fonio

Partnership account executive for AI phone agents

In short

This role manages and grows a partner channel in France for Fonio, Europe's market leader for AI phone agents for SMBs, which scaled from $1M to $10M ARR in under a year. It requires finding, training and closing deals alongside partners, running sales calls personally, and traveling for partner and customer negotiations. The job starts in Vienna with a later move to Paris, and demands native French plus fluent English and a hands-on sales/closer background.

About
We grew from $1M to $10M ARR in under 12 months and now serve 10,000+ customers. Fonio is Europe's market leader for AI phone agents for SMBs. Now we're expanding globally and into new products. We move fast, take ownership, give direct feedback, and avoid politics and unnecessary meetings. Join one of Europe's fastest-growing companies.
Responsibilities
•You identify and screen potential partners in France, in French and English.
•You assess their real potential and decide how each one gets handled.
•You get partners to their first joint closed deal.
•You run the sales calls yourself so the partner sees a strong sales process live and learns from it.
•You join larger customer negotiations.
•You teach partners how to sell fonio.
•You build and provide the resources they need, from pitch material to objection handling, and you are their go to contact for questions.
•Regular check ins with your partners, unlocking upsell potential in their existing customer base, and opening new customers through and for your partners.
Requirements
•French native and fluent English are a must.
•Sales background, ideally you have walked the SDR to AE path yourself.
•Channel or partner experience is an advantage.
•Hands on closer mentality. You sell yourself and train partners at the same time.
•Strong self discipline, a real sense of ownership, and genuine drive to prove yourself.
•You are up for the Vienna start and the move to Paris afterwards, and you are willing to travel for partner visits and larger customer negotiations on site.
Nice to have
•German, Italian, or Spanish are a plus
Conditions
No conditions stated in the posting.

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