Account Manager Team Lead - France (Maternity Cover)

About Us

Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time-consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we’re on a mission to power real work, with real impact.

We’re trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we’re tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week, a $1.7 trillion problem.

Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices globally, with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation, control, and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work.

At Perk, we’re driven by our values, like being an owner, delivering a 7-star experience, and working as one team. We value curiosity, purpose, and mindset, not just knowledge, to unlock the power in your potential. Our talent team brings together leading minds from the travel and SaaS industries, representing over 70 countries. If you’re excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work, we’d love you on the team.

Visit www.perk.com to learn more.

We are looking for a Team Leader to join the Account Management team focused on the French market! As Team Leader, you will manage a team of Account Managers, helping them to expand each client by adding value to their current service offering. You will be responsible for your team’s KPIs, Targets and establishing Best Practices.

For this role, you’ll need to be Barcelona.If you’re ready to take off with us, keep reading!

What you will do:

• Have a strong focus on People and Performance Management.

• Lead and help the team to retain and grow existing Perk customers.

• Be responsible for the creation and execution of your team's KPIs.

• Help the team to drive strategic negotiations with existing clients.

• Enhance materials and deliverables aimed at Perk’s customers.

• Help with the automation of BAU tasks.

• Set and define responsibilities.

• Coordinate the onboarding of new clients with the implementation and sales team.

• Coordinate the onboarding and training of new AMs.

What you need:

• 2 years experience minimum in a Sales Management position, preferably Account Management.

• Previous experience as an Account Manager.

• Experience in the Travel & Expense industry is preferred.

• Experience in a startup environment is essential.

• Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment.

• Organization and structure.

• Problem solving capabilities.

• Strong commercial aptitude.

• Ability to analyze and summarize. Numerical literacy and ability to perform forecasts. Excel savvy.

• Hands-on experience with Salesforce.

• Perfect written and spoken English & French.

What do we offer?

• Competitive compensation including equity in the company.

• Generous vacation days so you can rest and recharge.

• Health perks such as private healthcare or gym allowance depending on your location.

• "Flexible compensation plan" to help you diversify and increase the net salary.

• Flexibility to work from home most of the time with core hours.

• Unforgettable Perk events including travel to one of our hubs.

• Udemy for business accounts to continue your development.

• Mental health support tool for your wellbeing.

• Exponential growth opportunities.

For certain positions we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world, please let us know in your applications and we will assess whether this is possible.

English is the official language at the office. Please submit your resume in English if you choose to apply.

At Perk we believe that diversity adds incredible value to our teams, our products, and our culture. We don’t just accept differences - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone’s place regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

How We Work

At Perk, we take an IRL-first approach to work, where our team works together in-person 3 days a week. As such, this role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our hubs. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in real life to improve connectivity, productivity, creativity and ultimately making us a great place to work.

For certain roles, we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world, English is the official language at the office. Please submit your resume in English if you choose to apply. Do not forget to submit an updated portfolio and/or resume.

Perk is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that. We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means you’re welcome at Perk regardless of how you look, where you’re from, or anything else that makes you, well, you.

Protect Yourself from Recruitment Scams

All official communication from Perk will always come from email addresses ending in @perk.com or @externalperk.com, our verified social media channels, or recruiters listed on our official LinkedIn page. We will never ask you to pay for equipment, training, or fees, request sensitive personal information such as bank details early in the process, or communicate through unofficial apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal. If you receive a message claiming to be from Perk that seems suspicious, please do not respond. Forward it to security [at] perk .com, and we will confirm whether it is legitimate.