Founding SVP of Sales

About This Role

Skillscaper  is a French deep-tech company pioneering a new category in human potential assessment through immersive, context-based technologies.

We are expanding into the  Middle East  and are seeking a  Founding SVP of Sales  to lead this growth.

This is not a conventional sales leadership opportunity. It is a rare build-stage executive mandate for a high-caliber commercial leader with the stature, network, and execution power to establish Skillscaper as a major player in the regional enterprise market.

The executive appointed to this role will be expected to open strategic doors, win high-value enterprise accounts, recruit and lead a top-tier commercial team, and build a revenue engine of significant long-term value.

The Mandate

As  Founding SVP of Sales , you will lead Skillscaper’s commercial entry and expansion across the  Middle East .

Your mission will be to:

• Establish Skillscaper’s presence with major enterprise buyers across the region
• Build direct relationships with senior HR, Learning & Development, talent, assessment, and workforce decision-makers
• Originate, structure, negotiate, and close strategic enterprise contracts
• Design the most effective commercial approach and market penetration strategy for the region
• Recruit, lead, and scale a high-performing sales team
• Create the foundations of a durable, high-value regional revenue organization

This is a role for a builder with executive presence — someone capable not only of generating revenue, but of creating commercial architecture.

What You Will Own

You will be expected to:

• Develop executive-level access across large enterprise accounts in the region
• Position Skillscaper with credibility among sophisticated buyers
• Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles from initial access to signed contract
• Identify the strongest verticals, commercial priorities, and expansion pathways
• Recruit as many sales professionals as you believe necessary to accelerate growth
• Lead, incentivize, and scale your team with high standards of performance
• Build a commercial culture centered on discipline, trust, ambition, and results
• Work directly with company leadership on strategic growth decisions

This role is centered on major strategic wins — not commodity selling, volume prospecting, or transactional sales management.

Who We Are Looking For

This opportunity is intended for an exceptional commercial leader who:

• Has a strong reputation and proven success in enterprise sales across the Middle East
• Brings direct senior-level access to enterprise decision-makers
• Understands how to sell differentiated, high-value solutions into complex organizations
• Has already built, recruited, and led strong commercial teams
• Operates with executive maturity, commercial instinct, and strong judgment
• Is energized by ownership, autonomy, and meaningful upside
• Wants to build something substantial rather than inherit a fully structured machine

This role is not suitable for agencies, intermediaries, brokers, or individuals without direct strategic access and enterprise-level credibility.

Compensation & Upside

This is a performance-driven executive opportunity with substantial upside.

The compensation structure includes:

• 15% commission  on contracts secured through your direct involvement
• 5% override commission  on all net sales generated by the team you recruit and lead
• No cap on earnings
• Significant executive influence in Skillscaper’s regional expansion

For the right profile, this role offers the opportunity to build considerable personal and strategic value through both direct performance and team scale.

For exceptional candidates, the compensation structure may be adapted to reflect profile, network strength, and demonstrated execution capacity.

Why This Role Is Exceptional

Very few roles offer this combination of:

• A founding executive leadership position in a high-potential new market
• The ability to build your own team with real strategic autonomy
• A direct path to substantial upside through both individual and team performance
• Access to a differentiated offering with strong enterprise relevance
• Direct collaboration with leadership on market creation and commercial strategy

You will not be joining a mature sales machine. You will be building one.

This role is designed for a top-tier commercial executive who wants more than compensation and title. It is for someone who wants to build a market, shape a category, and leave a visible commercial legacy.

About Skillscaper

Skillscaper develops immersive assessment technologies used for:

• Talent evaluation and certification
• Leadership and workforce development
• Language and communication assessment
• Enterprise-scale diagnostics and capability building

Our ambition is to transform how organizations evaluate human capability by moving beyond traditional testing toward more contextual, engaging, and strategically relevant methods.

Learn more:  www.skillscaper.com