rooom AG Hiring for VP Sales & Marketing Job at McLean, VA Full Time

WHY US?

rooom is an exciting venture-backed start-up that is currently seeking a technology executive with a growth mindset & entrepreneurial spirit to be the driver for the expansion of rooom’s business in the US market. rooom was founded in Germany and has quickly become an award-winning platform for delivering virtual experiences (2D, 3D, AR & VR) for brands on our innovative and award-winning ExperienceCloud. We are now building and scaling our US market presence, targeting customers and partners (event & digital agencies). More than 310,000 users from over 119 countries are already using rooom.

YOUR MISSION

You will be the VP Sales & Marketing for the US region of rooom AG, the global tech startup headquartered in Germany. Over time, you will develop the rooom business in the US, building a strong team, working hand in hand with rooom’s global team and management in Germany.

This is an opportunity for an executive with proven experience in sales/business development and marketing who wants to become part of a fast-growing global tech startup and to grow a market presence in the US market. You will act as the spearhead for rooom in the US Market. In this role, you will build a strong market facing team and be the face to the US customers and partners, the glue for the US team and integrator within the global organization – the one who develops and executes the business plan, holds the team accountable, is the steady force in the organization. You have the delicate balance of executing the rooom’s vision and strategic goals in the US, while also being a strategic thinker, a strong manager, aligning with rooom’s culture and core values. You have a customer first mindset, are a good problem solver, highly organized, and you lead by example.

You will be based in our Tysons Corner (McLean, VA) office. You will work directly with the global management and with the product, sales, marketing teams based in Germany, as well as the growing US based team that consists of business development, sales, marketing, customer success and project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee daily customer facing operations of the region (Marketing, Business Development, Sales, Customer success/Project Management)
• Design and implement the regional business plan
• Initiate and lead business development, marketing and sales initiatives
• Promote rooom with customer and partners
• Set comprehensive goals for performance and growth
• Establish policies that promote company culture and vision
• Lead employees to encourage maximum performance and dedication
• Evaluate performance by analyzing and interpreting data and metrics
• Manage relationships with partners/vendors

YOUR PROFILE

• Proven track record in sales and business development and market development in a technology company
• Experience in the B2B SaaS software market, preferably in MarTech/digitization area
• Experience in solution selling to CMO’s and working with digital and experience agencies
• First experience as Managing Director or relevant role in a technology company in a global business environment
• Experiences in leading teams
• Demonstrable competency in strategic planning and business development
• Demonstrated results driven approach to execute strategy and adaptive to changing markets, business environments, and economy
• Professional, self-confident, egoless demeanor
• Background in software product or engineering (bonus if you have experience in marketing technology or agency), having an MBA is a plus
• Exceptional leadership skills to lead, manage, build a best-in-class team
• Superb communication and decision-making skills
• Nice to have: multilingual background, especially if speaking German

WE OFFER

• Beautiful office, friendly team and regular team events
• Fully stocked office kitchen (water, tea, coffee, soft drinks etc.)
• On-site gym includes a Pelaton bike
• Extensive remote and home office arrangements
• Flexible working time models
• National healthcare plan
• 401 (k) employer matching
• Holidays & PTO
• Specialization and further training measures
• Career advancement opportunities
• Family-friendly working environment

We have a pleasant working atmosphere with flat hierarchies, where you are taken seriously as an individual. You have an idea? Tell us! You prefer to be more quiet and just do your job? Then just do it! Everyone feels comfortable here. Join our team and help us make the world a little bit better! Starting with an idea, creativity, courage and diligence, the company has grown into something great, thanks to an awesome team. We have received numerous awards and excite some of the most well-known companies with our way of thinking and our technology.

We are easy access, open access and enterprise at the same time. Our working space is like a home, but even more homey. It’s like an office, but even more productive. It’s like a studio, but even more creative. You’ll love it.

We are already looking forward to your application!