Sales Manager

Do you thrive in a fast-paced, goal-driven environment with people who are passionate about making a difference in the business world? Do you want to lead an exceptional team of motivated and talented individuals? And do you have a passion for sales, leadership, and personal development? If your answer is yes, this could be the right opportunity for you.

Your Mission

As we continue our rapid growth, we are looking for an exceptional leader to build and scale one or more of our sales teams in Helsinki. You will be responsible for new sales within new target groups and/or products, where you will establish a new team/department and ensure the membership growth that makes us Finland’s fastest-growing community for professional development.

Our Mission

Presidents Institute is one of the Nordic region’s leading platforms for knowledge, inspiration, and networking. We create network groups, development programs, and conferences designed to deliver extraordinary and lasting results for our members.

We are driven by the belief that education and development happen throughout life, and we are passionate about helping professionals overcome “The Experience Trap.” Presidents Institute currently has 20 employees and more than 700 active executives as members. We operate in Denmark, Sweden, and Finland.

Your Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include, among other things:

• Building a best-in-class sales organization with a high-performance culture, a shared vision, clear and ambitious goals, positive competition, continuous learning and development, accountability, engagement, and drive.
  
  
• Evaluating individual and team capabilities, strengths, and needs through coaching, monthly 1:1 meetings, and by giving and receiving feedback.
  
  
• Leading, developing, and motivating exceptional sales teams.
  
  
• Recruiting the right people and continuously developing employees.
  
  
• Developing sales playbooks and building an academy for fast and effective onboarding of new team members.
  
  
• Implementing the company’s strategy and contributing to the definition of future strategies.
  
  
• Closing deals and ensuring that strategic goals are met.
  
  
• Building and maintaining relationships with customers (C-level leaders from Finland’s largest and most exciting organizations).
  
  

What We Offer You

You will lead new sales within a specific target group or Institute and play a key role in our ambitious growth journey toward becoming the fastest-growing platform for networking and development.

Together with an ambitious Nordic team, you will develop yourself, your leadership capabilities, and your professional network at the highest levels of Finnish business.

You will have a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of an ambitious growth journey in a company with a proven track record of success. You will work closely with the CEO, our other sales managers, and the board, and become an integral part of the company’s leadership team.

What We Expect From You

We expect that you have:

• A strong work ethic and a sense of urgency.
• Exceptional drive and a desire to be the best at what you do.
• A proactive mindset and full ownership of everything you take on.
• The ability to sell both yourself and Presidents Institute.
• Experience driving outbound sales with a short sales cycle.
• Experience managing and developing teams. 
• Humility and a passion for building and developing new businesses.
• A genuine interest in learning and a proactive attitude toward continuous improvement.
• Fluent in Finnish and English. 

Start Date
As soon as possible.