Sales Manager - French Market

Join our Movement and Champion Restaurant Culture! 💚

At TheFork we believe that the best things in life happen around the table.
As the leading restaurant booking platform in Europe, we connect the broadest community of loyal diners with the world’s favorite restaurants. Powered by innovation and a deep passion for the restaurant industry, we create unique dining experiences across 11 countries.

We’re part of the Tripadvisor Group and proud to be building a diverse, people-first culture where “respect”, “ownership”, “growth” and “better together” values thrive.
If you’re passionate about food, technology, and making a real impact, your seat at the table is ready.

👉 Discover life at TheFork

As part of TheFork’s international growth strategy, we are building a dedicated Sales team focused exclusively on selling our restaurant reservation and management system – TheFork Manager – in new and high-potential markets.

We are looking for a hands-on Sales Manager to build, lead, and scale this brand-new team during the pilot phase and beyond.

This is a unique opportunity to take on a leadership role within a newly launched division, combining startup agility with the strength of a trusted global brand.

What you will do:

• Hire, lead and develop a team of Inside Sales Representatives (Outbound and Inbound), based in Barcelona, selling to France and Belgium

• Inspire and maintain a high-performing, collaborative, and positive team culture in a fast-paced and uncertain environment.

• Monitor team KPIs and daily performance, ensuring productivity targets are met.

• Coach the team on value-based selling of our TheFork Manager software, adapting to different market maturity levels and buyer mindsets.

• Collaborate with Sales Ops, Marketing, and Product teams to iterate the playbook and improve lead generation, conversion, and onboarding efficiency.

• Lead the recruitment, onboarding, and ongoing training of your team members to ensure high ramp-up speed and sustained performance.

• Provide clear and regular reporting on performance, risks, and learnings to your manager and key stakeholders.

• Bring strategic insights from the field and contribute to the roadmap for future scaling of this international initiative.

Who you are:

• 3+ years of experience managing B2B sales teams, ideally in SaaS, tech, or hospitality sectors.

• Native French and fluent in English (additional languages are a plus).

• A results-driven and motivational leader, passionate about coaching and scaling high-performing teams.

• Analytical and data-oriented, with strong operational discipline and the ability to work with metrics to drive performance.

• Experience managing team’s pipeline via Salesforce or similar CRM tools.

• Comfortable working in ambiguity, with an entrepreneurial spirit and ability to iterate fast.

• Able to collaborate effectively across functions and contribute to cross-team alignment.

What we offer you

😄 An awesome team (not everybody like our jokes, but we try our best)

🏠 A Permanent contract (that can be useful in life)

⚖️ Flexible working environment (2 days home office per week)

💸 Competitive fixed salary, bonus and equity (yes, equity!)

🍕 Lunch vouchers available for each working day (because yes, we like to try our best restaurants)

🌎 International teams - More than 30 nationalities and 16 offices worldwide

🏳️‍🌈 Highly inclusive working environment

🤸‍♀️ Lifestyle benefits that can be used to reimburse physical, leisure activities, family support, travel etc

🎓 Continuous learning and development programs

😌 Free access to the Calm app

⏳ A program dedicated to help you have the best work/life balance

🏥 Health insurance fully covered by the company

👩‍🦽 Life Insurance and Disability at no cost to the employee

🍴 Amazing offices with dining, coffee point on each floor, and leisure area

🎤 Team building events (we love karaoke. A lot. A lot.)

If you are the right person and you are thrilled to join TheFork don’t miss this chance and apply.. we are waiting for you!

We believe that we are better together, and we welcome you for who you are. We endeavor to ensure that everyone - regardless of ability, age, socio-economic & cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender expression, gender identity, ideology, national origin, race, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law -has the opportunity to reach their full potential. At TheFork, we want you to bring us your unique perspectives and experiences, so we can collectively continue disrupting the restaurant industry and go from good to great.

TheFork is committed to a fair recruitment process. If you have special needs and require reasonable support during your application, interview, or participation in the selection process due to health conditions or disability, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Our HR team will review the request and respond accordingly

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