Account Executive, SME & Growth, France

About Airwallex Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own. We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,300 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles to see it in full.   How you'll make impact Join Airwallex as an Account Executive in Paris and help build our founding French team. You’ll own the full sales cycle for new SME customers with 50–1,000 employees, from prospecting and territory planning through pitching, negotiation and close. You’ll build relationships with founders and senior finance leaders, understand complex technical requirements, and shape multi-product solutions that help ambitious businesses manage global financial operations. Own new SME customer acquisition across the full sales cycle, from prospecting and territory management through close. Drive revenue growth by building relationships with founders and senior finance leaders. Craft multi-product solutions that address complex technical requirements and help businesses manage their global financial operations. Lead negotiations involving bespoke commercial agreements and multi-product sales. Represent Airwallex at client meetings and events, while maintaining accurate CRM records and forecasts. Partner with colleagues across our European offices to set new customer relationships up for success. You'll work from our Paris office three days a week. What we're looking for Essentials 2+ years of sales experience, preferably selling a technical product, with a track record of top performance selling to SME customers in a competitive market. Experience owning the full sales cycle, from prospecting to close, and managing a territory. The ability to understand complex technical requirements and craft solutions across multiple products. A passion for sales and the ability to develop and execute territory plans. Strong presentation and communication skills, particularly in person with multiple stakeholders, including CXOs. Proven ability to lead complex negotiations involving bespoke commercial agreements and multi-product sales. Superior verbal and written communication skills in English and French. The ability to operate in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment. A strong interest in technology and a deep understanding of the space. Meticulous CRM usage and forecasting. Preferred Experience selling financial products, payments or other technical solutions to SME customers. Experience working with customers across multiple markets or in a fast-growing international business. You'll thrive here if You have a track record of hitting your numbers, and you’re motivated by stretch goals. You’re excited by a category that hasn’t been won yet, and want to be early enough to shape it. You’re comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and moving quickly anyway. You enjoy working closely with people across multiple countries and time zones as part of one connected, global team, including flexing your hours occasionally to make that connection work. You value in-person collaboration and are happy being in the office three days a week. Learn more about your team SME & Growth at Airwallex is about