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Pennylane

Unified financial operating system for SMEs

Team Lead Sales - SME / Kmu

Account ExecutiveConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBerlin, GermanyNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least three years of experience as a B2B SaaS Account Executive, ideally in the SMB segment with short sales cycles and high activity.
  • At least two years of successful experience leading a sales team of account executives or full-cycle sales representatives.
  • Ability to lead through coaching, developing people using real customer conversations, data, clear feedback, and sound decision-making.
  • An entrepreneurial mindset and comfort working in an environment that is not yet fully structured, with interest in building from the ground up.
  • Openness to self-reflection and comfort giving and receiving feedback.
  • Ability to collaborate across Marketing, Customer Success, Product, and the French headquarters.
  • A hands-on approach, including joining deals and continuing to sell in order to understand the market.
  • Native-level German and strong English for collaboration with Paris.
  • Live in Berlin or be willing to relocate there, attend the Berlin office two days per week, and travel approximately ten times per year to account executives and customers in their regions.

Responsibilities

  • Build a newly created sales team for the German SME segment from the ground up and lead, coach, and develop account executives to win SME customers throughout Germany.
  • Take the proven French sales playbook and adapt it to the German SME market with the Head of Sales.
  • Own team sales performance, measured by monthly recurring revenue from German SMEs, and contribute to growth in the German SME market.
  • Set clear expectations, coach regularly using customer conversations, and use pipeline and conversion data to develop the team.
  • Develop the SME go-to-market approach with the Head of Sales, covering inside sales, demos, and onboarding, and execute it with the team.
  • Build team processes, including the sales playbook, forecasting, and pipeline management.
  • Join account executives for strategic demos and key deals by video call and in person.
  • Work closely with the French sales team and adapt the parts of its playbook that work in Germany.
  • Achieve team sales targets and manage day-to-day sales activity so individual and collective goals are attainable.
  • Own sales enablement for account executives, including techniques, messaging, and the full Pennylane sales process.
  • Onboard and ramp up new account executives and lead them toward their targets.
  • Build team spirit, engagement, and well-being through challenges, team-building, and other formats.
  • Bring the SME sales perspective into Pennylane Germany’s sales objectives and key results.
  • Participate directly in important deals by video call or at customer sites.
  • Hire additional account executives with the Talent Acquisition team, onboard them, and lead them to success as the team expands.
  • Coach account executives in the Berlin office and accompany them on important customer visits, with approximately ten regional trips per year.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in fintech or the B2B SaaS ecosystem, or experience selling to SME entrepreneurs and finance decision-makers.

About the Company

Pennylane

Unified financial operating system for SMEs

Pennylane offers a European financial operating system for SMEs and their accountants, bundling invoicing, payments, cash management, bookkeeping, and tax filings in one collaborative platform. It syncs data across modules and adds German localization, e-invoicing infrastructure, and AI-powered copilots to assist accountants. The platform differentiates itself with native European localization and integrated tax/compliance workflows for accountants and firms. Its goal is to become the standard end-to-end financial ops stack for Europe’s SMEs and their accounting partners.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Series E
Total funding
$443.9M
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2020

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