Head of International Sales

The company

Alex Partners have an established, successful relationship with a leading European healthtech SaaS company, headquartered in the Netherlands.

They received substantial investment from one of the most significant technology-focused PE firms in Europe. Since then, they have made a series of strategic acquisitions, which have broadened their offering and taken them into new countries.

As they continue this exciting expansion, they are looking to hire a dynamic sales leader to drive the international growth of one of their recently acquired companies.

Your role

• Become the first dedicated international commercial hire, reporting to the CEO with visibility at group level
• Decide which markets and segments to open first, and make the case for them
• Build a pipeline from scratch and personally close the first international contracts
• Develop partnerships and channels that multiply reach beyond your own efforts
• Represent the company in the international expert communities where this market meets
• Feed what you learn back into the proposition and roadmap
• Grow your own team as the international business takes off

Your profile

• 5+ years in B2B software sales or business development, with a consistent track record of winning complex, long-cycle deals
• Proven ability to open a market with no existing lead flow
• Comfortable engaging multiple senior stakeholders, ideally including public bodies, standards organisations or national programmes
• Health IT experience or an affinity with technical healthcare standards is a strong advantage.
• Experience building a small sales team, or ambition to do so
• Fluent English; Dutch is a strong plus, and a further European language is a bonus
• Hungry, sharp and energised by building something new

What's on offer

• A ground-floor role with genuine scope to shape an international business
• A proven product in a market with strong structural momentum
• The stability and resources of a PE-backed group
• An attractive package: competitive base salary, bonus, lease car and hybrid working