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Sales Director Italy

Leads an enterprise SaaS sales team in Italy, owning territory targets, forecasting, strategic account growth, and customer and partner relationships. Requires substantial sales leadership experience, complex-cycle management, partner expertise, and fluency in Italian and English.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Hire, manage, and develop Enterprise Account Executives; drive individual performance and team cohesion.
  • Own and exceed annual sales targets for the assigned territory, maintaining accurate forecasts.
  • Develop and execute a strategic sales plan focused on acquiring new enterprise accounts and expanding the customer base in the assigned industry segment.
  • Build and maintain long-term customer and partner relationships, including executive alignment and proactive account management.
  • Help the team understand customer business needs and objectives to drive incremental revenue growth.
  • Communicate the company’s industry-specific value proposition through high-quality proposals and presentations, and enable the team to do the same.
  • Collaborate with direct and indirect sales, value engineering, business development, services, consulting firms, and enterprise technology partners.
  • Travel approximately 50% within Italy.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of sales leadership experience.
  • Experience managing long and complex sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders.
  • Proven experience working with consulting and enterprise technology partners.
  • Fluency in English and Italian.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving, high-growth environment.
  • Strong interpersonal, collaboration, inclusion, and relationship-building skills.
  • Ability to work autonomously and manage priorities effectively.
  • Pragmatic, hands-on ownership mentality with strong execution skills.

Benefits

  • Restricted Stock Units and merit-based refresh grants for full-time employees.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Flexible hybrid work model and paid time off.
  • Learning, mentorship, and professional development programs.
  • Wellbeing memberships, mental health counseling, and wellness initiatives.
  • Paid volunteer time and inclusion programs.

Skills

Enterprise Sales, SaaS Sales, Sales Leadership, Sales Forecasting, Account Management, Strategic Planning, Executive Alignment, Partner Management, Value Propositions, Proposal Development