Sales Director, Foundry Western Europe & META
We are looking for a driven and dedicated Sales Director to join Foundry, working within our Western Europe and META team. Foundry has set out the strategy and is on the path of, transforming our company to be at the intersection of media and marketing technology, delivering performance solutions for our B2B technology customers. The ideal candidate will have extensive online sales experience, and a passion for working in the technology sphere.
About Foundry
At Foundry, we’ve been at the forefront of the technology community since 1964. While there’s been a lot of change in this time, some things have stayed the same. We’re as committed and knowledgeable as ever, and we’re proud to be an authority in the tech industry, reaching audiences all over the world.
We’re part of a vibrant community of technology buyers, and when we interact with them, we learn about them. Thanks to intent data, we understand our audiences like no one else – and as a result, we’re able to create the media and data solutions that help vendors supercharge their businesses.
Our Responsibility
We’re passionate about the fact that technology can be a force for good. Leveraged wisely, it can have a hugely positive influence—and to this end we’re driving progress in a number of areas, including diversity and inclusion, tech accessibility, and women in leadership.
Our Offer
In return we offer the opportunity to make a difference as part of a successful company that prides itself on our constant improvement and innovation, focusing on individual development and a let’s try it attitude.
Real people
Real data
Real results.
Responsibilities:
- Identify, develop and close sales opportunities with assigned customer base
- Service existing relationships with clients and, where applicable, their agencies
- Prospect and develop new business accounts
- Confidently present and take to market Foundry’s portfolio of custom solutions
- Successfully move clients towards new areas of revenue including integrated, custom solutions
- Negotiate and be responsible for all stages of the sales process
- Drive new business revenue generation
- Increase coverage into new companies and across the customer base – selling both up and down
- Gain market share with existing customers
Qualifications:
- Extensive online sales experience, within a technology environment is essential for this role
- Experience selling dedicated online & marketing solutions demonstrating a deep understanding of online media, marketing and trends
- Self-starter with good organisational and time management skills; able to work at fast pace, to achieve targets & business goals
- Help drive strong team standards and performance by contributing to a winning culture of success
- Excellent interpersonal skills to work across Foundry business units worldwide
- Very strong presentation skills to senior level executives
Our Offer
In return we offer the opportunity to make a difference as part of a successful company that prides itself on our focus on individual development and let’s try it attitude. We also have a competitive benefits offering, including the following:
- 26 days holiday
- Competitive salary and bonus incentive schemes
- Private medical with BUPA
- Free eye tests annually
- Social events
- Annual sports membership discount for gyms across the country!
- Diversity & inclusion committee
- Wellbeing committee, including mental health first aiders
- Flexibility – we operate a hybrid working model, with offices in Central London
Top Skills
What We Do
Foundry is at the intersection of media and martech.
Our industry is about people, not machines. Algorithms, optimization and automation play a role in what we do, but connections and trusted relationships are vital. We derive fully-consented data from our ecosystem of global editorial brands, awards, and events, and use it to power our media, demand generation and martech solutions making them among the most effective in the market.
We’re passionate about the fact that tech can be a force for good. Leveraged wisely, it can have a hugely positive influence, and to this end we’re driving progress globally in a number of areas, including diversity and inclusion, tech accessibility and women in leadership, both at our company and through our channels.
We are Foundry.
