On-site
SaaS
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🇩🇪 German
About this role
Role Overview NETGEAR is looking for a driven, hunter-mentality sales professional to own and grow our enterprise channel business in Germany. This is a field-based, high-autonomy role for someone who thrives on winning new business, building executive relationships, and consistently outperforming targets.This is a hunter role with a few existing key channel partners to develop and grow further.
We need someone who is tenacious, proactive, and hungry - someone who sees a blank territory as an opportunity, not a risk. You should be energised by competition, comfortable with ambiguity, and motivated by winning.
Key
Responsibilities:Proactively hunt, recruit and onboard new channel partners, with a focus on face-to-face engagement and building a strong pipeline from the ground up.Identify and develop specialist partners to accelerate adoption of wireless access points, switches, and cloud-managed solutions including MSPs.Develop existing taget channel partners to become relevant revenue contributors in your territoryDrive revenue growth across all product categories - switching, wireless, and cloud with particular focus on enterprise project business.Own annual account plans with clear growth targets, accurate forecasting, and short, mid, and long-term opportunity management.Develop CEO/CTO-level relationships across partner organisations and use those relationships to win.Manage pricing, margins, and proposals; negotiate and close high-value deals.Provide weekly forecasting, competitive intelligence, and market insights to support regional strategy.Collaborate with internal teams - SE, Marketing, Product, Ops, and EMEA peers to maximise sales outcomes.Required
Qualifications:5+ years in a Partner/Channel Account Manager role with a networking vendor, managing top-tier accounts and delivering consistent overperformance.Proven track record of hunting and closing high-value IT networking deals, not just managing existing relationships.Strong existing network across the Ge
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
Territory
Geographic
Region-based territory assignment
Requirements at a Glance
Typical Day — Account Manager
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
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.
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Top SaaS reps often earn significant upside through accelerators once quota is exceeded.
The German market values structured sales processes and typically offers strong base salaries alongside performance incentives.
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