(Junior) Sales Manager - Licensing DACH

    Statista

    🇩🇪 Hamburg
    SaaS
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    Posted 6 days ago
    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    arbeitnow

    Language

    🇩🇪 German

    About this role

    At Statista, we’re all about facts and data, for we are the world's leading business data platform. By providing reliable and easy-to-use data as well as various data analytics products and services, we empower people worldwide to make fact-based decisions.Founded in Hamburg in 2007, we have quickly grown into a global company with offices in major cities such as London, New York, Berlin and Tokyo.

    And we still have a lot of plans. Our constant growth does not only prove our success, but also keeps creating new development and career opportunities for our employees.We value and celebrate our diverse culture. You are welcome here for

    who you are, no matter where you come from,

    what you look like, or whether you prefer bar graphs to pie charts.

    Your story matters – keep writing it as part of our team.Are you ready to join us?Your Job Take ownership of new-business development for Statista logo licences across the DACH region, converting a defined portfolio of relevant companies and organisations into new customers across national and international projects.Drive the full outbound sales cycle within your assigned accounts: identify the right decision-makers, initiate contact through cold calling and personalised outreach, generate meetings, follow up consistently, negotiate commercial terms and close new business.Make proactive telephone outreach a core part of your daily sales activity, using calls to reach decision-makers, qualify opportunities and move prospects towards meetings and commercial conversations.Research additional contacts and stakeholders within assigned accounts where needed, ensuring you reach the people responsible for marketing, communications, employer branding and related functions.Build trusted relationships with decision-makers, understand their communication and branding objectives, and clearly demonstrate the commercial value of using Statista awards, seals and logo licences.Create and deliver compelling customer presentations, proposals and

    Tools & Tech Stack

    Outreach

    Selling Motion

    Prospecting

    Outbound-Heavy

    Self-sourced pipeline via cold outreach

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    Cold Calling·Required skill
    Negotiation·Required skill

    Typical Day — Sales Manager

    Team metrics reviewDaily
    Team huddlesDaily
    Skill coaching3–5/week

    Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.

    SaaS — Interview Intel

    Typical Sales Cycle

    30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)

    Common Buyer Objections

    • "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
    • "We built something in-house already"
    • "We don't have budget until next quarter"
    • "Our team won't adopt another tool"

    Key Industry Metrics

    ARR / MRRNet Revenue Retention (NRR)CAC Payback PeriodLogo Churn vs Revenue ChurnACV (Avg Contract Value)Magic Number

    Hot Topics to Reference

    • • AI-native product disruption
    • • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
    • • Vertical SaaS consolidation
    • • Usage-based pricing models

    Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.

    Tags

    Revenue
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    How do you coach underperforming reps?

    Template question
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    Describe your forecasting methodology.

    Template question
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    How do you structure onboarding for new hires?

    Template question
    Research Statista's product, recent news, and key competitors
    Prepare metrics: quota attainment %, average deal size, win rate
    Practice a 2-minute product demo pitch for a mock discovery call
    Review the job description and map your experience to each requirement
    Role Insights

    Sales leadership roles require balancing individual contributor revenue with team performance management.

    Expect to work with recurring revenue models where customer retention is as important as acquisition.

    The German market values structured sales processes and typically offers strong base salaries alongside performance incentives.

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