Sales Manager (French Market)

Location: On-site in Lyon or Paris, France; the team is based in the new Lyon hub

Company

hirify.global provides hospitality technology for independent hotels, boutique properties, and small hotel chains across Europe.

What you will do

• Build, recruit, train, and manage a French sales team of SDRs, BDRs, and AEs.
• Run daily execution by managing pipeline health, call activity, meeting volume, and team performance.
• Coach team members through call listening, real-time feedback, KPI reviews, and early performance conversations.
• Drive pipeline generation through an approximately 80% outbound and 20% inbound approach with short sales cycles.
• Build a repeatable sales playbook to scale the French market and maintain accurate HubSpot data.
• Collaborate with Growth, Product, Marketing, Customer Success, and the wider commercial team in Barcelona.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience managing a sales team, ideally in SaaS, technology, or B2B environments.
• Native French speaker with English proficiency at B1/B2 minimum.
• Confirmed experience in outbound prospecting, cold calling, and short sales-cycle selling.
• Experience with HubSpot and Aircall or similar sales tools.
• Strong organisational, coaching, performance-management, and team-building skills.
• Entrepreneurial, resilient, autonomous, and comfortable in a target-driven environment.

Nice to have

• Experience in hospitality technology, online travel, or B2B SaaS.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive OTE consisting of base salary and performance-based commission.
• Stock options with a progressive vesting schedule.
• Comprehensive health insurance and on-demand salary access.
• Flexible benefits covering meals, childcare, transportation, and training.
• Book allowance and access to a shared team library.
• International team representing more than 35 nationalities.