VP of Sales, AMER

The VP of Sales will lead the Americas (AMER) region, overseeing 5 Sales Leaders who manage Enterprise and Mid-Market segments across North America, Latin America, and Canada. Reporting to this role are Sales Leaders based in Austin and across the region, responsible for Account Executive teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide clear direction and inspire Enterprise Sales Leaders and their teams to achieve excellence in both new business acquisition and customer expansion across the Americas.

• Hire, onboard, and coach Sales Leaders based in Austin and across the region, ensuring their success in managing and developing their Account Executive teams.

• Maintain deep knowledge of DeepL's products and solutions, with a strong understanding of the enterprise segment, competitive landscape, and industry trends across North America and Latin America.

• Own the attainment of performance metrics for Sales Leaders and their teams, driving success across the full sales funnel.

• Partner with cross-functional teams—Sales Development, Solution Consultants, Customer Success, Product, and Marketing—to ensure alignment and optimize resources for the enterprise segment.

• Build, support, track, and analyze sales pipelines and team activities to identify and act on trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement.

• Deliver accurate, predictable sales forecasts to senior leadership, highlighting progress, obstacles, and actionable insights.

• Establish and refine scalable policies, processes, and procedures to support enterprise revenue growth effectively across the AMER region.

• Roll up your sleeves to support your team and customers, demonstrating a customer-first mindset and adaptability in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Experienced sales leader: Proven success leading sales managers and their teams, ideally within an enterprise B2B SaaS sales environment in the US or broader Americas market.

• Strong coaching & mentoring skills: Ability to identify, inspire, and coach Sales Managers, fostering their ability to lead high-performing, geographically distributed teams.

• Sales methodology expertise: Familiarity with MEDDIC/MEDDICC or similar sales methodologies and structured sales playbooks.

• Results-oriented: Self-directed and motivated to exceed expectations, with a passion for driving customer success and measurable revenue impact.

• Adaptable & resilient: Thrives in fast-paced, dynamic environments; comfortable managing change and ambiguity in a high-growth global company.

• Scale-up and corporate experience: A mix of scale-up agility and corporate rigor is highly desirable, with experience scaling teams across the Americas.

• Cross-cultural communication: Ability to operate effectively across diverse cultures and time zones, collaborating with teams in the US, Europe, and globally.

What We Offer

• Diverse and internationally distributed team: Joining our team means becoming part of a large, global community with people of more than 90 nationalities.

• Open communication, regular feedback: As a language-focused company, we value the importance of clear, honest communication. We value smooth collaboration, direct and actionable feedback, and believe that leading with empathy and growth mindset makes us better together.

• Hybrid work, flexible hours: We offer a hybrid work schedule, with team members coming into the office twice a week. This allows you to engage directly with your team and experience the unique energy of our workspace, while still enjoying the flexibility and comfort of working from home.

• Virtual Shares: An ownership mindset in every role. We believe everyone should share in our success, and that's why every employee receives Virtual Shares, linking your contribution directly to DeepL's growth and rewarding you with a stake in our future.

• Monthly full-day hacking sessions: Every month, we have Hack Fridays, where you can spend your time diving into a project you're passionate about and get the opportunity to work with other teams. We value your initiatives, impact, and creativity.

• 30 days of annual leave: We value your peace of mind. With 30 days off (excluding public holidays) and access to mental health resources, we make sure you're as strong mentally as you are professionally.

• Competitive benefits: Just as our team spans the globe, so does our benefits package. We've crafted it to reflect the diversity of our team and tailored it to align with your unique location, to ensure you feel supported every step of the way.

• Equal opportunity employer: You are welcome at DeepL for who you are - we appreciate authenticity here. Our product is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all succeed, contribute, and think forward!