Account Executive - France

Remote

Remote

Sales & Business Development
France · Remote
Posted on Oct 10, 2024

About Remote

Remote is solving global remote organizations’ biggest challenge: employing anyone anywhere compliantly. We make it possible for businesses big and small to employ a global team by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance. Check out remote.com/how-it-works to learn more or if you’re interested in adding to the mission, scroll down to apply now.

Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter.

All of our positions are fully remote. You do not have to relocate to join us!

What this job can offer you

Sales helps our prospective customers and active customers to fully experience our Global HR Platform! We are the team that responds to incoming queries and helps customers understand how to maximize Remote’s full suite of products to meet their employment needs. We enable them to embody our value of Transparency and 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 - French speaking, joining our Sales team.

Requirements

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills (in English & French)
  • Multiple years of previous successful experience in an Account Executive role (Hunter profile)
  • Ability to confidently build pipeline by self-sourcing opportunities (with emails, cold calls, etc)
  • Organization, time management and prioritization skills
  • Ability to build trust with a client and work as an advisor
  • Capable of forecasting sales to achieve targets on a monthly basis.
  • Experience with customer relationship management (CRM) tools (Salesforce is a plus)
  • Experience in the HR industry a plus
  • At least 5 years of experience in Sales
  • Prior experience selling into Mid-Market and Enterprise customers is highly recommended

Key responsibilities

  • Meet and exceed quota
  • Manage the entire sales cycle from prospecting to close
  • Identify and create new opportunities (new business)
  • Presentations to clients
  • Own the customer relationship and complete the cycle from sale to business completion
  • Understand the communication needs of mid-sized business customers, and designs solutions to meet those unique business needs
  • Outbound prospecting in the French market
  • Self-generate leads by targeting fast growing companies that Remote can support in their global hiring
  • Work with other parts of Remote to ensure client success

Benefits

You can learn more about the benefits we're offering to all internal employees at Remote by visiting our public Benefits & Perks Handbook page.

Practicals

  • You'll report to: Manager, Sales France/EMEA
  • Team: Sales
  • Location: Anywhere, EMEA timezone
  • Start date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

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 above in-location 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 hiring globally.

The base salary range for this full-time position is $59,700 USD to $149,300 USD. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base 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, 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.

Application process

  1. (async) Profile review
  2. Interview with recruiter
  3. (async) Exercise
  4. Interview with future manager
  5. Prior employment verification check(s)
  6. (async) Offer

Benefits

Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:
  • work from anywhere
  • unlimited personal time off (minimum 4 weeks)
  • quarterly company-wide day off for self care
  • flexible working hours (we are async)
  • 16 weeks paid parental leave
  • mental health support services
  • stock options
  • learning budget
  • home office budget & IT equipment
  • budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces

How you’ll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

How to apply

  1. Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
  2. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
  3. If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.