Commercial Development Manager in Germany

About Us What if your work could drive change in a globally established industry, shaping processes that touch every corner of the world? At Forto, we are at the forefront of change, harnessing the power of AI to revolutionise logistics. We want to reinvent digital supply chains to be transparent, frictionless and sustainable. From day one, our mission has been to simplify global trade – creating a seamless and efficient logistics process. About the role At Forto, the sales pipeline starts with you. As a Sales Development Representative (f/m/d), your job is to open doors with high-potential customers, and book qualified meetings for our Sales Managers. You’ll become an expert on our customers, outreach strategy, and value proposition, while helping drive growth across Germany. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys dealing with people, and wants a launchpad into a career in Sales. Key Responsibilities Generate pipeline: Identify, research, and engage with ideal customer profiles across all outbound channels (e.g., cold calls, emails, LinkedIn). Think creatively and test new approaches to spark engagement. Book qualified meetings: Own the top of the funnel. Schedule high-quality discovery meetings for Sales Managers - enabling them to uncover customer needs and tailor our value proposition. Maintain CRM hygiene: Accurately record all prospecting activities, lead qualifications, and appointment details in our CRM (Salesforce). Test and learn: Share insights from the field - objections, messaging, tactics - with Sales and Marketing to refine our go-to-market strategy. Required Skills and Experience 1+ years in Sales, with a proactive, confident approach to outreach (esp. cold calling) Native level (C2) fluency in German and good English, with strong written and verbal communication skills Resilient self-starter who’s curious, motivated, and eager to grow Strong organizational and time-management skills Pr

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 Us What if your work could drive change in a globally established industry, shaping processes that touch every corner of the world? At Forto, we are at the forefront of change, harnessing the power of AI to revolutionise logistics. We want to reinvent digital supply chains to be transparent, frictionless and sustainable. From day one, our mission has been to simplify global trade – creating a seamless and efficient logistics process. What you will do Trade Strategy & Market Development: Define and execute the commercial strategy for designated trade lanes with full P&L awareness. Monitor market dynamics, competitor moves, and rate environments to inform strategy. Identify and develop new trade corridors and volume opportunities in close collaboration with Sales. Contribute to annual budget planning, volume forecasting, and capacity commitments for the trade. Drive the digital evolution of our sea freight product together with various stakeholders. Customer & Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain senior-level relationships with key shippers and carrier partners. Lead commercial negotiations on contracts, agreements, and service commitments. Pricing & Revenue Management: Set and manage freight rate levels, surcharges, and contract structures in alignment with the pricing function. Analyse contribution margins across customer segments and drive yield improvement initiatives. Engage in tender processes for major accounts. Capacity & Space Management: Manage and grow our trade volume for your trades. Manage vessel space allocation across designated trade lanes, balancing utilisation targets with revenue yield objectives. Work with network and operations teams to input into capacity deployment decisions. Cross-functional Collaboration: Liaise with operations, network planning, finance, legal, and product teams to ensure service reliability and contract compliance. Required Skills and Experience 7–10+ years of progressive experience in contai

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this role As a Commercial Account Executive, you’ll be the primary connection between GitLab and mid-market customers, working with organizations of up to 4,000 team members to help them adopt and expand the world’s most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform. You’ll own a broad book of business across a wide range of opportunity sizes, guiding small, fast-growing teams as well as more complex projects as they modernize their software delivery with GitLab. Reporting to an Area Sales Manager and partnering closely with business development, marketing, and technical teams, you’ll run the full sales process: shap

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! We are looking for a Manager, Mid-Market Sales to join our dynamic team of creatives, engineers, marketers, and forward-thinking business folks. As our Manager Mid-Market Sales, DACH you will lead a team of Account Executives in the DACH region responsible for continuing the growth of our Enterprise product. You will report directly to our Director, Commercial Sales, DACH. With this role you’ll be part of early DACH in a fast growing sales org. You’ll collaborate with our existing customer base and potential customers in driving meaningful relationships that add value to the customer experience and revenue to our bottom line. This is a full time role that will be held from our Berlin office. What you'll be doing: Create and manage a team of motivated and diverse individuals to foster an environment of success Participate in customer and prospect meetings Assist in continual training and development, including mentorship, hiring and career growth Help craft and further develop sales processes and initiatives Interview, hire and train new team members as we scale the business and company Deliver weekly forecast meetings and mentor Account Executives on strategies to help exceed their goals We’d love to hear from you if you have: 7+ years of sales experience (preferably within SaaS) with 3+ years of management experience Understanding of our technical and competitive landscape and ability to thrive in a constantly evolving environment Fluency in German Excitement for growing customer ha

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. We’re looking for dedicated students who share our passion for ground-breaking technology and want to create a lasting future for you and Snowflake. This is a unique opportunity for a high energy candidate with sales ambitions to learn about the ins and outs of international Sales Development and Operations. We are looking for talent who are willing to grow in their commercial career, step-by-step. WHAT WE OFFER : Paid, full-time internships in the heart of the software industry Post-internship career opportunities (depending of availability) High level of access to supervisors (manager and buddy), detailed direction without micromanagement, feedback throughout your internship, and a final evaluation IN THIS ROLE YOU GET: Exposure to a fast-paced and fun culture Work with a dedicated SDR Buddy supporting your journey Collaborate with the sales team to support lead generation efforts Work closely with experienced SDRs and SDR Managers in day to day business Develop critical sales skills and gain insight into tech sales processes and best practices WHAT WE EXPECT: Availability for 6 months Desired level: 4th year undergraduate High energy self starter ready to take on anything to learn and be part of the team Strong problem solving and ability to learn quickly in a dynamic en

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this role As a Senior Named Account Executive, you’ll be the primary connection between GitLab and mid-market customers, working with organizations of up to 4,000 team members to help them adopt and expand the world’s most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform. You’ll own a broad book of business across a wide range of opportunity sizes, guiding small, fast-growing teams as well as more complex projects as they modernize their software delivery with GitLab. Reporting to an Area Sales Manager and partnering closely with business development, marketing, and technical teams, you’ll run the full sales process: sh

About the Team OpenAI’s mission is to ensure the responsible and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence. In support of that mission, the Ads Solutions team partners closely with advertisers to deeply understand their businesses and needs, helping inform the development of products and solutions that drive meaningful revenue growth and long-term success on the platform—while maintaining strong standards for user trust and platform integrity. About the Role This role is focused on driving new and expanded advertising revenue and ensuring successful business results for advertisers. You will own the full sales cycle — from prospecting to deal closure, developing long-term commercial partnerships to help advertisers achieve their business objectives while ensuring a strong and responsible experience on our platform. You’ll work closely with Customer Success Managers and key cross-functional partners to ensure advertisers achieve successful outcomes after the sale, while maintaining primary ownership of revenue growth and commercial strategy. This role is based in our Munich office. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Prospect, qualify, and close new advertising opportunities, leading the full sales cycle from initial engagement through contract execution. Own and achieve a defined revenue target within an assigned territory or vertical. Develop and execute structured account plans to drive advertiser ROI and long-term revenue growth. Build and maintain relationships with senior-level advertising decision-makers, delivering strategic guidance and actively gathering their feedback. Structure and negotiate complex commercial agreements. Quantify opportunities through clear, data-driven business cases aligned to advertiser objectives. Lead cross-functional collaboration across Product, Engineering, Marketing, Policy, and Operations to support complex deals. Partner with

Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together. Consultant Appian Customer Success is obsessed with delivering exceptional customer outcomes and mission-critical business impact at speed. Our team acts as the elite consulting arm of Appian, partnering directly with the world’s largest commercial clients to bring their most ambitious ideas to life. By joining this high-performance team, you will establish a world-class foundation in professional consulting while directly accelerating global adoption of our AI-Powered Process Automation platform. As a Consultant at Appian, you won’t just write code - you will architect modern business transformations. This role offers an unprecedented opportunity to sit at the intersection of business strategy and technical innovation. Instead of being pigeonholed into isolated legacy components, you will own the end-to-end delivery of highly visible, custom software solutions. You will work side-by-side with client executives to solve complex workflow problems, build robust integrations, and empower enterprise teams to achieve Enterprise-Grade Orchestration . What You’ll Do Architect & Implement: Design, develop, and deploy robust, custom automation solutions throughout the entire project lifecycle utilizing Appian’s AI-Powered Process Automation platform. Integrate Ecosystems: Build seamless data connections and scalable APIs to integrate multiple external enterprise systems using REST, SOAP, and JDBC connections. Engineer Data Models: Launch new relational data models in production environments and optimize database design through sophisticated SQL development. Ag

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. The Community You Will Join: The Homes team plays a key role in shaping the Airbnb stays experience . As a multidisciplinary team, we partner with Hosts to conceptualize and develop high-quality, repeatable, and commercially viable offerings that align with our brand values. Airbnb is seeking an Acquisition Manager, with a primary focus on the DACH countries, particularly Germany, to actively grow our network of Hosts and Partners. You will be at the forefront of expanding Airbnb's professional supply base in one of Europe's most important travel markets. This role will be part of the Homes EMEA team and report to the Field Operations Manager. The Difference You will Make: As an Acquisition Manager, you will be responsible for sourcing, pipeline building, supply acquisition and onboarding of high quality professional inventory across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. You will play a central role in building Airbnb’s strong market presence in DACH and collaborate with other teams as the local in-market expert. As someone who knows the Airbnb mission and values inside out, you will drive all phases of supply acquisition - from strategy development and active prospecting through to onboarding and market success. You will help develop and iterate scalable, localized supply acquisition strategies in your territory aiming to secure our long-term success. A Typical Day: Prospect and onboard new, high quality professional hosts in your assigned territory, continuously building and managing a strong pipeline Create and deploy scaled strategies to effectively acquire Professional Hosts in your reg

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. Welcome to the video first world! From your everyday PowerPoint presentations to Hollywood movies, AI will transform the way we create and consume content. Today, people want to watch and listen, not read — both at home and at work. If you’re reading this and nodding, check out our brand video . Despite the clear preference for video, communication and knowledge sharing in the business environment are still dominated by text, largely because high-quality video production remains complex and challenging to scale—until now…. Meet Synthesia We're on a mission to make video easy for everyone. Born in an AI lab, our AI video communications platform simplifies the entire video production process, making it easy for everyone, regardless of skill level, to create, collaborate, and share high-quality videos. Whether it's for delivering essential training to employees and customers or marketing products and services, Synthesia enables large organizations to communicate and share knowledge through video quickly and efficiently. We’re trusted by leading brands such as Heineken, Zoom, Xerox, McDonald’s and more. Read stories from happy customers, what 1,200+ people say on G2 and being named as one of the "Top Startups to Bet

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. The Role: We're seeking commercially sharp Solutions Consultants to be trusted advisors to our customers, optimizing how Synthesia's platform best fits within their business environments and unlocking value across multiple workflows. As a Solutions Consultant, you'll be the strategic advisor who helps customers see where Synthesia creates the most impact across their organization. You'll run in-depth discovery and facilitate strategic workshops with senior stakeholders to uncover priorities and opportunities; design how Synthesia optimally solves their most pressing challenges; lead enablement that drives real behavior change and adoption; and own the path from deal close to first successful workflow and beyond. Discovery & Strategic Workshops Conduct in-depth, discovery conversations and facilitate workshops with senior stakeholders and practitioners to uncover business priorities, current workflows, technical constraints, and success metrics. Design and lead sessions that help customers envision how Synthesia supports a variety of workflows: whether for enablement, communications, training, operational efficiency, or other business functions. Build advisory relationships through thoughtful questioning, act

At Trustpilot, we're on an incredible journey. We're a profitable, high-growth FTSE-250 company with a big vision: to become the universal symbol of trust. We run the world's largest open customer review platform, and while we've come a long way, there's still so much exciting work to do. Come join us at the heart of trust! As AI reshapes how consumers search, discover, and choose brands, Trustpilot’s unique dataset of authentic human sentiment is becoming increasingly critical. We are uniquely positioned to define how trust and reputation function in an AI-driven digital economy and we’re building an inclusive environment where curious, ambitious people can do the best work of their careers. To support Trustpilot’s rapid expansion, we’re looking for a Student Assistant to join our DACH Sales Team in Hamburg. With us you’ll have the opportunity to try new things and figure out where you want to take your career. We hope we’ve grabbed your attention so far, please keep on reading for more details about the role. What you’ll be doing: In this role you will be supporting the sales team with both low and high tasks such as: Research and identify potential leads Use lead generation tools to gather contact information Qualify leads based on specific criteria Maintain accurate lead records in the CRM system Collaborate with the sales team for correct lead handoff and knowledge sharing Coordinate customer-facing materials, including documents, presentations, design and other sales collateral Support event planning and coordination, including lead management before and after events, and run email cadences and outreach activities on behalf of the sales team We’d like you to be able to work approximately 10-20 hours per week, but we are of course flexible depending on what your study schedule looks like. Who you are: You have a positive, proactive mindset and are eager to learn You’re interested in commercial organizations and how they operate You have a strong motivation for

Location : Hamburg or Berlin! At Freenow by Lyft, we are on a mission to empower smarter mobility decisions, helping people to move freely and cities to thrive. We are looking for a Senior Commercial Finance Manager to drive financial planning, business casing, and performance tracking across our dynamic growth segments and key strategic initiatives. In this role, you will act as a core financial business partner to the segment leaders and business owners accountable for driving these growth levers, providing the analytical rigor needed to guide investment decisions and strategy. Your scope extends beyond our core marketplace model to encompass B2B SaaS solutions and other business models. Beyond commercial FP&A, you will play an active role in M&A activities by supporting buy-side due diligence and post-acquisition financial integration. YOUR DAILY ADVENTURES WILL INCLUDE: Lead structured financial modeling and business casing for growth segments and strategic projects in close collaboration with business owners. Act as a key finance partner to segment leaders and business owners, providing objective analysis to inform senior leadership discussions on resource allocation and major investment decisions. Establish continuous ROI tracking frameworks and conduct routine performance reviews to ensure capital efficiency across all growth levers. Work alongside the Data team to define and implement consistent KPI tracking, reporting frameworks, and performance dashboards. Collaborate with the broader Commercial Finance team to build and maintain sustainable "shadow P&L" reporting for growth segments (prospectively utilizing Anaplan). Support buy-side M&A projects by assessing target financials and evaluating business models within the context of our own operational data to complement external due diligence advisory work. Structure and drive the post-acquisition financial integration of newly acquired businesses from an FP&A perspective, ensuring

The Team + The Role Pendo is hiring a Senior Account Executive for our Commercial Sales team in Munich, Germany to drive new business across our the DACH region to target prospect accounts. This role is built for high-performing Senior Commercial with a proven track record of closing self generated deals across and running sales motions with autonomy and excellence. You’ll lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles, selling cutting-edge Data & Analytics solutions powered by AI—backed by exciting product innovation and momentum at Pendo—while accelerating growth in one of our most strategic segments. This role is a hybrid position working 3 days per week from our office in Munich. What this looks like day-to-day Win new enterprise logos across Germany and the DACH region Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles from first engagement to close Consistently deliver and hit quotas Build trusted relationships with C-level and senior decision-makers Develop and execute clear, strategic account plans Position Pendo’s AI-powered Data & Analytics platform as a critical driver of digital transformation Collaborate cross-functionally to win and expand strategic accounts Maintain accurate forecasting and disciplined pipeline management Who You Are You're a builder, not a maintainer. This paragraph does not change: You’re most energized when there isn’t a clear path yet, and you get to define it. You don’t wait for direction; you identify gaps, shape solutions, and drive them forward. At Pendo, great recruiters don’t just follow instructions; they operate as strategic advisors, influencing hiring decisions, guiding stakeholders, and elevating how we attract talent. You're AI-curious - genuinely. This paragraph does not change: You're not using AI tools occasionally. You're rewiring how you work around them. You're faster, sharper, and more prolific because of it, and you bring that energy to everything; how you source, how you prep for