First Line Manager (all genders)

Lio
Munich Office, Germany

Who this role is best for

Candidates with prior sales experience and leadership potential will find this leadership-focused, high-performance role in Munich's office environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in B2B or enterprise sales and a passion for team leadership
    — “You've carried a quota, closed complex B2B or enterprise deals, and still enjoy selling.”
  • Individuals who are eager to shape a growing sales team and adapt to a new sales methodology
    — “You love learning and are excited to adapt to how we sell rather than bringing a ready-made playbook.”
  • People who thrive in collaborative, hands-on environments and enjoy being part of a team's success
    — “You don't chase a quota of your own. You own your team's number, and the goal is ambitious: hit the target together, then double it.”

Things to consider

  • This role demands active involvement in client-facing activities, not just management
    — “you join calls, visit customers on site and help close seven-figure opportunities.”
  • The position requires a hands-on approach to forecasting and deal evaluation
    — “You're curious about every deal and look into it yourself, so you and your team always know where you stand.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight instances where you helped a team exceed targets and improve performance
    — “the goal is ambitious: hit the target together, then double it.”
  • Emphasize your experience in coaching and developing individual contributors into high performers
    — “Help your reps grow. You make coaching, training and deal reviews part of the team's week.”
  • Showcase your ability to adapt to new methodologies and think creatively in sales
    — “You're entrepreneurial and find creative ways to reach a goal.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Led a team to its sales target
  • Helped close seven-figure opportunities
  • Coached and trained sales reps
Typical background
Experience in sales leadershipBackground in complex B2B or enterprise sales

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales Team LeadershipAccount Executive CoachingDeal ClosingForecast AnalysisTeam Building

Preferred

Complex B2B SalesEnterprise SalesSales Management Experience

Stack & domain

LeadershipCoachingTrainingDeal Reviews

About the role

Original posting from Lio via Ashby

We're building a sales team that wins, and we're looking for the leaders who'll make it happen.

As a First Line Manager at Lio, you're a true player-coach. You build, coach and lead a team of 6–8 Account Executives, and when a big deal is on the line, you're right there in the room helping close it. You don't chase a quota of your own. You own your team's number, and the goal is ambitious: hit the target together, then double it.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Lead your team to its number. You help your team hit its target and build the pipeline and habits that let it grow from there.
  • Be there when deals need you. You join calls, visit customers on site and help close seven-figure opportunities. When the usual playbook isn't enough, you get creative.
  • Know what's real in your forecast. You're curious about every deal and look into it yourself, so you and your team always know where you stand.
  • Take ownership. If a deal stalls, you reach out to the champion yourself. If it needs a workshop, you're happy to run it. You do what the deal needs.
  • Help your reps grow. You make coaching, training and deal reviews part of the team's week, and nothing motivates you more than seeing your AEs succeed.
  • Bring our way of selling to life. You know the product well and sell in an inquisitive, consultative and educative way, so your team learns it from you.

WHO YOU ARE

  • You've carried a quota, closed complex B2B or enterprise deals, and still enjoy selling.
  • You've led a sales team, had a first management experience, or feel ready to take that step. Many of our future managers start as AEs at Lio, get to know how we sell, and then grow into leadership.
  • You're entrepreneurial and find creative ways to reach a goal.
  • You like to check things for yourself and ask good questions, including of your own team.
  • You love learning and are excited to adapt to how we sell rather than bringing a ready-made playbook.
  • Building a team excites you more than your own quota.

THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE RIGHT FIT IF…

  • you'd prefer to focus purely on people management and step away from deals.
  • you'd rather stick to one proven playbook than adapt it.
  • you'd rather keep your own quota than build a team.
  • you prefer to rely on your team's forecast without digging into it.

WHY NOW

Our Go-To-Market team will grow significantly over the next year. You'd join early enough to shape how we lead sales, at a point where you can already see it working. Together with our sales leadership, you'll build your team and help define what great sales management looks like at Lio.

If you're hungry to build a team that outperforms every target, to turn good reps into great ones, and to win the biggest deals together, we want to hear from you.

Source: Lio careers (Ashby)

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