Mid Market Account Executive - EMEA (French Speaking)

About Ashby

• We’re building the next generation of enterprise software, starting with products that help talent leaders, recruiters, and managers unlock hiring excellence
• Series D raised in 2025, and growing ARR >100% YoY
• Have thousands of amazing customers including OpenAI, Deliveroo, Lemonade & Alan
• Multiple products to win both land-and-expand and material new business deals
• Rapidly moving up-market with no signs of slowing down
• Implemented assistive AI throughout the platform
• Known for our pace of innovation and advanced analytics

About This Role We are seeking a French-fluent Mid-Market Account Executive to help us win Mid-Market accounts (100-1k employees) by managing the full sales cycle from pipeline generation through to closed-won.

In this role, you'll focus on new logo acquisition. Our emphasis is on your raw ability to excel in the areas listed below and your appetite for continuous growth & improvement.

You Could Be a Great Fit If

• 📣 You demonstrate mastery of clear communication. You ask questions with precision and can explain complex concepts in simple terms.
• 💰 You have strong track record in Mid Market SaaS sales, having closed many $50k+ deals consistently. You have won competitive rip-and-replace opportunities of core/platform technologies.
• 🎯 You are proactive in identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, and are comfortable sourcing >50% of your own pipeline. You're both resourceful and innovative in finding new business opportunities.
• 🤓 You love becoming a product and industry expert. You're adept at delivering a quick demo to showcase how your solution meets a unique need.
• ⚔️ You're adept at competitive or evangelical selling in new or established markets.
• 🎧 You're naturally curious about business problems and take pride in positioning specific & creative solutions that solve those problems.
• 🏔️ You skillfully guide prospects through the evaluation & buying process—engaging the right stakeholders to create consensus for a strategic technology decision.
• ⚡️ Your peers describe you as action-oriented and persistent. You're always on the leaderboard for outbound effort and pipeline created.
• ⏱️ You leverage tools to maximize the impact of your prospecting and selling time. You believe in research and personalization to spark a conversation.
• ⚙️ You are at home managing a pipeline of a dozen or more active opportunities concurrently. You take pride in internal operations, including real-time CRM updates.
• ✈️ You are willing to travel at least 25% of the time for customer engagements and events.

Requirements

• 🤝 You have 2+ years of full-cycle closing experience and have closed many >$50,000 ACV opportunities
• 📢 You have experience selling complex platform technologies in a sales-led GTM motion
• 📈 You are a new business hunter and are confident in your abilities to self-source >50% of your own pipeline
• 🌍 You have sold to multiple regions within EMEA and have strong written and verbal fluency in both English and French

Bonus Points

• 🤝 You have sold to Talent or HR personas
• ☎️ Prior B/SDR experience

You Shouldn't Apply If

• 💼 You're more of a relationship builder who focuses on selling into the install base and aren't excited about a new business focused role.
• 🎯 You expect Marketing or BDRs to source all of your pipeline for you. This is a hunting role.
• 💻 You believe that "tech stuff" is the SE's job. Our AEs all develop product acumen while SEs are a partner in our team selling motion.
• 📊 You prefer to run established playbooks in well defined environments. This role requires creativity and a growth mindset.
• 🐺 You're a lone wolf. You prefer to go it alone in your pursuit of new business. We believe in a team-selling sales model.

Our Philosophy Here Are a Few Key Points (relevant To The Go-to-market Side) That Should Give You An Idea Of What It Is Like To Work With Us