Enterprise Account Executive
Sales & Business Development · Full-time
Paris, France
About Prelude
Prelude is redefining how companies authenticate and onboard users - turning what's traditionally a cost center into a growth lever.
Our flagship product lets businesses send OTP codes with the best price-to-conversion ratio on the market, dynamically selecting the most effective channel in real time (optimized SMS, WhatsApp, and more) while actively blocking spam and fraud that legacy providers miss.
Founded in 2022 by former Zenly team members who lived the pain of broken SMS authentication firsthand, we're already serving fast-growing companies across Europe and are expanding into the US.
But authentication is only the starting point - we're building the platform for trust at scale, with an ambitious roadmap of market-defining products ahead.
Why join us
Today, we're a team of 60 and growing, based in Paris, building products that power secure and high-performance user onboarding for companies across the world. We believe small, highly skilled teams outperform large, fragmented organizations, and we are intentional about staying focused on impact, quality, and speed.
We operate with a flat org structure and value in-person collaboration, which helps ideas move faster, decisions stay grounded, and teams take full ownership of what they build.
Our values
Care
We care deeply about our customers, our teammates, and the quality and reliability of what we ship.
Bias for Action
We move fast, test in the real world, and iterate quickly rather than over-optimizing in theory.Ownership
We take responsibility end to end, from identifying problems to delivering outcomes and learning from results.
About the role
As one of Prelude’s first Enterprise Account Executives, you’ll be building the foundations of our enterprise motion, focused on international accounts. You won’t just close deals: you’ll help shape how we sell to the world’s largest companies. You’ll own complex, high-value sales cycles end-to-end, from opening your first enterprise conversations to navigating multi-stakeholder deals and closing top-tier customers
You’ll work directly with the founders, partnering closely with product, marketing, and engineering to shape our enterprise motion, refine our messaging, and influence the roadmap based on what customers actually need. Your impact will be visible, measurable, and felt across the company.
This role is built for an experienced enterprise AE who wants real ownership: bigger strategic accounts, more autonomy, and a direct hand in building Prelude’s enterprise motion. If you’re excited by fast growth, high standards, and the chance to help build an enterprise sales engine from the inside, this is your seat at the table.
What will you be doing?
Owning and managing your pipeline across the entire enterprise sales cycle
Identifying and prioritizing high value prospects in our target market
Running tailored discovery calls and product demos aligning with prospect pain points
Collaborating with Engineering and Product to deliver customized proposals where needed
Multi-threading across executive, technical and procurement stakeholders to drive deals to close
Building and executing strategic plans for your key accounts
Tracking activities and pipeline in our CRM, HubSpot
Sharing market feedback to tailor product development and positioning
Iterating and improving sales collateral and pricing models - you’re early enough to help us define “how sales works” at Prelude
Representing Prelude at key events, conferences, and client meetings
What are we looking for?
5+ years of closing experience in B2B SaaS, including 3+ years managing enterprise accounts
A proven track record of exceeding quota and closing new business
Confidence managing a complex full sales cycle, from outbound prospecting through to contract negotiation
Experience selling technical products to senior engineering and product leaders
Experience navigating large organizations: mapping business units and expanding from a first use case across the account
Curiosity and sharp discovery skills, with a consultative sales approach
Comfort working in ambiguity in a fast-paced start-up environment
Advanced use of CRM and other sales‑related tools
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
Native or fully professional English, ideally with experience selling across international markets
Preferably, experience selling CPaaS or communications APIs, authentication, identity, fraud or developer-centric solutions
Excitement for Prelude's mission and enthusiasm for our product!
What we can offer you
Competitive base salary with generous uncapped commission and BSPCEs
Hybrid working style: 4 days in-office in Paris, 1 day remote
High-end gear and ergonomic setup
100% travel subsidised to our Paris office
Private health insurance
Swile meal vouchers
Gym pass
Annual offsites in great locations
The opportunity to be part of building something big, from the start!
Interview process
Meet a member of the Talent team
Meet with one of the sales team
Case study, to present to members of the team
Final meeting with the founders