Senior Sales Director, Germany. PE-Backed | Analytics | SaaS – Scale up!

Posted by Ben Watkins
March 2026

  • Hands On Sales Team Leadership Role
  • High Growth Scale Up
  • SaaS Scale-Up
  • PE Backed SaaS Company
  • Office of the CFO
  • Business Data & Analytics
  • Germany
  • Remote Working
  • Hybrid Working Environmennt

The Opportunity:

Senior Sales Director – Germany

PE-Backed | Analytics / SaaS | Enterprise Sales Leadership

An established Analytics / SaaS firm with strong enterprise customers… now backed by Private Equity to accelerate growth across Europe.

Offices in Europe, USA and APAC.

Germany is the largest opportunity.

The product is proven.
Customers are referenceable.
The market demand is there.

What’s missing?
A strong Sales Leader to fix, build scale, and own Germany.

This isn’t a “manage what exists” role.
It’s a fix, build and scale mandate — with full backing from leadership and investors.

The Role:

A first-line leadership role with full ownership of Germany as a core growth market.

You will be responsible for leading, and scaling the enterprise sales business, driving both new logo acquisition and expansion.

You’ll bring structure, energy, and discipline to a region that is ready to grow — but needs the right leadership to unlock it.


Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and scale a team of around 10 sellers (Germany)
  • Report into the CRO
  • Scale the business from around 10M Euro to 20M Euro + 
  • Own ARR growth, pipeline, and forecast accuracy for the region
  • Drive new business (land) and expansion (expand) strategy
  • Increase average order values
  • Run structured sales methodologies (MEDDICC / Challenger)
  • Build relationships with C-level buyers (CIO, CDO, CFO)
  • Partner with Marketing, SDRs, and Customer Success to improve conversion and retention
  • Bring rigour to pipeline management, deal inspection, and forecasting
  • Hire, coach, and develop top-performing enterprise sellers

Experience:

Your Background

  • Proven experience leading enterprise SaaS sales teams in Germany
  • Experience in PE-backed or high-growth environments
  • Personally credible in complex, multi-stakeholder deals (€100k–€500k+)
  • Strong understanding of the German enterprise market
  • Exposure working in highly acquisitive companies 
  • Experienced in start-up, scale up, restart or turnaround sales environments
  • Structured, data-driven, and disciplined in sales execution

Key Metrics

  • ARR growth (new + expansion)
  • Pipeline coverage and conversion rates
  • Average deal size (€100k–€500k+)
  • Forecast accuracy
  • Team quota attainment

Why Join?

    • PE-backed growth story with clear revenue targets
    • Opportunity to build and shape Germany from a leadership position
    • Strong product-market fit in a high-demand category
    • High visibility with senior leadership and investors
    • Real impact — not just managing, but building something meaningful

Ben Watkins

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