Sales Manager

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where you are given tremendous responsibility? Do you want to be part of an extraordinary entrepreneurial team with young, motivated, and extremely driven individuals? And curious or passionate about venture capital? If so, you might be our new Sales Manager in Finland.

Your Mission

As Sales Manager you will be the first person on ground to build and lead our Finnish sales division in Helsinki. This is a hands-on role where you will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a robust sales pipeline, ensuring accurate forecasting and timely deal closure. You possess the ability to work with sales on a strategic as well as an operative level, where you master an outreach- and consultative sales process.

Our Mission

CVX is one of Europe's fastest-growing venture investors and is executing on our path to becoming Europe’s largest venture investor by providing high-growth companies with capital, knowledge, and network.

We are driven by our belief that the best investors are often those that provide founders with the right knowledge, experience, and network for the specific stage and industry.

CVX always invests with and through the best angels for the particular founder. Today, we have over 600 angel investor partners in CVX that invest in and support companies they can add a value-adding difference to.

CVX currently consists of 20 ambitious and talented individuals in Copenhagen, London, Oslo, Stockholm and now in Helsinki.

What You Will Do

• Develop and implement your sales strategy

• Build out the lead marketing machine

• Drive sales and continuously hit and exceed revenue targets

• Once you have hit certain sales targets you will be responsible for hiring, developing and leading a top notch sales team

• Actively participate in budget work and set goals for the organisation

• Follow KPIs and continuously develop and implement action plans to improve results

• Lead end-to-end investment deals from deal sourcing to investment

• Represent CVX at events, gatherings, conferences, etc

• Work closely and in collaboration with other managers

• Report into the CEO.

What We Expect from You

• 3+ years of experience ideally in venture capital, high-growth startups or fast-paced environments

• A natural ability to sell

• Demonstrated success in achieving and exceeding revenue targets

• High work ethic with a sense of urgency

• Exceptional drive with a desire to be the best at what you do

• Proactive approach and take ownership of everything you do

• People-oriented with the ability to bring people together

• Ability to communicate effectively with individuals at management and board level

• Ability to win the trust of business leaders

• Outstanding analytical and structured problem-solving skills

• Humility and sharing our passion for building and developing new businesses

• Fluency in Finnish and English

• Preferably, a network in the Finnish start-up ecosystem.

What We Offer You

As our Sales Manager you will embark on a journey focused on your personal development, career growth, and CVX as a company. You will become part of a company with high team spirit and ambitious colleagues. In this role, you will develop your skills and leadership abilities through projects and coaching within the Scandinavian venture environment.

• A dynamic and exciting work environment with ambitious and talented peers

• A culture of continuous learning and development

• Direct impact on the success of CVX and the portfolio companies

• Coaching and development opportunities

• A mix of base salary and upside depending on results.

Start Date

As soon as possible.