Account Executive, Government & Healthcare - DACH; German Speaking

• Full-time
• Recruitment type:
  Permanent

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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The buzzing Canva London campus features several buildings around beautiful leafy Hoxton Square in Shoreditch. While our global headquarters is in Sydney, Australia, London is our HQ for Europe, with all kinds of teams based here, plus event spaces to gather our team and communities.

You'll experience a warm welcome from our Vibe team at the front of house, amazing home cooked food from our Head Chef, Shay, and a variety of work spaces to hang out with your teammates or get solo work done. That said, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals, so you can choose where and how you work.

At Canva, our Public Sector Go-to-Market team partners with Government and Healthcare organisations to modernise how they communicate, collaborate, and create at scale.

We help organisations unlock the full potential of Canva Enterprise, empowering teams across Communications, Marketing, Human Resources, and beyond to work more efficiently, strengthen their brands, and deliver greater impact.

As public sector organisations accelerate digital transformation and embrace AI-powered solutions, our team plays a critical role in helping them move beyond fragmented tools and outdated workflows. We position Canva as a strategic enterprise platform that simplifies content creation, enables collaboration, and drives measurable value across the organisation.

As a Government & Healthcare Account Executive on Canva’s Public Sector GTM team, you’ll drive new business growth across the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). Based at our London campus, you’ll engage senior decision-makers, develop strategic relationships, and help organisations modernise how they create, communicate, and collaborate.

You’ll own the full sales cycle, from identifying and landing new enterprise customers to expanding Canva’s adoption across departments, positioning Canva Enterprise as a strategic platform for digital transformation and AI-powered productivity.

• Own the full sales cycle:
  Lead complex enterprise sales engagements across Government and Healthcare organisations, from strategic prospecting and discovery through executive alignment, commercial negotiations, and close. Take accountability for delivering against quarterly and annual revenue targets.
• Build and execute your territory strategy:
  Own the DACH market with an entrepreneurial mindset, developing a focused go‑to‑market strategy that prioritises high‑value accounts, builds sustainable pipeline, and accelerates revenue growth.
• Lead strategic customer conversations:
  Engage senior executives and cross‑functional stakeholders to understand organisational priorities, uncover business challenges, and position Canva Enterprise as a strategic solution for digital transformation, collaboration, and AI‑powered productivity.
• Drive new customer acquisition:
  Focus primarily on landing new enterprise customers through disciplined outbound prospecting, targeted account planning, and effective management of inbound opportunities. Build and maintain a healthy pipeline to consistently deliver new business growth.
• Identify and develop expansion opportunities:
  Leverage customer usage, adoption trends, and account insights to uncover opportunities for broader enterprise adoption, connecting Canva’s value to additional departments and business priorities.
• Collaborate to deliver customer success:
  Partne…