Head of Sales

Head of Sales

📍 Stuttgart, Germany

💼 Hybrid - 2 days in the office, 3 days working from home

💶 Up to €120 000 base salary

📄 Permanent, full-time contract

5V Tech is supporting a long-time partner in Germany. They are a growing automotive software scale-up. looking for a Head of Sales to take responsibility for its commercial team of 4.

The product is already live in the market, customers are established, and the focus now is on strengthening sales leadership, improving decision-making, and scaling in a smarter way.

This is not a corporate environment. It is a flat organisation where sales leadership has a voice, autonomy is trusted, and impact is visible.

• Lead and develop an established sales team
• Act as the commercial escalation point and bring structure before issues become costly
• Stay close to the market, customers, and deals when needed
• Improve sales processes, forecasting, and decision-making
• Work directly with senior management in a flat hierarchy
• Combine leadership with hands-on involvement where it adds value

• Proven leadership experience in B2B sales
• Background selling software products
  , ideally within the automotive industry
• Existing network in automotive, mobility, or related tech markets
• Experience in start-up or scale-up environments
• Fluent German speaker

This role is ideal for a sales leader who wants freedom, trust, and real influence
, and who enjoys building strong commercial foundations rather than maintaining heavy corporate structures.

If you want to lead, shape, and grow,
this is worth a conversation.