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Cohere

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11 - 50 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

Artificial Intelligence • Enterprise • SaaS

Cohere is a leading enterprise AI platform optimized for generative AI, search and discovery, and advanced retrieval. The company offers AI-powered applications designed to augment and elevate the global workforce, helping businesses thrive in the AI era. Cohere provides solutions such as embedding and reranking models, allowing enterprises to efficiently retrieve information and build powerful applications. The company offers flexible deployment options for enterprise-grade AI, on any cloud or on-premises, and provides extensive developer resources and support. Cohere is committed to scaling intelligence to serve humanity, making intelligence abundant, affordable, and accessible.

📋 Description

• Drive net-new customer acquisition through targeted outbound activity, senior leader engagement, and relationship building in Germany. • Develop and execute a sales plan for Germany, prioritizing accounts and opportunities through collaboration with Cohere leadership. • Act as a trusted advisor and thought partner to public sector customers and prospects by understanding their goals and shaping AI solutions that deliver measurable value. • Work closely with channel and regional partners, as well as major system integrators to scale outreach, accelerate adoption, and maximize customer success. • Leverage senior-level relationships with executives and government decision-makers to drive strategic opportunities and long-term partnerships. • Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams on strategic efforts to deliver enterprise and public-sector solutions. • Partner with SDRs and Marketing to drive top-of-funnel activity and overall territory growth. • Own the full sales cycle; including discovery, technical and business validation, proof-of-concept, procurement, and deal close within a team-selling environment.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of direct public sector sales experience in Germany, with a proven track record of closing $3M+ annual quotas. • Deep knowledge of PUBSEC procurement and budget cycles, decision-making processes, and how to work with regional partners and resellers. • Established network in Germany, including federal agencies, prime contractors, and industry associations. • Experience selling SaaS, AI/ML, or enterprise software solutions to government clients. • High tolerance for ambiguity, you are both a strategist and a hands-on operator capable of building a market from the ground up. • Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple internal and external stakeholders across fast-moving deals. • Creativity and strong technical acumen to structure unique, mutually beneficial partnerships. • Excellent communication skills, you listen deeply, understand what matters to senior decision-makers, and confidently present to both technical and non-technical audiences. • English and German language proficiency essential. • Must be based in Germany with willingness to travel (25-35%).

🏖️ Benefits

• A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency for lunch. • Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health. • RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme. • 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent. • Annual enrichment benefits: • Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and a workspace improvement credit. • Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching. • 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days!) • Budget for traveling to other offices if you are remote, plus an annual company offsite.