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Account Executive

OusterGermanyOnsite
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At Ouster, we build sensors and tools for engineers, roboticists, and researchers, so they can
make the world safer and more efficient. We've transformed LIDAR from an analog device withthousands of components to an elegant digital device powered by one chip-scale laser arrayand one CMOS sensor. The result is a full range of high-resolution LIDAR sensors that deliversuperior imaging at a dramatically lower price. Our advanced sensor hardware and visionalgorithms are used in autonomous cars, drones and many other applications. If you’remotivated by solving big problems, we’re hiring key roles across the company and need yourhelp!We are looking for a motivated Account Executive to sell our sensors and support existing keyCustomers in the D.A.CH Region in the industrial automation and robotics industry.

Thisposition will be remote (Germany preferably).RESPONSIBILITIES:● Engage in a consultative, relationship-driven sales process with the highest value customers across verticals: from lead identification to networking to decision-makers and influences, to pitching Ouster’s technology in a technically credible manner, to evaluation/pilot, integration, design win, and production.● Serve as primary relationship holder with key account decision-makers and influencers - work with product management, customer success, and field application engineering teams to manage existing customer relationships, including answering customer questions of technical or non-technical in nature to ensure successful sensor deployments.● Cross-sell throughout existing customer relationships, leveraging successes on existing projects to find new ones within the same organization.● Focus on Key priority accounts, be accountable for aggressive sales goals to help rapidly grow the business.● Identify new customer requirements and communicate to product management and engineering teams● Be highly responsive to customer needs and work cross-functionally internally to satisfy customer and grow relationships.● Leverage preferred sales methodologies and tools to prospect and manage all stages of the sales cycle.● Maintain internal reporting/forecasting for business operations and finance teams. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:● Track record for exceeding sales and/or business development goals.● Demonstrated success in hunter role(s) finding and winning business with new customers, managing sales from prospect identification to close.● 5+ years Technical sales, having sold to C-level executives of Enterprise accounts (including Fortune 500 companies).● Curious/Analytical: Able to be the customer.

Understand how they think, what they want and why.● Resourceful/Scrappy: Creative about ways to get the job done efficiently.● Hungry/Results Oriented: Hard worker, highly motivated to learn, execute, deliver and be accountable for results.● Organized/Diligent: Follow up regularly and maintain momentum with counterparties. Equip yourself with all required documents, tools, and methods to move the audience.● Polished/Relatable: Manage conversations and meetings with external parties smoothly, charismatically, and with gravitas.

Endeavor to avoid jargon wherever possible. Get along / resonate well with everyone from VPs to entry level analysts.● Self-aware/Humble: Enjoy constructive feedback (+’s and deltas), and proactively identify opportunities for self-improvement.● Technically Proficient: Motivated to learn more about company technology and products at more than a surface level. Never gives the answer “you’ll need to talk to the technical team for that” more than once for a topic.

Becomes a technical expert on any relevant area needed, and able to proficiently describe technical concepts to external parties. Technical training/education not required, but insatiable curiosity is.● Trained in one or more reputable sales methodologies● Skilled in CRM systems and prospecting tools such as Sales Navigator, Zoominfo, Groove● Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in an engineering field● Experience selling to Automotive and Industrials a plus.● Experience of technical hardware or SaaS sales a plus.● Language: Fluent in German and English.● Remote position (Germany preferably)We acknowledge the confidence gap at Ouster.

You do not need to meet all of theserequirements to be the ideal candidate for this role.Ouster is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that pursues and hires a diverseworkforce. Ouster does not make employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion,ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability,age, military status, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. Ouster alsostrives for a healthy and safe workplace, and prohibits harassment of any kind.

Pursuant to theSan Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ouster considers qualified applicants with arrest andconviction records for employment. If you have a disability or special need that requiresaccommodation, please let us know.

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Life at Ouster

At Ouster, we're developing advanced sensor hardware and vision algorithms for autonomous cars and drones. We're looking for software and hardware engineers interested in working on the systems that underpin modern robotics: high performance sensors, localization, object detection, tracking and classification. Our team is composed of engineers that wear many hats and enjoy building robots that cope with the messiness of the real world. All of us push code, some of us build hardware, and none of us wants to wait another decade for cars and drones to be driving themselves.
Thrive Here & What We Value1. World-class Internal Audit team2. Committed to recruiting and developing great talent3. Dogfriendly workplace4. Complimentary dinner catered nightly5. 15 vacation days/10 paid holidays annually; paid parental leave6. Pretax commuter or health care/dependent care accounts7. 401K match up to 4%8. Medical, vision and dental plans with premiums covered at 100% for the employee and 75% for dependents (Cigna or Kaiser)9. Customer Focus and Satisfaction10. High Level of Collaboration between Teams
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