Full-time • Munich, Berlin
The Role: How you'll make an impact at Personio
At Personio, we're not just selling software-we're driving transformation in how businesses manage their people. This high-impact, second-line leadership role is all about building and guiding high-performing teams to maximize renewals and expansion, and cross-sell opportunities, while delivering exceptional customer experiences. You'll be at the heart of shaping our Net Revenue Retention (NRR) strategy and influencing executive-level decisions, all while fostering a world-class sales culture that drives sustained growth.
Role Responsibilities: What you'll do
Strategic Leadership & Execution
- Own and drive Renewal and Expansion across our DACH customer base - set and execute the strategy to maximize renewals, expansion, and cross-sell (Payroll & Apps).
- Lead high-performing teams - Inspire, mentor, and develop commercial Account Managers to exceed ambitious renewal and expansion goals.
- Optimize sales processes - Leverage data, insights, and best practices to improve performance, efficiency, and team productivity.
- Cross-functional collaboration - Work closely with Customer Success, Cross-sell, Product, and RevOps teams to drive business results and customer outcomes.
Revenue & Customer Growth
- Ensure teams consistently hit revenue and renewal targets - Own the numbers and drive accountability in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Strengthen executive-level customer relationships - Engage directly with key existing customers to drive retention, upsell, and long-term partnerships.
- Champion customer success - Ensure a high level of customer satisfaction while balancing business growth and commercial objectives.
Role Requirements: What you need to succeed
- Proven sales leadership - 5+ years in SaaS sales, renewals and account management leadership roles, with 3+ years managing teams at 2nd-line level
- Growth mindset & results focus - A track record of exceeding revenue targets, leading large customer teams, and driving strategic growth initiatives.
- Executive-level relationship building - Experience engaging C-level stakeholders and navigating complex customer organizations.
- Cross-functional leadership - Ability to collaborate with Product, Marketing, and Customer Success to drive GTM excellence.
- Winning mentality - Self-motivated, results-driven, and ready to scale a high-performing sales function. Strategic thinking / problem solving skills.
- Fluent in English & German.
Why Personio
Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an integrative culture where everyone feels welcomed and supported. We embrace uniqueness and understand that our diverse, values-driven culture makes us stronger. We are proud to have an inclusive workplace environment that will foster your development no matter your gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education level, or race.
Aside from our people, culture, and mission, check out some of the other benefits that make Personio a great place to work:
- Receive a competitive reward package - reevaluated each year - that includes salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity
- Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years
- Make an impact on the environment and society with 1 (fully paid) Impact Day
- Receive generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities.
- We follow an office-led, remote friendly approach, including opportunities to work from home and international locations. Many of our teams have designated days for gathering in the office to enhance collaboration and foster a sense of community.
- We enjoy gathering for meals, cultural initiatives, and events like local Summer Sessions and year-end celebrations. There's also healthy snacks, drinks, and a weekly catered lunch.
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What We Do
We believe small and medium-sized organizations are the backbone of global economies, and their most valuable asset is the people they employ. But many of their HR teams are held back by complicated, time-consuming processes and admin. We’re changing that with our all-in-one HR solution that transforms the way millions of people experience work every day. At the core of our people-focused product are the individuals who craft it: We proudly identify as Personios. As we build on our success as Europe’s leading HR platform for SMEs, we are looking for the brightest minds to bring their own innovative ideas to the table. When you join our team of 1800+ across Europe and the US, you’ll have an impact from day one – for our 15,000 customers and the 1.5 million employees we serve.
Why Work With Us
Personio is one of the most valuable tech startups in Europe, but we're just getting started with revolutionizing HR for the 1.7 million small and medium-sized organizations still stuck in the spreadsheet era. Now we need your experience scaling tech companies to take us to the next level.
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