Sales Director DACH - Big Data SaaS

A fast-growing global software company is expanding its enterprise sales presence across the DACH region and is hiring a senior sales director to drive new enterprise business growth.

The organisation provides a modern platform that enables large enterprises to move and manage data in real time across distributed, cloud and hybrid environments. Their technology plays a critical role in modernising digital architecture, powering event-driven systems, and enabling real-time business operations.

This role is ideal for a highly strategic enterprise seller who thrives in complex, consultative sales cycles and enjoys building a territory from the ground up.

Your Mission You will take full ownership of enterprise new business across Germany, Austria and Switzerland, focusing on strategic accounts and large transformation initiatives. Support functions are all present, German speaking, and bring a varied impressive experience.

What You'll Do

Own the full sales cycle from prospecting through to close

Identify, prioritise and develop a strategic DACH territory plan

Build pipeline through targeted outbound and partner collaboration

Strategic Account Development

Engage senior decision makers across IT, architecture and digital transformation teams

Position the platform within initiatives such as:

real-time data and analytics

event-driven and microservices architectures

integration and API ecosystems

Orchestrate internal resources including solution engineering and executives

Market Presence

Represent the company at industry events and customer meetings

Provide feedback from the DACH market to influence GTM strategy

Ideal Background:

Significant experience selling complex enterprise software into DACH

History of consistently exceeding new business targets

Comfortable navigating long and consultative sales cycles

Relevant Technology Exposure

Experience selling one or more of:

Messaging, streaming or data technologies

Cloud or SaaS infrastructure

API, microservices or distributed systems solutions

Stakeholder Engagement

Proven ability to sell to CIO, CTO and enterprise architecture leaders

Strong value-based and consultative selling approach

Fluent German and English

Why This Role Stands Out:

Strategic greenfield territory ownership

Highly Competitive Sales + Benefits (+ Stocks) Package

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