Founding Account Executive

Das ist der Job

Founder‑led sales has taken the company this far - now it’s time to expand the commercial engine.

Darum lohnt es sich

You are the player‑coach of the sales team - on the field closing deals yourself now, and building and coaching the team that closes the next hundred. We're looking for a high‑agency sales professional who has closed, not just sourced, and who can credibly sell a genuinely technical product to sophisticated buyers without a playbook handed to them.

The client is a well‑funded, pre‑seed startup building an autonomous physical security layer that integrates camera streams and robotic dispatch. They are expanding their commercial engine beyond founder‑led sales and need a Founding Account Executive to own go‑to‑market execution.

This hire will work directly with the CEO to build the sales playbook from scratch and eventually grow into a leadership role. As Founding Account Executive, you will own go‑to‑market execution as the first dedicated sales hire, working directly alongside the CEO.

You will own the day‑to‑day execution of the full sales cycle and build the playbook as you go. Early on this is a true partnership: the founder is in the room with you on the key deals, and as you build the motion you take more and more of it end to end. If you want a defined playbook handed to you, this is not the role.

If you want to write it, this is. A mid‑senior, high‑agency sales professional with 3+ years of full‑cycle B2B experience, ideally in deeptech, security, or complex enterprise software. They thrive in early‑stage ambiguity, can self‑source pipeline without relying on inbound, and possess the technical literacy to sell to sophisticated buyers.

They are based in or willing to relocate to Zurich and bring a strong mix of AI fluency and high EQ.

Details: Location: Zurich, Switzerland · On‑site; Employment: Full‑time; Seniority: Mid‑Senior Level; Visa comfortable with ambiguity and no infrastructure Technically literate - you don't need to code, but you must credibly sell a genuinely technical product to sophisticated buyers AI‑fluent and unmistakably human - proficient with AI tools for research, drafting, and speed, but you bring high EQ, read the room, and build real relationships Organised and self‑directed on the unglamorous parts: follow‑ups, CRM hygiene, and clean deal documentation High agency, high reliability, high ambition Based in or willing to relocate to Zurich Nice to have Experience selling into government or defence (procurement, RFPs, framework agreements) Background selling deeptech, hardware, security, robotics, computer vision, or complex enterprise software Experience with a subscription or recurring‑revenue product An existing network of security operators, integrators, or buyers in DACH and UK German language proficiency