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Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Senior Sales Manager

Account ExecutiveConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCopenhagen, DenmarkNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of successful B2B sales experience; experience in fintech, debt purchase, collections, receivables management, or related financial services is preferred.
  • Understanding of the Danish and Nordic debt collection regulatory landscape, credit risk management, and/or non-performing loan portfolio sales.
  • Ability to translate regulatory and market developments into commercial opportunities.
  • Ability to engage C-level executives and complex decision-making units.
  • Strong negotiation skills and a track record of closing high-value, multi-stakeholder deals.
  • Experience with solution selling, challenger sales, or consultative selling methods in complex, high-value transactions.
  • Ability to think strategically about client portfolios and design structured, value-adding solutions.
  • Familiarity with financial technology platforms, customer relationship management systems, and data-centric sales approaches.
  • Comfort working with key performance indicators and analytics to steer sales activities and demonstrate value to clients.
  • Full professional proficiency in Danish and English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

  • Drive high-value sales cycles in debt purchase and collections, focusing on large enterprises and financial institutions in Denmark.
  • Position solutions for clients in Telco, Banking/Finance, Mobility, Insurance, Media, and Security, translating their business challenges into tailored receivables strategies.
  • Own the sales process from pipeline generation and stakeholder engagement through complex contract negotiation and deal closure.
  • Build an opportunity pipeline in Denmark and selected Nordic markets to support sustainable revenue growth.
  • Identify high-potential partners in Denmark and across the Nordics.
  • Lead consultative sales approaches addressing receivables and credit risk challenges, including portfolio deals and tailored recovery solutions.
  • Develop long-term relationships with key decision-makers and expand existing accounts.
  • Represent the company at industry events, roundtables, and client forums in Denmark and the Nordics.
  • Provide market insights on regulatory developments, customer behaviour, and industry trends, and help shape go-to-market strategies with product and marketing teams.
  • Collaborate with marketing, key account management, legal, risk, and operations to design tailored debt acquisition and recovery solutions for target industries.
  • Ensure proposed solutions are commercially attractive and comply with Danish regulatory frameworks.
  • Share client feedback and identify emerging trends in financial recovery and debt management to influence product development.
  • Contribute ideas to further digitalise and optimise offerings for the Telco, Banking/Finance, Mobility, Insurance, Media, and Security sectors.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience working with clients in at least one focus sector: Telco, Banking/Finance, Mobility, Insurance, Media, or Security.
  • Additional Nordic language skills.

About the Company

Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Bertelsmann is a global media, services, and education group made up of eight autonomous divisions, including RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, and Arvato. It operates across B2B and B2C markets, with activities in broadcasting, book publishing, music rights management, and business process outsourcing. Its products range from streaming subscriptions and printed books to logistics, CRM services, and AI-powered content and rights-management tools. The company differentiates itself through a decentralized, entrepreneur-led structure that reinvests profits into content and digital infrastructure via its Boost program, backed by private foundations and the Mohn family. It aims to grow organically and through selective acquisitions while leveraging large-scale data and cross-divisional synergies to deliver personalized content and service experiences at a global scale.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$1.4B
Headquarters
Gütersloh, Germany
Founded
1835

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