
• Maintain strong relationships with existing customers, understanding their business needs and providing additional Semrush Solutions to optimize growth.
• KPIs of high-volume calls, minutes, demos, and strategic focus on outreach and follow-up personalized cadences to strengthen customer relationships.
• Identify and close cross-sell/up-sell opportunities using the Semrush suite of products.
• Deliver a value-based selling experience to our customers based on automation and customer behavior.
• Accurately forecast monthly/quarterly sales and retention achievement to management.
• Contribute feedback to the larger Semrush organization by utilizing strong analytical thinking, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Identify best practices to refine the company’s lead generation playbook.
• Travel is recommended but not necessary or required.

Requirements

• Proven 5+ years of experience in enterprise sales, SaaS sales, or a similar customer-facing role
• English and additional local language (dutch, french...)
• A results-driven approach with a history of consistently exceeding targets
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• A deep understanding of digital marketing trends and SEO concepts (preferred but not required)
• A self-starter mindset with the ability to work independently and as part of a team coming from outbound based organisations
• Not required, but a plus Experience selling to enterprise accounts in industries such as retail, finance, SaaS, or marketing agencies ($500m + in annual revenues)
• Familiarity with CRM tools and data-driven selling strategies
• Enthusiasm for working in a fast paced, constantly evolving environment
• Alignment with our core values: Trust , because we prefer to speak up and be our true selves; Sense of Ownership , because it’s not worth wasting time on something you don’t believe in; Constant Changes , because we are always looking to make things better

Benefits

• Strong product-market fit recognized by RepVue
• High earning potential with clear quota attainment visibility
• Employee Support Program
• Loss of family member financial aid
• Employee Resource Groups
• Hobby & team building budget allowance