Sales Director Nordics

    Celonis

    🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
    External
    SaaS
    Hybrid
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    Posted 2 weeks ago
    Job Type

    External

    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    themuse

    Language

    🇸🇪 Swedish

    About this role

    Celonis is the trusted platform to industrialize Enterprise AI. At our core is the Celonis Context Model — which combines process data, business knowledge, and intelligence into a living digital twin of the enterprise that AI can actually understand, turning AI's operational blind spots into operational clarity.

    World's leading companies trust Celonis and its global ecosystem of partners to make their AI agents, people, systems, and processes work together, achieving transformational outcomes. We believe there's a massive opportunity to unlock global productivity and sustainability by giving AI the context to understand how every business process really works.

    Join our mission to make processes work for people, companies, and the planet.

    Sales Director - Land Focus - NordicsThe Team:

    Our Land Sales team is responsible for selling into new targeted Enterprise accounts. The team is focused on landing new customers relationships across the Nordic region.

    The Role:

    The Sales Manager will manage a team of new 4-5 business Enterprise Account Executives. The individual will be required to effectively collaborate with internal stakeholders spanning direct and indirect sales as well as senior leaders in value engineering, business development, and services functions.

    The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional leadership qualities and will draw upon experience in sales, relationship building, and both direct and matrix operating structures. The person will have deep expertise in successfully driving a direct SaaS sales organization in the Nordics and delivering against target of landing 12-15 new enterprise accounts every year.

    The Work You’ll Do:

    Hire, manage, and develop strong sales talent, drive individual AE success, and foster a great team spirit. Own and hit/exceed annual sales targets within the assigned territory with great control and forecast accuracy. Develop and execute a strategic plan to achieve sales targets through landing new logos an

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Enterprise

    6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals

    Prospecting

    Channel / Partner

    Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required

    Typical Day — Sales Rep

    Stakeholder meetings3–5/week
    Proposals & business cases1–2/week
    Pipeline managementDaily

    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

    Sales
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    How do you coach underperforming reps?

    Template question
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    Describe your forecasting methodology.

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    How do you structure onboarding for new hires?

    Template question
    Research Celonis'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.

    SaaS sales roles typically involve consultative selling with longer deal cycles.

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