Sales Director

Servicenow

Amsterdam

Hybrid

EUR 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

ServiceNow is seeking a regional sales leader to build and lead a high-performing team of direct Sales Executives in the Netherlands. You will shape the GTM strategy, drive territory planning, and collaborate with field sales to close opportunities while maintaining strong executive relationships.

You will recruit, coach, and mentor top performers, own quotas, forecasts, and pipeline, and ensure alignment with partners and solutions across the business. Fluent Dutch and English are required.

Qualifications

Experience integrating AI into work processes, decisions, or problem-solving.
Proven track record of new business sales at C-level.
Strong history recruiting, coaching, and leading sales teams.
Strategic thinking with analytical and financial planning to meet quotas.

Responsibilities

Build and lead a regional team of direct Sales Executives.
Develop and execute the regional Go-To-Market strategy.
Engage in territory planning, relationship building, and opportunity development.
Recruit, coach and mentor team members to drive excellence.
Develop territories and quotas and communicate performance expectations.
Forecast and manage pipeline and quarterly/annual sales goals.

Skills

AI in work processes

New business sales

C-level negotiations

Recruiting & coaching

Quota management

CRM forecasting

FSI sector

Dutch & English

Job description

Company Description

It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today — ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.

Job Description

What you get to do in this role:

Build a team of direct Sales Executives to drive rapid new business sales growth in the region
Build and drive sales strategy for the region in conjunction with Sales Operations to effectively Go-To-Market including understanding the competitive landscape, presence and strength within the region
Actively engage in territory planning, relationship development and opportunity development and driving revenue by supporting and assisting Field Sales Teams in closing opportunities
Recruit, coach and mentor team members to drive excellence
Development of territories and quota for the sales team and effectively communicate to set performance expectations within the team
Manage and report accurate forecast and pipeline to the business
Achievement of annual sales goals on a quarterly and annual basis is required
Engage and align effectively in C-level meetings in order to properly understand customer business requirements
Build effective working relationships with Solution Consulting, Business Units, Professional Services, Marketing, our Partner community and the ServiceNow executive team
Retain and grow existing customer base with regular non-sales customer engagement activities to deliver an excellent customer experience

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you have:

Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI's potential impact on the function or industry.
Extensive track record of new business sales success including presentation and negotiation skills within industry and at C Level
Strong success in recruiting, coaching and managing an exceptional sales team
Strong strategic thinking including analytical and financial planning skills to meet and exceed quotas and goals.
Ownership of accurate CRM reports including current and future quarterly forecasts and opportunity inspection
Experienced in driving sales process and drive effective working relationships with Sales Operations
Ability to understand the 'bigger picture' and business drivers around IT
Ability to build long term strategic and senior level relationships
Ability to adapt and work effectively within a rapidly changing and growing environment
Demonstrates strong business and financial acumen
Built self-motivated sales teams that embrace a culture of collaboration, enthusiasm, and overachievement
Champions and promotes top performers, constantly develops and coaches the team and themselves, and topgrades appropriately
Proven partner relationships and networks, and ability to grow the impact of revenue streams and territory development through the partner ecosystem
Ownership of driving successful pipeline generation activities developed by marketing or the partner community
Solid expertise in the FSI sector
Fluent in Dutch and English

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Additional Information

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Equal Opportunity Employer

ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.

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