Head of Customer Engagement

City Network is one of the leading European provider of IT infrastructure services based on Open Source. Our company provides public, compliant, private and hybrid cloud solutions based on OpenStack and have data centers around the world. We are a fast growing company & European leaders in infrastructure as a service. We love having fun and working hard. We live to get that smile on our customers face when we solve a problem or simply provide something better than expected. That’s in fact why we go to work the next day.
City Network is part of Iver , meaning that we have more than 1200 colleagues to support us in reaching our goals of becoming the primary European IaaS alternative.
City Network is on an exciting journey providing Enterprises and the public sector with regulatory compliant, cloud-based infrastructure services. We are looking for a Head of Customer Engagement to manage the team in charge of all revenue-generating activities and initiatives within the company.
Role and responsibilities:
As Head of Customer Engagement, you will be leading a seven-person department consisting of KAM, SDM, Enterprise-, Partner- and tech pre-sales. Some of your responsibilities will be to manage your department's budget, the sales pipeline and onboarding as well as managing and developing processes such as onboarding, customer growth and continuous improvement.
We see your role as cross-functional in terms of communication with other departments such as Technology & Services, Security and Marketing assuring we have a relevant service offering and awareness in the market.
Our Head of Customer Engagement reports directly to the VP of City Network and is part of the management team. You can work remotely from anywhere within the EU, and the job requires business travel. To ensure that you will have an optimal chance of quickly settling into your new role, we think it would be best to have experience in successfully leading a distributed team.


Requirements:
Prior commercial management experience, preferably within Sales and KAM/SDM organisations.
Proven people skills and the ability to demonstrate strong leadership.
Fluent communication skills in English.
Superior skills in sales pipeline management.
Merit: Skills in the German language

Personal Qualities:
We know, from experience that these qualities will be essential to succeed in this role.
Prior experience in corporate management.
A genuine interest in new technologies and advising clients on digital transformation.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Good with numbers.
Able to communicate concisely and clearly in English.
Well-organised and structured.
A team player.

What we offer:
Full-time position with 6-months probationary period.
Leave Policy : 6 weeks vacation.
Remote work : Work from anywhere within the EU.

I'm interested. What's next?
We'd like to hear from you! We have a few questions we would like to ask you. You'll be able to apply for this position until 30th Nov 2021. We will start reviewing and inviting applications right away, so make sure you get yours in early.
Type of Employment : Full time position.
Location : EU (Flexibility to work remotely)
Start Date : Immediate/at your earliest convenience


Additional information
Remote status - Flexible remote