Are you a Senior SaaS Sales professional with a strong commercial drive who would like to work towards growing the Japan business for one of the world's leading learning platforms? Then you might be the person we are looking for!
Kahoot! is looking for a Senior Sales Executive who will become a key player in our team in our brand-new Japan office! In this role, you will drive sales across multiple areas, including inbound sales, account development and renewals.
About Kahoot!
The Kahoot! Group is on a mission to make learning awesome! We want to empower everyone, including children, students, and employees to unlock their full learning potential. Our Kahoot! learning platform makes it easy for any individual or corporation to create, share, and host learning sessions that drive compelling engagement.
Launched in 2013, Kahoot!'s vision is to build the leading learning platform in the world. Kahoot! has since hosted hundreds of millions of learning sessions with more than 10 billion participants (non-unique) in more than 200 countries and regions. The Kahoot! Group includes Clever, the leading US K-12 EdTech learning platform, together with the learning apps DragonBox, Poio, Drops, Actimo, Motimate, and Whiteboard.fi.
The Kahoot! Group is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices in the US, the UK, France, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Spain,Poland, and Singapore. To learn more, visit us at kahoot.com, and let's play!
Our K!rew
At the Kahoot! Group we champion a positive culture of collaborative learning and innovation. With a global team of more than 600 employees representing over 50 different nationalities, we're a diverse and fun bunch of people! We work hard and celebrate our wins, tackle challenges with original ideas and learn something new every day.
We are driven by our mission and guided by our values: playful, curious and inclusive.
If you talk to anyone working in the Kahoot! Group, they will tell you that one of the greatest perks is being able to see how the work you do puts a smile on the face of kids, teachers and learners all around the world.
We are looking for someone with the following skills and competencies:
- Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in a relevant field of study
- Strong ability to manage expectations, present solutions, and build lasting relationships with clients
- Commercial Experience: Minimum of 8 years in a commercial role with a deep understanding of business dynamics
- Outstanding skills in presenting and communicating effectively, with fluency in Japanese and high-level proficiency in English
- Sales Track Record: Proven success in sales, with a demonstrated ability to drive results and meet targets
- Negotiation skills: Excellent skills in negotiation and deal-making
- Complex Sales Management: Ability to manage and navigate a complex sales process, with a clear understanding of the business value of SaaS solutions, particularly in the context of Learning & Development and Communication
- Customer Understanding: Strong listening skills and a deep understanding of customers' business needs and challenges
- Team Collaboration: A team player with exceptional people skills and the ability to work collaboratively
- Flexibility and Creativity: Kahoot! values creativity in developing our products and servicing our customers. The Japan office is a startup environment full of opportunities for creative leadership in growing the business.
- Experience in Enterprise sales and/or the Education sector is a plus
Responsibilities
The Senior Sales Executive will become a key player in our team, responsible for driving sales across multiple areas including outbound and inbound sales, account development, and renewals. The role involves managing the entire sales process, building and maintaining a strong pipeline, leading training initiatives, and executing specific projects to optimize sales performance and customer retention for our Enterprise and Education sector customers.
Moreover, key responsibilities include:
- Sales and Account Management.
- Sales Process Oversight: Manage and optimize the full sales process and pipeline for both inbound and account development, ensuring efficiency, effectiveness, and alignment with sales targets.
- Pipeline and Account Development: Build and maintain a robust sales pipeline, drive conversions, and oversee account development initiatives to achieve strategic sales goals.
- Project Leadership: Take charge of projects and initiatives aimed at improving sales activities, outbound campaigns, needs analysis, and overall sales strategy.
- Renewal Management: Oversee the renewal process for various customer segments, ensuring a smooth and efficient renewal cycle. Collaborate with Customer Success and Sales Teams to secure successful renewals and maintain strong customer relationships.
- Process Improvement: Streamline sales and renewal processes to support commercial growth and build a solid foundation for ongoing success, including working closely with global product, customer support, and customer success teams to support customer needs
- Become a subject matter expert in presenting the value of corporate communication, learning & development.
- Liaise with multiple stakeholders, internally and externally, including our strong Japan-based user community, to ensure we achieve commercial success with the customers.
- Define the business objectives and use cases to ensure high business outcomes for the Customer.
- Build a strong business relationship with the customers.
You can look forward to enjoying the following benefits:
- Company Laptop
- Mobile phone subscription
- Annual Leave: Paid vacation days to recharge and relax
- Options for remote work or flexible hours to accommodate personal needs
- Opportunities for training and skill enhancement to foster career growth
We look forward to hearing from you!