Job Description
Description
About the Role
The Team Lead Account Executive, SMB at NinjaOne is responsible for leading a team of 5–10 Account Executives toward a shared team quota, driving sales and profitability objectives across our core SMB market. This is a people-first leadership role: you own the team's pipeline health, forecast accuracy, and execution quality — ensuring every rep is set up to hit their number. You will be accountable for how the team engages prospects, runs sales cycles, and closes revenue, while contributing to NinjaOne's broader SMB growth strategy.
Location: Berlin, Germany
What You'll Be Doing
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 5–10 Account Executives toward a shared team quota
• Own the quality and execution of pipeline management, target tracking, and forecast reporting across the team
• Ensure consistent application of consultative sales methodology — clear communication, active listening, confident objection handling — across all team members
• Monitor and support the team's engagement with inbound and outbound prospects throughout the full sales cycle
• Review and guide solution presentations and product demos to ensure alignment with customer needs
• Hold the team accountable to CRM hygiene, accurate revenue reporting, and detailed opportunity management
• Identify performance gaps and build action plans to address them at the individual and team level
• Gather and synthesize market intelligence to inform team positioning and opportunity prioritization
• Represent NinjaOne at trade events and support team members in key client meetings, training, and onboarding
• Collaborate cross-functionally to surface insights, flag risks, and escalate opportunities
• Other duties as needed
About You
• You have at least 2 years of people management experience in a sales environment, with direct ownership of a team quota
• You have a strong track record of leading teams to consistently achieve and exceed sales targets
• You understand pipeline management deeply — you can spot risks early and coach reps to course-correct
• You are an energetic, execution-focused leader who thrives in fast-paced, quota-driven environments
• You have exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English and German
• You are organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities simultaneously
• You have experience in B2B IT Sales — ideally selling technology solutions to SMB accounts at Director or C-Level
• You have 3+ years of B2B IT Sales background (individual contributor experience is a plus, not the focus)
• You are proficient with CRM tools and sales technology
• Additional languages are a plus
