Switzerland Remote (Country)

Smallpdf is hiring a Technical Business Development Manager (CH)

Responsibilities

  • Map the markets: define ICPs, verticals, and key buyer personas (business & technical).
  • Proactively source leads via outbound (email, phone, LinkedIn, events).
  • Build and manage a healthy pipeline in HubSpot with accurate forecasting and activity tracking.
  • Evangelize PDF Tools at industry events, webinars, and through local partnerships.
  • Run discovery, product demos, technical deep dives (with SE/Support help when needed).
  • Craft business cases and ROI stories that resonate with customer challenges in the document lifecycle.
  • Lead pricing and contract negotiations to close multi-year, 4–6 figure SaaS deals.
  • Hand off new wins smoothly to Customer Success / Account Management for onboarding and expansion.
  • Acquire relevant integrators and technical resellers
  • Animate new and existing partners
  • Consolidate market and product feedback; work closely with Product Managers to inform roadmaps.
  • Partner with Marketing on German-language campaigns, content, and localization initiatives.
  • Coordinate with Support and Engineering to ensure a frictionless buyer experience.
  • Identify and onboard local channel/technology partners where it accelerates growth.
  • Document outreach sequences, discovery frameworks, and objection handling to scale what works.
  • Identify efficiency gaps in tooling/process and propose improvements.
  • Track and report KPIs (pipeline coverage, win rates, deal velocity, ARR won) and iterate on tactics.

Requirements

  • Native-level German and professional English.
  • 3–6+ years in B2B SaaS new business sales (hunter role), ideally selling to technical and business stakeholders.
  • significant experience in developing and animating partners, like system integrators
  • Consistent achievement of new-logo ARR targets and closing multi-year deals.
  • Entrepreneurial self-starter who loves the zero-to-one phase and thrives with autonomy.
  • Confident in outbound prospecting, discovery, value selling, and complex negotiations.
  • Comfortable discussing APIs/SDKs and technical integrations (you don’t need to code, but you enjoy understanding how things work).
  • Proficient with CRM (HubSpot preferred), LinkedIn Sales Navigator, sequencing tools, and basic reporting.
  • Skilled at orchestrating internal stakeholders (Product, Marketing, Support) while keeping the customer at the center.

Nice to Have

  • an existing strong business network in the market is a big plus

Benefits

  • Flexible, hybrid work model – with regular team meetings to strengthen team spirit.
  • 30 vacation days – yes, you read that right!
  • Don’t leave your four-legged friends at home, our offices are pet-friendly.
  • 16 weeks parental leave—100% of your salary—for all new parents
  • Sabbatical opportunities after 2 years with the company.
  • 2,000 CHF annual training budget, including additional time off for courses or training.
  • Internal knowledge sharing & external coaching to further develop your professional and social skills.
  • Opportunity to participate in the PSOP - Phantom Stock Option Plan (terms & conditions apply).

Additional Information

  • If you are not in Switzerland but you are open to relocate, keep in mind we're unable to consider applicants who don't already have a Swiss permit / EU Passport as we are unable to support in the visa process.
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Smallpdf
Industry leader in digital document solutions, building intuitive, powerful tools for individuals and businesses. Offers a platform for compressing, converting, editing, and e-signing documents, trusted by millions of users across 195+ countries.
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Department Pdftools
Category other
Posted 6 months ago