Account Executive, Higher Education | Adobe for Education Sales Specialist (DACH)

What You Need to Succeed

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong enterprise sales capabilities, a proven ability to navigate complex environments, and experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver measurable value for customers.

• Proven enterprise software sales experience with a track record of securing complex, multi-year strategic agreements.
• Experience selling into Higher Education, Public Sector, Research, or other complex consultative environments is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated success engaging senior executive partners and building consensus across diverse groups of decision-makers.
• Strong understanding of digital transformation, AI adoption, workforce readiness, teaching and learning innovation, or student experience initiatives.
• Proven ability to develop executive relationships and influence institutional strategy.
• Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams including solution consulting, customer success, marketing, and partners.
• Strong commercial competence with a history of achieving or exceeding revenue objectives.
• Excellent presentation, communication, negotiation, and management skills.
• Fluent German and English language skills.
• Ability to travel across Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Eastern Europe as required.

Preferred Experience

• Experience working with universities, research institutions, or education technology providers.
• Understanding of the DACH and EE (an advantage) Higher Education landscape, procurement frameworks, and sector priorities.

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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Publicada em 01 de nov. de 2026

Publicada em 01 de nov. de 2026

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