CareerPlan

Founding Account Executive, France

ParisFull-time2026-09-16 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid

Core

Founding Enterprise Account Executive building a new sales pod in France to acquire 30-40 named enterprise accounts and turn them into production Telnyx customers.

Role type

Founding Enterprise Account Executive (Sales)

Builds

Production Telnyx outcomes (AI contact centers, SOC/NOC agents, global communications, connected mobility, enterprise inference) for enterprise clients in France.

Domain

Telecommunications / Cloud Communications (CPaaS/UCaaS/CCaaS) / AI Infrastructure

Required skills

Enterprise sales, executive relationship building, full sales cycle management, consultative selling, ROI storytelling, sales methodology (MEDDPICC/Challenger/SPIN), pipeline forecasting, French market expertise

Preferred skills

Fortune 500 new business sales, complex sales cycles (RFPs/POCs), C-level selling, SIP trunking/carrier networks knowledge, European regulatory/procurement experience

Technologies

Salesforce, Outreach, Gong

Responsibilities

Own territory of 30-40 named enterprise accounts, build executive relationships with CIOs/CTOs, run full sales cycle from prospecting to close, manage POCs with commercial agreements, expand accounts, build local references and case studies, provide pipeline reporting

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC