Enterprise Account Executive - Northern Europe (m/f/d)

Statista
London, United Kingdom
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to experienced B2B sales professionals working in enterprise environments with a focus on complex account management and cross-functional collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Experienced B2B sales professionals with a history of managing complex enterprise accounts and cross-functional projects
    — “Experience selling into large, multi-division organisations and managing complex buying groups.”
  • Individuals with strong consultative discovery and commercial case-building abilities
    — “Strong discovery skills and the ability to build evidence-based commercial cases.”

Things to consider

  • Fluency in English is mandatory, with business-level proficiency in Dutch or Swedish preferred
    — “Fluent English. Business-level proficiency in Dutch or Swedish is an advantage.”

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate experience in consultative selling and aligning solutions to customer outcomes
    — “Develop business cases that connect Statista’s solutions to customer outcomes and support the investment decision.”
  • Highlight your ability to manage complex buying groups and lead through approval processes
    — “Map buying groups, build stakeholder support and maintain momentum through complex approval processes.”
  • Showcase your self-sourced prospecting and executive-level engagement capabilities
    — “Confidence in named-account planning, self-sourced prospecting and executive-level conversations.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Generated pipeline through account-based outreach
  • Led consultative discovery to understand customer priorities
  • Developed business cases for Statista's solutions
Typical background
4-8 years of B2B new-business sales experience

Skills & requirements

Required

B2B SalesEnterprise Account ManagementConsultative SellingBusiness Case DevelopmentProcurement And Legal Negotiations

Preferred

Multi-divisional SellingComplex Buying Group Management

Stack & domain

B2B SalesEnterprise Account ManagementNamed Account PlanningSelf-sourced ProspectingExecutive-level ConversationsConsultative DiscoveryBusiness Case DevelopmentStakeholder MappingProcurement NavigationLegal NegotiationsCommercial Process ManagementAccount-based OutreachCross-functional Project IdentificationInvestment Decision SupportStakeholder Support BuildingComplex Approval Process ManagementNew-business Revenue Target OwnershipDeal Strategy DevelopmentForecastingProcurement ManagementLegal ManagementNegotiation ManagementSignature ManagementLeadershipCommunicationTeam ManagementStrategic PlanningProblem SolvingDecision MakingStakeholder ManagementNegotiationProject ManagementTraining ProgramsSLA AccountabilitySafety ManagementService Quality ManagementProductivity ManagementPolicy RepresentationData SynthesisOperational Data AnalysisEnterprise SalesAccount ManagementConsultative Selling

About the role

Original posting from Statista via Ashby

At Statista, we’re all about facts and data, for we are the world's leading business data platform. By providing reliable and easy-to-use data as well as various data analytics products and services, we empower people worldwide to make fact-based decisions.

Founded in Hamburg in 2007, we have quickly grown into a global company with offices in major cities such as London, New York, Berlin and Tokyo. And we still have a lot of plans. Our constant growth does not only prove our success, but also keeps creating new development and career opportunities for our employees.

We value and celebrate our diverse culture. You are welcome here for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or whether you prefer bar graphs to pie charts. Your story matters – keep writing it as part of our team.

Are you ready to join us?

YOUR TASKS

  • Build and execute plans for named enterprise accounts, prioritising the organisations and use cases with the strongest potential.
  • Generate pipeline through thoughtful, account-based outreach and create access to stakeholders across multiple business units.
  • Lead consultative discovery to understand customer priorities, identify cross-functional projects and establish where Statista can deliver measurable value.
  • Develop business cases that connect Statista’s solutions to customer outcomes and support the investment decision.
  • Map buying groups, build stakeholder support and maintain momentum through complex approval processes.
  • Own new-business revenue targets, deal strategy, forecasting and the commercial process through procurement, legal and close.
  • Hand over won accounts with clear context on stakeholders, objectives and agreed outcomes.

YOUR PROFILE

  • 4–8 years of B2B new-business sales experience, with a track record of creating and closing opportunities.
  • Experience selling into large, multi-division organisations and managing complex buying groups.
  • Confidence in named-account planning, self-sourced prospecting and executive-level conversations.
  • Strong discovery skills and the ability to build evidence-based commercial cases.
  • Experience navigating procurement, approvals and negotiations through to signature.
  • Fluent English. Business-level proficiency in Dutch or Swedish is an advantage.

Source: Statista careers (Ashby)

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