Global Software Sales Director: Cloud & Platform Growth

MAT BEL Materialise NV; Heverlee; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Materialise is seeking a Global Software Sales Director to lead our Software Unit’s global sales organization. You will shape growth, drive platform and cloud-native sales, and deepen executive-level customer relationships across regions.

You will build and lead high-performing teams, align with Marketing, Product, and Partnerships, and push for disciplined forecasting and pipeline execution to achieve sustainable growth.

Qualifications

• Senior sales leadership experience (10–15 years minimum).
• 5–10 years of experience in cloud/platform sales.
• Strong experience with strategic accounts and key account management.
• Proven success growing business within existing accounts.
• Strong leadership across international teams.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Product, and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the global sales growth strategy for the Software Unit.
• Drive growth across strategic and existing customer accounts.
• Lead the transition toward platform, hybrid, and native cloud-oriented sales models.
• Build strong customer relationships at executive level.
• Lead and develop high-performing sales, sales engineering, and sales operations teams.
• Collaborate closely with Marketing on go-to-market execution, demand generation, and account-based approaches.
• Partner with Product Management and Partnerships to bring customer and market insights into product strategy and roadmap priorities.
• Ensure strong sales discipline in forecasting, pipeline management, and execution.

Skills

Senior sales leadership

Cloud/platform sales

Strategic account management

Executive relationship building

Cross-functional leadership

Global / international teams

Job description

Materialise is seeking a Global Software Sales Director to lead our Software Unit’s global sales organization. You will shape growth, drive platform and cloud-native sales, and deepen executive-level customer relationships across regions.

You will build and lead high-performing teams, align with Marketing, Product, and Partnerships, and push for disciplined forecasting and pipeline execution to achieve sustainable growth.