Enterprise Sales Manager

At Asana, our sales team is on a mission to build long-term, profitable customer relationships by helping teams do their best work. We do this through a land-and-expand, bottom-up enterprise model—starting with small, successful teams and partnering with them as they grow into larger, strategic customers. As a Sales Manager for Southern Europe you’ll lead a high-impact team at a critical moment in the customer journey. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who loves building teams, coaching talent, and scaling smart, repeatable sales motions in a fast-moving environment. This role is based in our Paris office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements. WHAT YOU’LL ACHIEVE * Drive Strategic Revenue Growth in Southern Europe: Take full ownership of the Southern Europe revenue trajectory, leading, coaching, and expanding a high-performing team of Account Executives to secure net-new logo acquisition and deep strategic expansion across Enterprise Accounts. * Architect and Execute GTM Strategy: Define and execute the Southern Europe Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy, specifically focusing on upmarket penetration in France and scaling high-velocity partner enablement across Spain and Italy. * Cross-Functional Orchestration: Direct and accelerate execution by orchestrating alignment across critical cross-functional stakeholders, including Marketing, Sales Development, Solution Consulting, and Post-Sales teams. * Lead AI Market Adoption: Spearhead the market adoption and GTM playbook for Agentic AI, leveraging collaboration with Sales Enablement and Executive Revenue Leadership. * Enterprise Deal Navigation: Coach and assist in closing complex, multi-threaded Enterprise deals, mastering high-level navigation of procurement vehicles, contracting frameworks, and compliance negotiations. * Influence Product Roadmap: Directly influence Product & Strategy by synthesizing structured, actionable field intelligence to shape the future of the Asana AI roadmap. * Cultivate World-Class Sales Talent: Instill elite standards of performance and ownership, coaching sellers on advanced enterprise qualification methodologies (e.g., MEDDPICC) and rigorous account planning. ABOUT YOU * Minimum 3-4+ years of proven leadership excellence managing Account Executives in a high-growth, quota-carrying environment within SaaS or cloud platforms. * Documented track record of architecting and scaling Go-To-Market strategies, transforming early traction into predictable, repeatable, and explosive revenue growth. * Deep expertise in sophisticated Enterprise procurement, including Prime/Sub contracting models, complex vehicle negotiation, and strategic SI (System Integrator) partnership leverage. * An unwavering commitment to developing elite sales professionals and cultivating a culture defined by mission alignment, high performance, and accountability. * Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making. * Proficient in French and English; proficiency in Italian or Spanish is a strong asset for the Southern Europe region. At Asana, we're committed to building teams that include a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, as this is critical to helping us achieve our mission. If you're interested in this role and don't meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply. What we’ll offer Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission. We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role. To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we're committed to looking at market value which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit. For this role, the On-Target Earnings (OTE) range is €207,000 - €263,000. The total OTE includes a base salary range of €113,850 - €144,650 and performance-based sales incentive pay (based on the terms of the Sales Incentive Plan). These ranges are a guideline; actual base salary and OTE may vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process, and the ranges for this role may be modified.  In addition, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity and benefits. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role. We strive to provide equitable and competitive benefits packages that support our employees worldwide and include: * Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits * Career coaching & support * Inclusive family building benefits * Long-term savings or retirement plans * In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences  These are just some of the benefits we offer, and benefits may vary based on role, country, and local regulations. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role. #LI-Hybrid About us Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration. Millions of teams around the world rely on Asana to achieve their most important goals, faster. Asana has been named to Fortune's Best Workplaces for 7+ years and recognized by Fast Company, Forbes, and Gartner for excellence in workplace culture and innovation. We offer an exceptional office-centric culture while adopting the best elements of hybrid models to ensure that every one of our global team members can work together effortlessly. With 13+ offices all over the world, we are always looking for individuals who care about building technology that drives positive change in the world and a culture where everyone feels that they belong. Join Asana’s Talent Network to stay up to date on job opportunities and life at Asana.

About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI. Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here. As Sr. Industry Manager, you will define, launch and drive strategic outcomes and operationalise the vision for the sales team. We’re looking for a high-performing candidate with experience building advertising/media sales teams, passion for solving ambiguous problems, excellent communication skills and the ability to influence cross-functionally and globally. Our advertising business is thriving, our user base continues to grow, and we believe the impact of this role can fuel our company to grow in unprecedented ways.    What you’ll do: * Lead the performance focused Retail Ad Sales Team for top enterprise clients in France * Build and develop strong relationships with C-level executives across advertisers and agencies  * Deliver, Track, analyze, and communicate key quantitative metrics and business trends to senior leadership as they relate to your team's client partnerships * Grow, train and lead a diverse, high performing team with a strong inclusive culture to support emerging and established clients * Work cross-regionally and cross-functionally to build cohesive partnerships with peers and internal stakeholders, including product, sales operations, and marketing * Use AI-enabled tools and insights to scale your impact—identify growth opportunities across a portfolio, prioritize where to spend time, and make faster, better-informed decisions * Apply AI to improve team productivity and operational rigor (e.g., automating prep and follow-ups, improving pipeline hygiene, surfacing risks/opportunities, and strengthening account plans) so you can spend more time with clients   What we’re looking for: * 10+ years experience in Advertising, Digital, and/or Media Sales and established industry relationships and experience forging strong relationships with marketing leaders & C-suite at the client and agency * 5 years management experience and proven track record of managing a world-class sales team, including extensive forecasting experience and achieving or exceeding revenue goals * Knowledge of performance advertising (e.g.Search/Shopping/Display/Social advertising) and measurement solutions (analytics, mediamix modeling, attribution modeling) * Knowledge of competitive landscape * Experience reaching and exceeding sales revenue goals * Strong understanding of performance, data, and measurement landscapes, with demonstrated experience using data and trends to develop winning strategies * Ability to interface with product and engineering to synthesize customer needs and feedback * An individual that thrives in a fast-moving environment and is independently capable of seeking information, corralling resources, and delivering results without waiting for direction * Practical AI fluency and strong adoption mindset: you’re curious, adaptable, and focused on using AI to improve how work gets done (productivity, efficiency, forecasting/pipeline management, and client management)—not “AI for AI’s sake.” * Demonstrated ability to use data, automation, and tools to drive outcomes: you’ve used technology to improve sales execution (e.g., better prioritization, tighter follow-through, cleaner pipeline, faster insights) and can point to measurable impact in a fast-moving environment * A passion for Pinterest * Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience   Relocation Statement: *  This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.   In-Office Requirement Statement * We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection. * This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times per week and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from the Paris office #LI-HYBRID #LI-AKEO At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity and incentive compensation. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise. Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here. Location based applicants €99.445—€193.918 EUR Our Commitment to Inclusion: Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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