Account Executive, Commercial - Middle East/Africa

From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

About Us

Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data.Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on.Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions.As we bring our teams and technology together, we’re building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It’s an exciting time to join us: we’re creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact.During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.

About the Role

Fivetran is building the infrastructure that powers analytics and AI. We’re looking for a New Business Commercial Account Executive to help more companies across the Middle East/Africa move, trust and use their data at scale.

This is a full-time position based out of our Dublin or London office. Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.

This role is well suited to someone who enjoys creating opportunities as much as closing them. You’ll play a hands-on role in outbound prospecting, shaping your own pipeline and guiding customers through thoughtful, consultative sales conversations. This is a high-ownership role with significant autonomy and responsibility from day one.

What You’ll Do

• Proactively identify and engage new commercial customers through outbound prospecting
• Build and close your own pipeline of opportunities across your territory
• Lead discovery conversations to understand customer data challenges and translate them into Fivetran solutions
• Collaborate closely with Sales Development, Solutions Engineering, Marketing and Partner teams
• Build productive relationships with technology partners and system integrators
• Share learnings and contribute to improving how we sell as we continue to scale

What We’re Looking For

• At least 3 years of closing experience in a SaaS or technology sales role
• A proven track record of consistent overachievement against quota in previous roles
• Comfort and motivation in outbound-led sales, including prospecting and early-stage conversations
• Ability to navigate technical discussions and build credibility with data and engineering stakeholders
• Clear, confident communication and strong relationship-building skills
• Good organisation and follow-through across longer sales cycles
• A collaborative mindset and interest in being an active part of a growing team

Bonus Skills

• Experience selling data, analytics, infrastructure or developer-focused products
• Exposure to partner-led sales or co-selling motions
• Familiarity with cloud platforms or modern data stacks
• Experience selling into the Middle East/Africa Market
• Fluency in Arabic

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Perks and Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical insurance *****
• Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays (including a year end Global Week of Rest), and volunteer days off
• RSU stock grants*
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.

***** May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information

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We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.

Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.

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