Account Executive 3 - DACH at Wrike

Wrike is the most powerful work management platform. Built for teams and organizations looking to collaborate, create, and exceed every day, Wrike brings everyone and all work into a single place to remove complexity, increase productivity, and free people up to focus on their most purposeful work. Our vision: A world where everyone is free to focus on their most purposeful work, together. As an Account Executive 3 at Wrike, you will play a critical role in landing key enterprise accounts. You’ll own the full sales cycle with new logos, engaging at C-suite/executive level, partnering with cross-functional teams, and demonstrating Wrike’s impact on enterprise transformation and ROI. You’ll thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where your consultative approach and tenacity will directly unlock new business and deepen Wrike’s brand as a leader in the market. If you’re a collaborative professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys connecting technology solutions to real business challenges, we want to hear from you! Your Impact: • Develop, manage, and close complex sales cycles; prospecting, leading discovery, presenting business cases, negotiating contracts, and landing new logos at the enterprise level (5,000+ employees). • Deliver compelling presentations and business cases to executive audiences, demonstrating strategic thinking, business acumen, and exceptional consultative communication skills. • Provide highly accurate and insight-driven monthly, quarterly, and annual pipeline forecasts, and maintain meticulous CRM (Salesforce) hygiene. • Serve as an expert consultant on digital and operational transformation; drive opportunities to upsell, cross-sell, and expand engagement within enterprise accounts. • Proactively lead and coordinate cross-functional account teams—including Marketing, Sales Development, Solution Consultants, Legal, Security, and Implementation—to deliver a world-class enterprise client experience. • Skillfully navigate complex legal, procurement, compliance, and security processes in collaboration with internal teams and enterprise client stakeholders. • Stay at the forefront of SaaS trends and industry best practices to be a valued advisor to your clients and the broader Wrike team. • Guide enterprise buyers through organizational change management and adoption planning, ensuring alignment, education, and readiness across large buying groups. • Ensure a seamless and comprehensive handoff to Customer Success and Implementation teams, clearly documenting goals, expectations, and key learnings for ongoing client engagement. • Regularly capture and communicate enterprise customer insights, competitive intelligence, and market feedback to Product, Sales, and Marketing leadership for continuous improvement. • Mentor and support development of junior account executives, sharing best practices and contributing to team enablement initiatives. Your Qualifications: • Language skills (as required) • 5+ years of successful full-cycle SaaS sales experience, including enterprise-level new business acquisition (large deal sizes, multiple stakeholders) • Demonstrated success executing complex deals with Fortune 1000/Global 5000 organizations and C-suite stakeholders • Skilled in delivering consultative, solution-based sales cycles using methodologies like MEDDIC, Challenger, or Question-Based Selling • Outstanding executive presence, business acumen, and ability to translate technical value into compelling ROI/value stories tailored to customer needs • Proven ability to manage multiple sales processes and large pipelines, with consistent attainment or overachievement of quotas • Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills; comfortable leading high-stakes executive meetings and product demos • Experience managing legal, procurement, and information security processes for large enterprise agreements • Proficiency with Salesforce and the modern SaaS sales tech stack Standout Qualities: • Experience in work management, project management, or a track record of selling to our ideal customer profiles (ICPs) in Marketing, Professional Services, Manufacturing or Engineering • Fluent in German and English (verbal & Written) Team Dynamics: You’ll join Wrike’s high-performing New Business team, where your primary focus will be acquiring new enterprise customers and driving revenue growth. As a key member of our enterprise sales organization, you’ll play a critical role in expanding Wrike’s presence by landing new logos, shaping our go-to-market strategy, and fueling our continued growth in the enterprise segment. Our Work Style: • Collaborative Culture: Work alongside ambitious, supportive colleagues who celebrate wins together • Comprehensive Training: Structured onboarding and ongoing sales enablement to help you master our product and refine your skills • Work Flexibility: Options for remote work with the support you need to succeed from your home or the office • Competitive Compensation: Base salary plus uncapped commission structure that rewards performance Growth Opportunities: Clear career progression paths with opportunities to advance into senior account management or leadership roles, based on your performance and goals Why Join Wrike? • 25 calendar days of paid vacation • Parental Leave: 26 Weeks Maternity / 4 Week Paternity • 2 Volunteer Days • Bike-to-Work Scheme • Health Insurance (Employees + Dependents) • Life Insurance • Income Protection • Pension Scheme Your recruitment buddy will be Aziza Talhi, Senior Recruiter. #LI-AT1 Who Is Wrike and Our Culture We’re a team of innovators and creators who solve the complex work problems of today and tomorrow. Hybrid work mode Wrike promotes a hybrid model for team members near our office hubs in San Diego, Prague, Dublin, Nicosia, and Tallinn, with 2–3 in-office days per week to foster collaboration and teamwork. This work mode supports our culture of collaboration and solving problems fast to deliver business outcomes and win together. Our persona 💡 Smart: We love what we do, and we’re great at it because this is our domain. Our combined knowledge in this space is unmatched. 💚 Dedicated: We get up every day focused on helping our customers win. We’re committed to helping our teammates win, too! 🤗 Approachable: We're friendly, easy to get along with, considerate, and helpful. Our culture and Values 🤩 Customer-Focused We care about our customers. We understand the customer journey, experience, and value derived from Wrike. Decision-making and action-taking are done with the customer in mind. 🤝 Collaborative We work as one and win together, each bringing unique strengths that contribute to diversity of thought for better outcomes. Leveraging our own work management platform, we foster an environment of creative collaboration and shared achievement. 🎨 Creative We strive to succeed through continuous innovation. It’s our pursuit of novel concepts that helped us create a market category. We continue to cultivate a workplace that fosters creative thinking as a means of transcending conventional boundaries and empowers us to break new ground to deliver extraordinary work management solutions. 💪 Committed We believe in ownership at all levels of the organization, by owning workflows from start to finish. Each member of our team is an integral part of this commitment, establishing work as a platform for personal growth and transformation, as well as collective success and growth. Check out our LinkedIn Life Page, Company culture page, Instagram, Wrike Engineering Team, Medium, Meetup.com, Youtube for a feel for what life is like at Wrike.