About Us

Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life's work.

In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work.

Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.

In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays.

About The Role

We're looking for a motivated Account Executive - Enterprise with an entrepreneurial and building spirit to join our founding sales team As an early member of the team, you'll be instrumental in helping define our sales motion, meaningfully shape our future product, and drive business revenue all while having a blast doing it

What You'll Achieve

Manage the entire sales cycle from lead generation and pre-qualification to negotiation, closing, and renewing deals for strategic and enterprise accounts
Develop and execute strategic account plans to achieve sales targets and expand our customer base.
Conduct comprehensive discovery sessions to understand client needs and present tailored solutions.
Prepare and deliver compelling presentations and product demonstrations to prospective clients by educating contacts about how they can increase their team's collaboration, transparency, and productivity with Notion
Negotiate contract terms and pricing structures to secure profitable deals.
Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including C-suite executives, to ensure customer satisfaction and long-term partnerships.
Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams, including Marketing, Product, and Customer Success, to deliver exceptional value to clients.
Maintain accurate records of all sales activities and pipeline management using CRM tools to report forecasting accurately to report line

Skills You'll Need To Bring

8+ years of relevant experience including full cycle sales at a fast growing IT company.
Extensive experience in enterprise SaaS sales in Japan region.
Proven track record of achieving and exceeding sales targets.
Extensive field-based enterprise software sales experience, selling solutions into large enterprise accounts.
Proven ability to sell into C-Level and work with stakeholders across various lines of business.
Experience in complex solution sales and consistently closing large figure deals.
Exceptional communication and presentation skills in both Japanese and English.
A builder mentality who thrives in collaborative environments.
Self-motivated and able to manage tasks and projects independently.
Ability to operate within the gray and find creative or out-of-the-box solutions when faced with ambiguity.
Grit and tenacity to achieve your goals and contribute to our mission.

Nice To Haves

You've been an early sales hire at a fast growing start up before
Strong technical knowledge and understanding of SaaS products
Direct sales plus experience of selling through Partners
Experience of quarterly sales planning
New logo acquisition sales experience
Business English skills

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we.

We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger.

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Notion.

Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

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