Senior Manager, Commercial Sales (Singapore)

Figma
Singapore, SG
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior sales leaders with SaaS experience who thrive in early-stage, high-growth environments in APAC.

Best fit for

  • Experienced SaaS sales manager ready to build and lead a new APAC team.
    — “build and lead a new team of Account Executives in the APAC region
  • Sales leader with a track record in competitive technical landscapes.
    — “Proven track record of leading successful and consistent sales team in a technical and competitive landscape
  • Candidate comfortable with hands-on sales coaching and forecasting.
    — “Deliver weekly forecast meetings and mentor Account Executives on strategies

Things to consider

  • Requires in-person presence for onboarding despite potential remote flexibility.
    — “if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding
  • Camera-on policy for all video interviews is mandatory.
    — “we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific initiatives where you developed sales processes from scratch.
    — “Help craft and further develop sales processes and initiatives
  • Demonstrate familiarity with Figma or UX/UI tools in your application.
    — “Experience using or working with Figma, or other UX/UI experience
  • Prepare examples of mentoring junior sales teams to exceed targets.
    — “mentor Account Executives on strategies to help exceed their goals
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • building and leading a new team of Account Executives
  • driving meaningful relationships that add value to the customer experience
Typical background
6+ years of sales experience2+ years of management experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales ManagementTeam LeadershipSaas SalesCustomer Relationship Management

Preferred

Figma Product KnowledgeMeddic Sales Methodology

Stack & domain

SalesManagementTrainingRecruitingCommunicationLeadershipTeamworkProblem-solvingTechnologySaas

About the role

Original posting from Figma via Greenhouse

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

We are looking for a Manager, Commercial Sales to join our dynamic team of creatives, engineers, marketers, and forward-thinking business folks. As our Manager of Commercial Sales, you will build and lead a new team of Account Executives in the APAC region responsible for continuing the growth of our product. You will report directly to our Director, Sales, APAC. With this role you’ll be part of an early team in a fast growing sales org. You’ll collaborate with our existing customer base and potential customers in driving meaningful relationships that add value to the customer experience and revenue to our bottom line.

This is a full time role that will be held from our Singapore office. 

What you'll do at Figma:

Hire and manage a team of motivated and diverse individuals to foster an environment of success

Participate in customer and prospect meetings

Assist in continual training and development, including mentorship, hiring and career growth

Help craft and further develop sales processes and initiatives

Interview, hire and train new team members as we scale the business and company

Deliver weekly forecast meetings and mentor Account Executives on strategies to help exceed their goals

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

6+ years of sales experience (preferably within SaaS)

2+ years of management experience

Proven track record of leading successful and consistent sales team in a technical and competitive landscape

While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

Additional years of management experience within a SaaS company

Experience using or working with Figma, or other UX/UI experience

Experience with Command of the Message or MEDDIC sales methodology

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities. 

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to: 

Holding interviews in an accessible location

Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing

Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers

Changing the mode or format of interviews 

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Figma's Candidate Privacy Notice.

Source: Figma careers (Greenhouse)

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