Alexander Valev

Director, Strategic Enterprise Account Management

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Dillingen an der Donau, Germany

Experience

Jan 2021 - Dec 2025
5 years
Berlin, Germany

Director, Strategic Enterprise Account Management

PlanA.Earth GmbH

  • Responsible for department management, end-to-end commercial leadership, sales strategy, playbooks and go-to-market for enterprise accounts and long-term strategic partners (including BMW Group, Deutsche Bank, Vattenfall, BNP Paribas and others)
  • Managed a seven-figure account portfolio making up around 25% of the company’s overall ARR
  • Product portfolio includes a modular and tailored SaaS platform and professional services for carbon accounting, decarbonisation and regulatory ESG reporting

Key Achievements:

  • Sales targets consistently met or exceeded
  • No. 1 sales rep (President’s Club) in 2022 and 2024
  • Originally joined as founding Account Executive (pre-Series A) and built up the Strategic Accounts department from scratch (from €<10k to >€x million)
  • Promoted to Principal Account Executive and eventually Director, Strategic Account Management
  • Mentored and built up the sales, account management and partnership teams
Jan 2016 - Dec 2021
6 years
Munich, Germany

Enterprise Account Executive, EMEA

AppDirect Germany GmbH

  • End-to-end commercial responsibility and strategic account management of an enterprise account portfolio consisting of Telia, Deutsche Telekom, Swisscom, CANCOM and ABB worth >€5m ARR
  • Managed a product portfolio including a modular and tailored SaaS platform and professional services for building an online marketplace in the subscription economy (SaaS, IaaS, HaaS, IoT), enabling clients to monetize any digital asset across any sales channel and any device

Key Achievements:

  • ARR renewal targets consistently met or exceeded
  • Managed the largest EMEA account portfolio of all AEs in the region
  • Originally joined as Senior Technical Program Manager and successfully navigated the career pivot into sales by switching to sales engineering and being promoted to Enterprise Account Executive
Jan 2011 - Dec 2016
6 years
Munich, Germany

Senior Consultant & Project Manager - Automotive

iC Consult GmbH

  • Provided technical IT consulting, project management and implementation of customized software solutions for enterprise clients from the automotive industry (BMW Group, Audi, Porsche) in the areas of identity and access management

Key Achievements:

  • Successfully completed bachelor’s thesis in the context of a project at BMW Group
  • Received three promotions within five years, from part-time working student to consultant and finally senior consultant and project manager
Jan 2010 - Dec 2011
2 years

Working Student

Halalati UG

  • Worked in the area of software development
Jan 2009 - Dec 2010
2 years

Working Student

Frontline Consulting GmbH

  • Worked in the area of software development and IT administration
Jan 2008 - Dec 2009
2 years

Working Student

Worm Marketing Consulting

  • Worked in the area of pre-sales lead management

Summary

Seasoned Tech Sales Leader and Executive with 17 years of progressive career experience in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) sales strategy, account management & go-to-market strategy with large enterprise clients from the automotive, manufacturing, telco, financial services and utility industries (including BMW Group, Audi, Porsche, ABB, Deutsche Telekom, Swisscom, Telia, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Vattenfall).​

Proven track record of overachieving on sales targets, closing €XXm (8 figure) ARR while transforming initial opportunities into multi-year business critical strategic partnerships.

Skills

  • Tech Sales Leadership
  • Executive Management
  • C-level Relationship Management
  • Strategic Account Management
  • Go-to-market Strategy
  • B2b Saas For Enterprise

Languages

Bulgarian
Native
German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2008 - Sep 2012

Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich

Bachelor of Science, Media Informatics, Minor: Business Administration · Media Informatics · Munich, Germany

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