Enterprise Account Executive, Switzerland (French & German Speaker)

This position can be based remotely in territory (Switzerland, Germany, or Austria), remotely near the Swiss border in France, or at our Paris office (Hybrid).

About Us

Git Guardian is a global cybersecurity scale-up.

The company is based in Paris, New-York City, Boston.

Among our early investors who saw our market value proposition, are the co-founder of Git Hub, Scott Chacon, along with Solomon Hykes, Docker's co-founder.

American and European top-tier VC firms have also invested in Git Guardian who raised its series C early 2026.

Git Guardian helps enterprises close credential-based breach paths.

It finds secrets wherever they live, prioritizes remediation based on rich context, and prevents new exposure across code, systems, and AI.

The Git Guardian platform is already used by more than 600K developers worldwide and by 50 of the fortune 500!

About Your Team And Your Mission

Our typical customers are companies with hundreds to thousands of developers leveraging Saa S applications, cloud infrastructures, or internal microservices, and are mature on Dev Ops and cloud adoption.

Our products are used by different teams: Software Development and Ops, Application Security, and Threat Response.

Buying decisions come from CISOs, CTOs, and Directors of Security.

We are looking for an Enterprise Account Executive to own and develop the DACH territory, with a primary focus on Switzerland.

This role is designed for disciplined enterprise sellers who execute consistently, build lasting customer relationships, and contribute to the maturity of Git Guardian’s growing European sales organization.

You will join an EMEA Sales team composed of Account Executives covering the region, Sales Engineers, and Account Managers.

The team is international, highly technical, and operates primarily in English.

You will report to the Sales Manager for Northern Europe.

Note: Employment in territory will be done through our EOR partner.

• Your Mission
• Identify, engage, and build rapport with enterprise prospects through outbound hunting.
• Run the full sales cycle from prospecting to deal close, with a strong hunter mentality.
• Understand and demonstrate our products to prospects and key stakeholders.
• Engage high-level security professionals such as CISOs, CTOs, App Sec leads, VPs of Engineering with tailored, credible messaging.
• Build a structured pipeline using modern sales tools and a rigorous qualification methodology (MEDDIC/MEDDPICC).
• Forecast responsibly and maintain strong pipeline discipline at every stage of the cycle.
• Partner closely with Sales Engineers, Customer Success, and leadership to drive expansion within enterprise accounts over time.

Who You Are

• Professional speaking level of English, French & German (Swiss German is a plus)
• Demonstrated success as an Enterprise Account Executive in a Dev Ops and/or App Sec environment.
• At least 5 years of enterprise software or security sales experience, with a track record of managing complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles including procurement, legal, and security review.
• Experience selling into Security, Engineering, or IT leadership (Application Security, Dev Sec Ops, Cloud Security, Identity/IAM/NHI, or developer tooling) is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated quota achievement track record and the ability to build your pipeline from scratch in a new or emerging territory.
• Mastery of enterprise sales fundamentals: discovery, multi-threading, mutual action plans, and commercial negotiation.
• Strong communication skills: clear and credible with executive audiences.
• A willingness to travel (up to 25%).
• Proficiency with MEDDIC or MEDDPICC sales frameworks.
• The following skills would strengthen your application but aren’t required
• Experience in cross-border or multi-region sales (international territory management).
• A pre-existing network in App Sec, Dev Sec Ops, platform engineering, or security teams within DACH.
• Knowledge of the cybersecurity landscape: you understand the App Sec buyer community and why secrets sprawl and NHI governance matter.
• The interview process
• Video call with a Talent Acquisition team member – To discover your professional projects and evaluate if there could be a mutual match.
• Manager interview – Meet your future manager and/or the Sales Director EMEA to know more about yourself and your achievements, and present to you the team.
• Business case: Platform Demo & Sales Pitch – To put yourself in the shoes of a sales rep: Access to our demo environment to walkthrough with our leadership team.

Additionally, showcasing your prepared sales pitch of choice.

Objective: to evaluate your skills for the position and project yourself into the role.

• Final interview with the CEO – A 1:1 with Eric Fourrier, our CEO & Co-Founder; who will detail our company’s vision and ambitions for the next couple of years.
• References check – You can start thinking about two contacts who can attest to your previous or current professional experiences.

These contacts should be as recent as possible, and we will call them at the end of the process.

Benefits

• Package that includes BSPCE
• Lunch voucher (Swile, 12€ at 50%)
• Sponsored Wellpass (gymlib)
• Non-charged health insurance for children (Sidecare / Generali)
• Up to €300 to improve your home office set-up
• Yearly holiday allowance
• Referral bonus of 4000€ for any new Guardian we might hire thanks to you
• Team building: monthly budget dedicated to each employee that you can spend as you wish, with colleagues (latest examples to date: Michelin star restaurant, karaoke, stand-up show, kitesurfing week-end)
• Remote policy: hybrid (3 days/week at the office in Paris)
• Opportunities for career development in the long term
• We have the #1 downloaded app on the Git Hub marketplace

More about Git Guardian!

Products

• Understand how Git Guardian works in this short video!

• Want to go even further? Check out our public roadmap!

• Check out the State of Secrets Sprawl Report to understand our mission and the industry.
• Our solutions are already used by hundreds of thousands of developers in all industries and Git Guardian platform is the n°1 app on the Git Hub marketplace.
• Clients
• Git Guardian helps organizations find exposed sensitive information that could often lead to tens of millions of dollars in potential damage.
• More than 70% of our customers are in the United States.
• Many F500 companies use Git Guardian's platform.
• People
• The Guardians are knowledgeable, committed, serious, aligned with the company’s mission, and true team players: always willing to help each other grow our skill sets!
• The team is diverse and we hail from more than 20 different countries.
• We are also agile, remote-friendly, and fun people to work with.
• You will get trust & autonomy on your perimeter with a very transparent internal communication and a strong impact on the company development.

Git Guardian is an equal opportunity employer committed to encouraging and celebrating its diverse and inclusive workforce.

We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.

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