Commercial - France

Axle Energy
France
Remote

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for commercially driven professionals who navigate technical and strategic client relationships, with a focus on energy markets and cross-border collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in building and managing partner pipelines in energy sectors
    — “Building and managing a strong pipeline of partners across key segments”
  • Individuals who thrive in high-ownership environments with minimal structure
    — “Operating with low structure and high ownership: remove friction, avoid bureaucracy, move fast”
  • Candidates who can bridge technical and commercial teams with structured feedback
    — “Acting as a conduit between partners and engineering teams creating fast, structured feedback loops”

Things to consider

  • Monthly travel to London is required, which may impact work-life balance
    — “you spend ~1 week per month working from our London office”
  • The role is client-facing and requires technical depth, not just sales experience
    — “This is a multifaceted, client-facing role with a strong technical component”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to manage full commercial lifecycles with partner success metrics
    — “Owning the full commercial lifecycle and should be comfortable moving between strategic conversations, commercial negotiations, onboarding and account growth”
  • Emphasize your fluency in French and experience working with OEMs or utilities
    — “You will speak native-level French and fluent English. Other European languages will also be an asset.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to build scalable sales processes across segments
    — “Building and refine scalable sales and partner processes that support repeatable growth across different customer segments”
  • Demonstrate data-driven commercial effectiveness and performance tracking
    — “Tracking performance, pipeline, and outcomes, using data to prioritise effort”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • partner acquisition and retention
  • market penetration
Typical background
salesbusiness development

Skills & requirements

Required

Commercial StrategyPartner ManagementClient OnboardingAccount Management

Preferred

Technical SalesMarket Analysis

About the role

Original posting from Axle Energy via Ashby

At Axle Energy, we’re building the infrastructure that will underpin the decarbonised energy system. Our software moves energy usage to times when electricity is cheap and green, by controlling vehicle charging, heating systems, and home batteries. We control hundreds of thousands of energy assets.

We’re building in a legacy industry and moving gigawatt-hours of electrons in the real world, but we operate at lightning speed, and we’re growing the team to meet customer demand.

We’re proud to be supported by world-leading investors, including Energize Capital and Accel.

Read more about what we’re building here https://www.axle.energy/blog/analysis/power-of-the-home.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR A COMMERCIALLY SHARP, HIGHLY AUTONOMOUS OPERATOR TO DRIVE AXLE’S COMMERCIAL SUCCESS IN THE FRENCH MARKET.

This is a role that spans both sales and go to market. You’ll be responsible for both winning new partners (OEMs, utilities, platforms, etc.) and making those partnerships succeed over time.

This is a multifaceted, client-facing role with a strong technical component. You will own the full commercial lifecycle and should be comfortable moving between strategic conversations, commercial negotiations, onboarding and account growth.

You will speak native-level French and fluent English. Other European languages will also be an asset.

THIS ROLE WILL OWN:

  • Winning new business
  • Go-to-market strategy and execution
  • Client onboarding and implementation support
  • Account management and expansion

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

  • Owning Axle’s commercial results for the French market (pipeline, revenue and partner success)
  • Building and managing a strong pipeline of partners across key segments (OEMs, energy retailers, installers, platforms, etc.)
  • Owning new customer acquisition end-to-end, from first conversation through to commercial close, setting our partners up to generate meaningful revenue
  • Driving go-to-market execution with partners, including value propositions, pricing considerations, customer segmentation and launch strategies
  • Managing post-implementation relationships with clients after go-live, driving continuous improvement and opportunity to deepen engagement or grow the account
  • Acting as a conduit between partners and engineering teams creating fast, structured feedback loops that help translate field insights into meaningful product enhancements
  • Building and refine scalable sales and partner processes that support repeatable growth across different customer segments
  • Tracking performance, pipeline, and outcomes, using data to prioritise effort and continuously improve commercial effectiveness
  • Operating with low structure and high ownership: remove friction, avoid bureaucracy, move fast

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

This is a 12 month fixed-term contract. Compensation is highly competitive and dependent on experience.

We operate with a deliberately flat structure and aim to keep pay equitable across the company, with a 1:1 median ratio between founder and team compensation.

Bi-annual retreats to strengthen team connection & shared purpose.

You’ll be based in France. To maximise collaboration, we ask that you spend ~1 week per month working from our London office.

The opportunity to directly shape the future of energy markets and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon world.

We are extremely keen to build a diverse team, and we’re particularly eager to hear from candidates who don't fit the traditional role stereotypes. If you’re motivated by our mission, please do reach out, even if you feel you might not ‘check all the boxes’.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

  • Initial interview
  • Take-home exercise
  • Final interview (in-person)
  • Offer, references, and welcome to the team!

Source: Axle Energy careers (Ashby)

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