Sales Lead

The role

We’re looking for our founding Paris-based strategic sales lead to bring Watershed to more companies in the French market. We’re at an inflection point: every large company is launching a climate program as pressure for action builds every day. You’ll do whatever it takes to get those companies on Watershed and help them be effective. As a member of our go-to-market organisation, you’ll help build the sales playbook, shape Watershed’s product and help us build a stellar team.

You will:

• Sell Watershed in France, a new market for Watershed.
• Find your way to the right people at leading lighthouse logos within FTSE/DAX/CAC 40 companies, educate them about effective climate programs, and help them succeed with Watershed. You’ll own the full lifecycle, from first outbound to contract signature.
• Build the Watershed sales playbook for winning lighthouse logos in the region —what’s the best messaging? How do we triangulate through the org? What tools do we need?—into a repeatable machine.
• Shape Watershed’s product strategy by sharing feedback from customers on the front line.
• Design regional go-to-market strategy, forecasting, territory planning, customer segmentation.
• Drive pipeline building and sales execution across the customer journey.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Marketing, Product, Solutions Engineers, Enablement, Sales Operations, and Customer Success.
• Become an expert in climate, and educate companies on how they should navigate the world of carbon reduction.
• Help build the network for a future GTM team in France.

To be successful in this role:

• 10+ years of relevant sales quota carrying experience in a SaaS organization.
• Proven success in growing and working within the French market, especially with strategic customers (10,000+ employees) at an executive level.
• Added bonus - have been the founding sales lead in France (or the southern region) for a SaaS company; delivered growth from $0-$15m ARR and beyond.
• Bilingual skills - Native French and English proficiency is required, any other European language is a plus.
• Have experience prospecting new business in a completely new territory.
• Have experience building critical partner relationships in the market.
• Are excited to lead from zero to one and are a self-starter. You love to build things from scratch—new playbooks for navigating organizations and ways to tell the Watershed story.
• Are an exceptional communicator and consultative seller. You listen deeply to customers and excel by helping them solve their problems.
• Love going deep on new domains. You’ve sold products in complex or technical fields, and relish becoming an expert on your subject matter. You’re voraciously curious. You’re excited to learn everything about climate and help companies navigate this space.

*We have a registered office in Paris and will want this hire to drive hiring for our hub and work from the office space.