Join Pigment: The AI Platform Redefining Business Planning Pigment is the AI-powered business planning and performance management platform built for agility and scale. We connect people, data, and processes in one intuitive, feature-rich solution, empowering every team—from Finance to HR—to build, adapt, and align strategic plans in real time. Founded in 2019, Pigment is one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies globally. Industry leaders like Unilever, Snowflake, Siemens, and DPD use Pigment daily to make more informed decisions and confidently navigate any scenario. With a team of 500+ across Paris, London, New York, San Francisco, and Toronto, we've raised nearly $400M from top-tier investors and were named a Visionary in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Financial Planning Software. At Pigment, we take smart risks, celebrate bold ideas, and challenge the status quo—all while working as one team. If you're driven by innovation and ready to make an impact at scale, we’d love to hear from you. As a Sales Leader at Pigment, you’ll play a pivotal role in accelerating our growth across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, driving customer acquisition and expanding our presence in one of Europe’s most exciting markets. You’ll craft and execute sales-led growth strategies, build and mentor a world-class team of Account Executives, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver exceptional results. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for someone who thrives on ownership, innovation, and building from the ground up — helping shape the future of Pigment’s go-to-market success across Europe. What You'll do:

Drive Pigment’s customer acquisition across Germany, Austria and Switzerland , in collaboration with cross-functional teams (including Business Development, Marketing, PreSales, Partnerships, Customer Experience, Product and RevOps)

Develop and execute on sales led growth strategies with a heavy outbound emphasis

Partner with Regional and Global Sales Leadership to identify, develop, and implement an effective sales strategy across Europe.

Hire, manage, and develop a high-performing team of Account Executives in Germany, France and UK to meet and exceed goals

Mentor new Account Executives with training, including product knowledge, buyer personas, competition, and tooling.

Drive ownership for individual performance, define and manage the monthly and quarterly sales objectives and build internal metrics to bring detailed visibility to sales performance

Measure and manage the pipeline, and provide accurate ongoing forecasts.

Drive sales cycles for critical wins, successfully uncover problems, present solutions, manage the sales cycle and close deals in important and high-visibility transactions.

Foster a positive team culture of collaboration, learning, and trust with direct reports and the entire sales department

Work with Marketing to set the vision and execution of demand generation activities.

Implement, execute and improve effective processes, tools, and motivational activities to support sales activities with the RevOps team.

Who You Are:

Collaborator: Ability to cross-functionally build trust across Pigment, our partners ecosystem and with prospects, creating relationships that produce impressive sales outcomes

Communicator: Talent for engaging prospects and stakeholders with clear, concise communications, and presenting information in a way that drives individuals to action

Architect: A passion for planning, designing and implementing sales strategies, to make the complex simple and clear obstacles to achieving results

Scientist: Mindset to view sales as accountable for performance, examining systemic factors and data to diagnose problems and arrive at reimagined, agile approaches for improving sales results

Leader: Employ vision setting and influence skills that allow you to garner client champions while inspiring your team to achieve prolific levels of performance

Builder: as one of the first Pigment leaders in one of the highest potential regions , you have a “driver” mindset and lead from the front

What Are We Looking For:

You have at least 3 years of experience as a Sales Leader within a SaaS space.

You have experience managing deal cycles of 6 months + with average contract values in excess of $100k.

You have experience of driving growth within the German Market .

You have experience implementing and driving a structured sales methodology, such as Command of the Message or a similar framework.

You are passionate about our overall mission at Pigment and how it can bring value to our clients.

You ideally have relevant experience in finance, supply chain, sales performance management or business planning related solutions.

You have a deep track record of creating significant revenue impact and deep relationships within organizations of up to 5000 employees

Experience managing executive-level relationships at the C-level

You are a resourceful, creative problem-solver when faced with the business needs of your clients, and understanding how Pigment plugs into the bigger picture for them

You are comfortable defining strategy, working autonomously, and rolling up your sleeves when necessary to make an impact at the point of revenue.

You are adept at driving internal and external stakeholders through complex sales cycles.

You are multilingual and can speak English fluently to a professional level.

What we offer:

Competitive package

Equity

Healthcare

Along with one company offsite every year, we have brand new offices at the heart of major cities including New York, Toronto, Paris, and London

High-end equipment (based on stock/availability) to do your work in the best conditions.

Hybrid remote policy

How we work:

Champion our Customer: We lead with empathy, solve what matters, and deliver clarity in a complex world to make our Customers heroes in their organizations

Thrive Together: We can only win as a team. We are all founders and do the right thing for our peers, Pigment customers, partners, and the planet

Never Settle: We aim to become the best at what we do by delivering with rigor and ambition every day. Delivering means building a passionate Pigment community

Go for it: We are biased towards action. Every action leads to learning and these learnings get us one step closer to our mission

Be real, be humble: We are generous with our feedback, open to change our views and we approach it with empathy knowing everyone is trying to do the best for Pigment

We conduct background checks as part of our hiring process, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in the countries where we operate. This may include verification of employment history, education, and, where legally permitted, criminal records. Any checks will be conducted lawfully prior to formal employment contracts being signed, with candidate consent, and information will be treated confidentially. Pigment is an equal opportunity employer. We believe diversity is a strength and fosters innovation. We are committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued at the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, family, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, social origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We may process your personal data in accordance with our HR Data Protection Notice.

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