Sales Manager - Germany

Doctrine; Reims; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work policy (up to 3 days)

Flexible leave policy

Internal mobility opportunities

€750 training budget

Gymlib subscription

Moka.care mental health support

Health insurance with Alan

Swile meal card & mobility allowance

Happypal perks

Apple equipment

Job summary

Doctrine seeks a Sales Manager to lead a 6-person Account Executive team focused on the law firms segment in Germany. You’ll partner with the German GTM squad across Paris and Düsseldorf, driving opportunities, and growth in international markets.

Join a mature sales organization, ramp quickly with leadership support, mentor talent, and work closely with Marketing, Product, and Operations to optimize performance. Expect regular travel between Germany and France, with flexible remote work options.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of successful B2B sales experience, ideally in SaaS.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing sales teams.
• Strong hunter mentality with a track record of exceeding targets.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Data-driven, analytical, and highly organized.
• High standards, strong ownership, and bias for action.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ambitious growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive commercial execution, own and deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue targets for your market.
• Recruit and build a high-performing team, develop and retain top-performing sales talent.

Skills

B2B SaaS sales

Team leadership

Hunter mentality

Communication skills

Data-driven

Highly organized

Ownership mindset

Job description

Our Mission

At Doctrine, we’re building Europe’s leading legal AI platform.

Our belief? Law shouldn’t be slowed down by repetitive tasks. It should be augmented by a specialised AI, designed to understand, analyse and produce legal reasoning at the highest standard.

Our ambition? To help legal professionals work with greater reliability, efficiency and peace of mind, through a single, comprehensive and secure platform.

Today, 27,000 legal professionals across five countries (France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Luxembourg) trust us to do just that.

Our growth is guided by a clear approach: a global vision, grounded in a deep understanding of local specificities.

Behind this ambition, a team of around 250 people, united around one goal: supporting lawyers and legal professionals at every stage of their work, from research to drafting.

And we’re just getting started.

Doctrine is looking for a Sales Manager, leading a team of 6 Account Executiveto take ownership of our law firms segment in Germany.

When you join, you’ll be onboarded and supported by your manager, Pascale (Head of New Business), who will help you ramp up and succeed in your role.

You’ll work closely with your Account Executive’s team on the German market (3 sales in Paris / 2 sales in Dusseldorf), collaborating on opportunities and helping drive our growth in Germany.

You’ll also be supported by our broader German go-to-market team , enabling you to move forward confidently in your conversations with prospects: Eloise (Product Manager), Maïte (Legal Counsel), and Laura (Field Marketing Manager).

Your Responsibilities

• Drive commercial execution, Own and deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue targets for your market.
• Recruit build a high-performing team , develop and retain top-performing sales talent.

Coach your team to continuously improve their prospecting, discovery, negotiation, and closing skills.

Foster a culture of accountability , excellence, and continuous improvement.

Develop a deep understanding of customer challenges and design effective Go-to-Market strategies.

Lead from the front by joining customer meetings and supporting strategic opportunities.

Partner closely with Marketing, Product, Operations , and other Sales leaders to drive growth and improve performance.

Build and implement scalable sales playbooks and best practices across mid-market and strategic segments.

Lead an international team based across Germany and France, with regular interactions and travel between both countries.

You will join a mature and high-performing sales organization, supported by outstanding Product, Marketing, Tech, and Operations teams.

Your Profile

• 5+ years of successful B2B sales experience, ideally in SaaS.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing sales teams.
• Strong hunter mentality with a track record of consistently exceeding targets.
• Excellent communication a nd stakeholder management skills.
• Data-driven, analytical, and highly organized.
• High standards, strong ownership , and a bias for action.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, demanding environment with ambitious growth objectives.
• Motivated by performance, accountability, and uncapped earning potential.

What’s in it for you

A flexible remote work policy, allowing up to three days of remote work per week (depending on your team).

A flexible leave policy

Real internal mobility opportunities

Regular team events

A genuine focus on individual and collective learning, with a €750 annual budget for any training related to your role, plus team-wide and company-wide training sessions

A Gymlib subscription for sports and wellness activities

Free access to the Moka.care mental health support platform, including up to 6 individual sessions per year

Health insurance with Alan

A Swile card for meal vouchers and sustainable mobility allowance (€66.60/month)

Discounts and perks via our Works Council (CSE) on the Happypal platform

Brand new Apple equipment

Our values

At Doctrine, our 4 values guide us every day as we work to move things forward.

Challenge the status quo: we champion bold ideas that drive change across an entire industry.

Liberty and responsibility: we encourage autonomy, individual impact and ownership.

Knowledge is power: information is at the heart of Doctrine’s mission, and we constantly strive to grow.

Release early, release often and listen to your customers: we believe in the power of iteration and in constantly listening to our market, our customers and their challenges.

Our hiring process

1. A 30-min intro call with one of our Talent Acquisition Managers to understand your career goals and walk you through what we’re building at Doctrine.
2. A 1-hour conversation with your future manager to dive into the role, team scope and answer all your questions.
3. One or two technical assessments to evaluate your skills in practice.
4. An office visit including: lunch with 3 people from different teams to give you a feel for your future colleagues; a values conversation to share our vision; and a meeting with our CEO, Guillaume.

(The process can be adapted to fit your personal and professional constraints if needed.)

Diversity & inclusion

All our roles are open to people with disabilities. Feel free to bring it up at any point during the process. We’re committed to putting in place whatever adjustments are needed to ensure a working environment that works for everyone.