Sales Director, DACH

The Team + The Role Pendo’s Enterprise Sales team drives growth across the company’s largest and most strategic accounts. The team partners with senior business and technology leaders to position Pendo as a critical platform for product experience, data, analytics, and digital transformation. In DACH, this team plays a key role in expanding Pendo’s presence with major enterprise customers and prospects. As a Senior Account Executive, you will own new business across Pendo’s largest DACH accounts and DAX 40 prospect accounts. You will lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles from first engagement through close, with a focus on $500K–$1M+ SaaS opportunities. This role requires a strategic enterprise seller who can build executive relationships, create disciplined account plans, and position Pendo’s AI-powered Data & Analytics solutions with clarity and urgency. This role is based in our Munich office. What this looks like day-to-day New logo acquisition: Win new enterprise logos across Germany within Pendo’s most strategic segment. You will identify, engage, and convert high-value opportunities across large DACH accounts and DAX 40 prospect accounts. Enterprise sales execution: Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles from first engagement through close. You will navigate matrixed organizations, align executive buyers, and keep deals moving with clear next steps and strong commercial discipline. Strategic deal leadership: Consistently drive $500K–$1M+ SaaS opportunities by building value-based business cases. You will position Pendo’s AI-powered Data & Analytics platform as a critical driver of digital transformation for enterprise customers. Executive relationship building: Build trusted relationships with C-level leaders and senior decision-makers. You will engage stakeholders with credibility, understand their priorities, and connect Pendo’s capabilities to strategic business outcomes. Account planning: Develop and execute clear, strategic account p

For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day. Smartsheet seeks a highly accomplished Enterprise Account Executive to drive significant revenue growth within a select portfolio of large enterprise accounts (5,000+ employees) while also acquiring new customer logos. This strategic role focuses on deepening existing customer relationships and expanding Smartsheet's footprint within these key accounts. You will develop and execute comprehensive account plans, drive cross-selling opportunities, and land new departments across the enterprise. You will have a history of exceeding quota attainment and winning new customer accounts. This is a highly impactful role for a motivated and results-oriented sales professional who thrives in a collaborative environment and excels at building long-term customer partnerships. You will work on a hybrid basis from Munich, Germany and will be reporting to the Regional Director, DACH Sales. You Will: Exceed quarterly and annual software and services sales quotas by driving expansion sales within a portfolio of accounts that are in early-stage maturity with Smartsheet Lead primary and secondary account teams by partnering with Sales Engineering, Consulting, Customer Success, Marketing and Sales Development Qualify inbound leads and run new business sales cycles from end to end Acquire new business for Smartsheet by selling our full suite of products/services/solutions Develop short and long-term growth and renewal strategies across your customer base Execute complex, high-value solution-based sales processes Develop & execute strategic

For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day. Smartsheet seeks a highly motivated and results-oriented Commercial Account Executive to drive significant revenue growth within a designated geographic region within the Commercial segment (0-500 employees). You will be responsible for expanding existing customer relationships across the entire portfolio of accounts within your assigned geography. You will develop and execute strategic account plans, drive cross-selling and upselling opportunities, and ensure swift customer adoption of Smartsheet solutions. This role requires a strong understanding of local market dynamics, the ability to build and maintain strong customer relationships, and a proven track record of success in achieving sales targets within a defined geographic territory. You will work on a hybrid basis from Munich, Germany and will be reporting to a Regional Director, DACH Sales. You Will: Build and manage a sales pipeline to meet and exceed software and services sales quotas within your book of business. Manage and close complex sales cycles, including needs analysis, solution design, and contract negotiation, utilizing solution selling and the MEDDICC framework. Develop and execute strategic account plans for a defined set of key accounts in the Commercial segment (0-500 employees). Run high-quality discovery, aligning with customers on business drivers and strategic objectives to create an evaluation plan that has clear timelines and drives urgency. Develop and maintain strong relationships with local channel partners to identify and pursue new oppo

For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day. Smartsheet seeks a highly accomplished Enterprise Account Executive to drive significant revenue growth within a select portfolio of large enterprise accounts (5,000+ employees) while also acquiring new customer logos. This strategic role focuses on deepening existing customer relationships and expanding Smartsheet's footprint within these key accounts. You will develop and execute comprehensive account plans, drive cross-selling opportunities, and land new departments across the enterprise. You will have a history of exceeding quota attainment and winning new customer accounts. This is a highly impactful role for a motivated and results-oriented sales professional who thrives in a collaborative environment and excels at building long-term customer partnerships. You will work on a hybrid basis from Munich, Germany and will be reporting to the Regional Director, DACH Sales. You Will: Exceed quarterly and annual software and services sales quotas by driving expansion sales within a portfolio of accounts that are in early-stage maturity with Smartsheet Lead primary and secondary account teams by partnering with Sales Engineering, Consulting, Customer Success, Marketing and Sales Development Qualify inbound leads and run new bu

Synthesia is the world’s leading AI video platform for business, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in London, with offices and teams across Europe and the US. As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations. Following our recent Series E funding round, where we raised $200 million, our valuation stands at $4 billion. Our total funding exceeds $530 million from premier investors including Accel, NVentures (Nvidia's VC arm), Kleiner Perkins, GV, and Evantic Capital, alongside the founders and operators of Stripe, Datadog, Miro, and Webflow. About the role Reporting to the Director Customer Success of DACH - you are energetic, driven, and care deeply about the success of our customers As a Customer Success Manager, you will drive Synthesia’s future growth by building relationships with clients and turning them into happy users You will be helping educate clients on a totally new way to create video content, and work very closely with sales to create a cohesive onboarding experience for new users You are capable of engaging in business-level and technical conversations at multiple levels of the organisation, including the C-suite Ideal for an individual who wants to expand their career with a fast-growing software company About you... Customer-facing experience in Customer Success Management / Client Service / Account Management / Technical Account Management / Implementation or similar ideally in B2B SaaS Experience in managing a Book of Business along with KPIs A track record in managing risk, forecasting, and identifying growth opportunities Establishing a trusted advisor relationship with our clients, driving value from Synthesia products and services Successfully onboarding new clients and building key relationships in the first critical months

About the Team The Applied AI Architect team partners with organizations to turn OpenAI's most capable models into meaningful, real-world impact. We work with customers across industries to identify where AI can create value, design secure and scalable solutions, and help those solutions move from early exploration into sustained production adoption. The team brings together technical strategy, customer partnership, and practical deployment expertise, working closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Research, and specialist delivery teams. About the Role As the Manager of Applied AI Architects in Munich, you will lead a team of senior technical leaders responsible for the technical strategy, customer journey, and path to production value for OpenAI's Digital Native customers across the DACH region. Your team will act as the “CTO of the book of business,” partnering with customer executives and technical teams from pre-sales discovery and solution evaluation through deployment, adoption, and measurable business impact. You will set the operating model for how Applied AI Architects own technical account plans across ChatGPT Enterprise, the OpenAI API, Codex, and other agentic AI solutions. In close partnership with Sales leadership and Account Directors, you will help prioritize customer portfolios, allocate technical resources, and ensure business priorities translate into focused use cases, credible architectures, actionable adoption roadmaps, and durable customer value and growth. You will remain accountable for the team's technical outcomes while developing its people and bringing in the right specialists across deployment, implementation, enablement, security, product, research, and partners. You will serve as an executive technical sponsor for critical engagements, a senior voice of the customer inside OpenAI, and a cross-functional leader who can move confidently between regional strategy, executive decision-making, architectural depth, and hands-on coaching.