Head of Sales and Partnerships
Qonto
Sales & Business Development
Berlin, Germany
Posted on Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Our mission? Creating the finance solution that energizes SMEs and freelancers, so they can achieve more. We simplify everything from everyday banking to bookkeeping and spend management. At Qonto, we’re passionate about creating the best product, so if you’re looking for an ambitious team that’s revolutionizing an old-fashioned industry, get in touch!
Our journey: AlexandreandStevelaunched Qonto in July 2017. Since then, the team has earned the trust of more than 350,000 customers and opened offices in Paris, Berlin, Milan, and Barcelona. Last summer, we joined forces with Penta, a market leader based in Berlin and Belgrade, forming a united team of 1000 Qontoers. We also made it to the Top 3 of LinkedIn Top Startups France!
Our values:
Ambition| We tackle big challenges. No matter what.
Teamwork| We create momentum by working together, at the same speed.
Mastery| We pursue excellence through continuous learning. We face challenges with humility. Every day.
Integrity| We're open. We're honest. And we earn the trust of our clients and each other.
You can find out more about theQonto Wayhere.
Our beliefs: Diversity brings success. We actively recruit people from a range of backgrounds, employ inclusive hiring techniques; and work with our external partners to continually increase and improve our DEI initiatives. As a result, we obtained a rating of 87/100 in 2023 for the annual Index of professional equality and are happy to say that 44% of our teams are women.
As Head of Sales Partnerships Germany at Qonto, you will be responsible for fuelling our growth in all customer segments by expanding, structuring, and managing our team of talented Inbound Sales Managers, Key Account Managers and our team of partnership managers.
You will join our fast-growing German team report to the VP Germany, Lukas. The German market is the key growth focus for Qonto at the moment after joining forces with Penta.
As our Head of Sales Partnerships - Germany at Qonto, you will:
Own the German Sales Partnerships strategy: you will be an active part of our German management team, helping us shape our business in Germany, planning strategically to reach our targets, anticipating new partnerships opportunities, and target market penetration by segment
Sales Partnership
You'll manage in the beginning 3 different teams: Inbound Sales, Key Account Management and our Partnerships team
Sales:
-You will scale the German Sales team with the right structure and make sure the team has the right people at the right time in the right place
-You’ll further work together with our KAM team on providing the best experience for our customers
Partnerships:
-You will work together with your team on scouting new partnerships, closing partnerships in the pipeline and improving the results from existing partnerships.
-At the same time, you’ll ensure that our partnership processes (e.g. reporting or tracking) get constantly improved to provide the best experience to our partners
Leadership:
-You will ensure the teams are in the best possible conditions to succeed through coaching, close monitoring continuous feedback
-You will make data-driven recommendations and decisions: you'll share best practices get inspiration from other countries / other companies, you will ensure accurate reporting recommendations vs. targets and KPIs
-You'll make sure that the entire team has harmonised management practices
-You'll ensure the right tools, processes operations are in place at all times: you will ensure the teams have the right tools to succeed, you'll regularly create, optimise or even build new processes to reflect new challenges, and scopes or deal with new situations
Collaboration:
-You will work closely with the key stakeholders across the different teams and especially the Revenue Growth Central team and other German teams (Marketing) ensuring we grow as one team.
What you can expect:
-Working on keys topics for the future growth of Qonto and helping shape our German market strategy
-Be part of our biggest growing market and drive even faster growth
-Have Direct contact with large partners in the German ecosystem
About You
-Experience: You have 6 years of sales experience in a digital company fast-paced environment including sales or partnerships experience
-Mastery: You need to be proactive, organized, data-driven, and focused on details and accuracy.
-Ambition: You are not afraid to set ambitious (yet realistic) targets for your team and for yourself
-Leadership: You have strong leadership skills and +3 years of experience managing sales teams
-Languages: You speak both German and English fluently (an in depth knowledge of the German market is required)
-Tools: You master Salesforce; knowledge of Tableau, Aircall or data enrichment tools can be a plus
🎁 Perks
A laptop. An inclusive work environment. A tailor-made career track. And so much more to help you succeed.
- A central fully-renovatedbuildingin Berlin withWeWork services
- Monthly team events
- Tailor-made remote work policy depending on the job you apply for
- 28 days of paid leave
- Moka Care to take care of your mental health and gym access with Urban Sports Club
- A Hrmony lunch card: 100% covered
-100% public transportation reimbursement
- A progressive parenthood policy as part of our commitment to theParental Act (1 in 6 of Qonto employees is a parent!) and childcare benefits with selected partners
💪 Our hiring process:
- Interviews with your Talent Acquisition Manager and future managers
- A remote exercise to demonstrate your skills and give you a taste of what working at Qonto could be like
We will send you aninterview guideso you can best prepare yourself.
On average our process lasts20 working daysand offers usually follow within48 hours🤞
Thank you for considering joining Qonto. We cannot wait to learn more about you!
One last thing. We recently raised 486M€ in our Series D to ensure we keep growing safely, despite the current economic environment looking a bit gloomy. We revealed our plans for the future here.
To learn more about us:
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