Horizon (specialist Sales Organisation) Practice Lead (remote, Deu)

CrowdStrike CrowdStrike · Enterprise · Germany · Remote

This role is a sales leadership position focused on growing and positioning CrowdStrike's cybersecurity business, specifically the Horizon solution set, across Central Europe. The lead will engage with customers, collaborate with internal teams, and provide expert guidance on the Falcon platform. While the company emphasizes its AI-native platform, this role is primarily sales-focused, not directly involved in building or shipping AI/ML models.

What you'd actually do

  1. Be an inspiring thought leader within the business and in the customer and partner community, driving the CrowdStrike platform-based proposition, with a focus on the Horizon solution set
  2. Collaborate strategically with country leaders and regional sales directors to ensure alignment and focused engagement across the Horizon portfolio
  3. Provide influence and direction to specialist sales teams throughout Central Europe, orchestrating resources to maximise market impact
  4. Partner with customers to understand their business challenges and architect value-driven solutions that integrate into their strategic roadmaps
  5. Work within a heavily matrixed environment providing direction to the individual product line leaders within Central Europe

Skills

Required

  • cybersecurity technology sales leadership
  • hyper-growth SaaS-based platform companies
  • coordinate and influence cross-functional teams
  • driving sales pipeline
  • communicating with and advising c-suite
  • selling security or complex SaaS
  • presentation skills
  • relationship-building capabilities
  • German fluency
  • English fluency

Nice to have

  • MEDDPICC sales methodology

What the JD emphasized

  • Minimum 5 years' experience in cybersecurity technology sales leadership or equivalent experience within hyper-growth SaaS-based platform companies
  • Proven ability to coordinate and influence cross-functional teams in fast-paced, matrix environments
  • Operational excellence in driving sales pipeline and orchestrating engagement with internal and external corporate sales teams
  • Experience successfully communicating with and advising c-suite, senior management, and analyst/architect-level customers/clients.
  • Demonstrated success selling security or complex SaaS at the C-Suite and senior management levels
  • Exceptional presentation skills for both virtual and in-person delivery to large audiences
  • Written and spoken fluency in German and English