Junior Account Manager - APAC - Join Our Innovative Team at thinkcell Software
Our Story
At thinkcell, we create powerful software solutions that help professionals be more efficient and productive. Founded in 2002 and based in Berlin, our tools integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Office to help users create presentations, charts, and diagrams with ease. Our dynamic, international team values creativity, collaboration, and technical excellence.
What You Will Do
We are looking for a dynamic and entrepreneurial Junior Account Manager to manage our Go-to-Market activities across APAC, excluding Japan, China, Australia and New Zealand. This role is unique in its scope, encompassing Marketing, Sales and Customer Success. The primary focus, however, will be on driving user growth through sales activities. The ideal candidate will exhibit qualities of both acquiring and growing a book of customers, owning the entire sales process and ensuring customer satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and expand a territory with a focus on balancing new customer acquisition with nurturing existing accounts.
- Own the entire sales process from beginning to end, including prospecting, lead generation, qualification, value proposition presentation, solution demonstration, negotiation, and closing.
- Conduct cold calls and reach out to new teams at existing customers to explain the value proposition, demonstrate solutions, and convert prospects into loyal customers.
- Receive guidance and support from leadership but exercise independent thinking and initiative to achieve sales goals.
- Run account forensics to enable a data-driven sales approach, customized to the individual customer.
- Execute strategic sales plays tailored to specific customer profiles.
- Follow up on leads and inbound requests in your territory and maximize conversion rate of trials (e.g. adjust email sequences and messaging).
- Localize and run marketing campaigns – with support from our central team.
- Enable post-deal product adoption (e.g. trainings) supported by a central enablement team.
- Monitor customer health, detect and prevent churn.
You will be great for this position if you have
- 2-4 years of experience in a commercial role (e.g. account mgmt., sales, customer success, business development) in SaaS / software or tech company – ideally in a start-up or scale-up setting.
- University Degree, preferably in business or computer science, or related field.
- Experience working with customers across APAC markets, including Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia or Singapore.
- Experience in navigating organizational structures and corporate dynamics of large customers.
- Understanding of common GTM tools (e.g. Salesforce.com, Outreach.io).
- Excellent virtual communication and presentation skills with the ability to build and maintain customer relationships.
- Self-starter with a can-do attitude and an entrepreneurial mindset.
- Appreciation of our product – willingness to understand thinkcell’s product is a must (don’t worry, it’s very intuitive), experience with thinkcell a plus.
- Willingness to work on-site in Tokyo, minimum of 4 days/week.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Fluency in English is required. Japanese language is a plus.
Our Values
As part of our team, you will embody and help shape the following principles that define us:
Forward Thinking: We embrace change and challenge the status quo.
Ownership: We take pride in our work and learn from our mistakes.
Customer First: We prioritize delivering lasting value.
Unified Team: We foster collaboration, respect, and integrity.
Strive for Excellence: We set ambitious goals and pursue quality.
We believe in a human hiring process, every application is personally reviewed.
Why is thinkcell the right place for you?
We empower over 1.3 million users across 35,000 companies, including top consulting firms and major global enterprises. With offices in Berlin, Munich, Denver, London, Tokyo, and Dubai, we’re a diverse team of over 250 people, committed to innovation and excellence.
thinkcell is more than a job – it's a chance to be part of an innovative, inclusive team that values collaboration and growth. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. Together, we can shape the future of productivity software. We can’t wait to see what you’ll bring to the team!