Manager, Mid Market Sales Emea

Abnormal AI · Vertical AI · Germany · Remote · MidMarket

Manager for Mid Market Sales in EMEA for Abnormal AI, focusing on selling security, networking, and software solutions. Responsibilities include recruiting and managing a sales team, driving pipeline generation, developing account strategies, partnering with Sales Engineering, managing customer relationships for retention and expansion, forecasting revenue, developing channel partnerships, and closing new business at executive levels. Requires a strong hunter mentality and experience in complex sales.

What you'd actually do

  1. Recruit and hire a world-class team of sellers, on time and on budget
  2. Clearly articulate, manage and enable sellers to hit all key productivity metrics and milestones of growth
  3. Instill a disciplined approach to pipeline generation leveraging all available resources including field sales, marketing, channel partners, and sales development to accelerate new business.
  4. Develop an overall account strategy for the region resulting in strong execution and collaborative team selling.
  5. Partner closely with Sales Engineering to deliver outstanding product demonstrations and a repeatable technology validation / proof-of-concept program.

Skills

Required

  • Sales experience
  • Sales quota achievement
  • Selling security, networking and/or software solutions
  • Leading a sales team
  • New business growth
  • New logo acquisition
  • Pipeline generation
  • Account strategy development
  • Sales Engineering partnership
  • Customer relationship management
  • Revenue forecasting
  • Channel partner development
  • Complex sales closing
  • Executive-level communication
  • Presentation skills
  • Communication skills
  • Consultative sales methodologies

Nice to have

  • familiarity and experience using consultative, value-based sales methodologies (Force Management, Challenger Sale, etc.)

What the JD emphasized

  • Minimum 2+ years sales experience with a demonstrated track record of success exceeding sales quotas selling security, networking and/or software solutions.
  • Minimum of 2+ years leading a sales team focused on growing new business and new logos.
  • Strong hunter mentality: direct experience managing teams responsible for creating new demand,new customer acquisition, and sourcing new pipeline.