Sr Strategic Sales Executive (German Speaking)

At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.

We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get flexibility that’s real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you.

About the Role

An exciting new opportunity has arisen at UKG to drive end-to-end new business sales of our Cloud solutions. Selling to businesses with between 600 - 2500 employees, with a sales cycle of around 3-12 months, the role covers all aspects of the sales cycle from outbound prospecting and inbound enquiries to customer negotiation and deal closing. Fluent German language skills are a must.

Key Responsibilities:

• Outbound prospection and transforming leads into productive business outcomes; manage and close existing deals while cultivating, qualifying, and developing new opportunities.
• Communicate UKG value proposition via phone, web interaction selling, e-mail communication, and face-to-face meetings.
• Identify critical business issues and align UKG values accordingly.
• Effectively manage relevant stakeholders throughout all stages of the sales cycle.
• Articulate the value of UKG solutions in relation to business challenges.
• Manage multiple concurrent sales cycles within customers, tying them all together with strategic vision and focus.
• This role includes occasional travel to customers and other company offices.

Requirements:

• 3+ years’ experience in end-to-end sales, ideally within software sales.
• An excellent telephone manner and good communication skills are essential, together with a friendly and flexible approach.
• Confidence in cold and prospecting activities and warm calling.
• Good business and financial acumen and ability to lead on a strategic vision.
• Trusted relationship management skills.
• Self-motivated and determined mindset.
• Able to fit into a working atmosphere that is very much geared towards teamwork.
• New business/hunter mentality.
• Fluent German language skills.

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. It's this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry — because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge.