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Head of Sales

Location: New York (availability to travel required)
Team: Sales
Reporting to: CEO and Co-founder
About Abacum

Abacum is the leading Business Planning solution for finance teams to drive performance. By automating reporting, enabling collaboration, and simplifying planning and forecasting, we help finance teams shift from number crunching to driving strategic decisions.

Founded in 2020 by two former CFOs, we’ve grown into a global team of 100+ people across 30+ nationalities. Headquartered in New York, we have offices in London and Barcelona. We’re trusted by industry leaders such as Dish Networks, Strava, BetterUp, Kajabi, JG Wentworth, Abridge, Cortex, and hundreds more.

We have raised over $100m, closing in June 2025 our $60M Series B, led by Scale Venture Partners, with the strong participation of Cathay Innovation, Y Combinator, Atomico, Creandum, and angel operators from Adyen, Zapier, and Twitch.

Our mission is ambitious and we can’t do it alone - join Abacum as we build the future of Business Planning!

About the role

We are hiring a Head of Sales to lead the next phase of Abacum’s growth. This is a foundational leadership role with full ownership of our new business ARR. You will manage and grow the AE and Solutions Consultant teams across New York, London and Barcelona, and be fully responsible for execution across the deal cycle, from AE-outbound activation to closed revenue.

This is a hands-on, high-intensity role for a doer who lives inside the funnel. You will jump on calls, help shape and push live deals, coach AEs in real time, and drive the operational rigor that leads to consistent, compounding performance. You will lead with urgency, drive, and intensity. You will build a culture focused on doing whatever it takes to hit the number.

You will also scale the team, building the systems, processes and infrastructure that allow to continue growing quickly and efficiently. You will hiring A-players, onboarding them fast across geographies, coach, train and develop talent, manage performance, and deliver on the technology stack.

We are looking for a field-general: : boots on the ground, leading from the tranches, building for the future.

You’ll report to the CEO and Co-founder, and work closely with Marketing, Partnerships, RevOps and Product to ensure the right inputs are in place to generate predictable pipeline and convert it with speed and precision.


What You'll Own
- Performance of the AE team across the full sales cycle. You will be responsible for activity volume, conversion rates, sales velocity, and closed ARR. You will inspect every stage weekly and drive the rhythm of execution.
- Hiring, ramping, coaching, developing and retaining top-performing AEs and SCs across NYC, London, and Barcelona. You will set clear expectations, build structured onboarding paths, and coach for impact. You are not afraid to reset standards or exit underperformance quickly.
- Deal acceleration. You will jump into high-potential deals to remove friction, increase urgency, and push toward close. You will create clarity and pressure in late-stage cycles, bring qualification rigor upfront, and help reps break through blockers.
- High-impact coaching. You will directly and personally enable and train the Sales team across topics such as messaging, battle cards, qualification standards, pain discovery and implication, and more. You will spend significant time in Gong to understand first hand how the team is truly performing and how to train them better.
- Sales methodology, operating rhythm, and team discipline. You will implement and enforce a clear system across forecasting, MEDDIC-style qualification, pipeline reviews, and performance inspection. You will build a culture of accountability to leading and lagging indicators. You will implement a rigorous operating cadence that ensures high-performance by design.
- Outbound strategy and conversion. You will partner with Marketing and Partnerships to improve AE outbound playbooks, iterate messaging, and increase engagement in our ICP. You will inspect sequences, review calls, and remove friction at the top of funnel.
- Alignment with Marketing, Product, and Partnerships to sharpen our go-to-market, refine ICP and segmentation, and ensure feedback from live deals flows into campaign strategy and product roadmap.
What You Bring
- 14+ years in B2B SaaS with at least 5 years directly leading new business sales teams, including teams of 15+ FTEs, and owning pipeline generation. You’ve built AE teams, outbound engines, and sales motion from the ground up. Experience selling into the office of the CFO is preferred.
- A proven ability to scale from Series B+ to D through structured sales execution. You know what it takes to run a team with discipline, push for performance daily, and close at high velocity.
- High standards and high energy. You bring intensity, pace, and urgency to the team every single day. You know how to raise the bar, hold people to it, and create a culture where AEs fight to hit their number. You are direct and clear.
- A mindset of extreme ownership. You do not delegate the hard parts. You stay close to the work, inspect details daily, and move from strategic thinking to real-time coaching without pause.
- Mastering both enterprise excellence and mid-market high-velocity execution. You have extensive experience in both and have segmented Sales teams, processes, playbooks and motions by customer range.
- Experience with MEDDIC, Challenger, or Command of the Message, and the ability to translate frameworks into a consistent, scalable motion across multiple regions and verticals.
- A collaborative, field-first orientation. You are in deals, not just dashboards. You work shoulder-to-shoulder with Marketing, Partnerships, and Product to push GTM strategy and execution.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation including equity package
- Competitive vacation policy
- 401k match
- Private health insurance and access to Meditopia
- Remote-friendly culture and flexible working hours
- Personal development including language courses
- Fun in-person off-sites and virtual get-togethers
- Relocation support if needed and desired
Our Values
- Customer Obsession: We share the understanding that Abacum's sole purpose is to create value for customers and relentlessly deploy all creativity and energy to that end.
- Audacious Ambition: We dream big and embrace discomfort. We assume risks, make on-time mistakes and learn how to methodically accomplish our goals.
- Good People: We are self-reflective and praise diversity of thought. We don't justify the end with the means and know where to draw the line. We have fun every day.
- Tough Love: We truly care for everyone in the team and embrace honest feedback and radical transparency as ways to genuinely help each other.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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