Sales Manager, Enterprise Industries

Paris · 5+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 19, 2026

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Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
Sales Manager, Enterprise Industries
As a Sales Manager at Anthropic, you'll lead a team of Enterprise Account Executives driving the adoption of safe, frontier AI by securing strategic deals with leading enterprises. You'll leverage your leadership and consultative sales expertise in the Industries sector to propel revenue growth while developing a high-performing team of AEs. Working closely with Applied AI Engineering and Product teams, you'll help Industries customers embed and deploy AI while uncovering its full range of capabilities across their business. In collaboration with GTM and Marketing teams, you'll continuously refine our value proposition, sales methodology, and market positioning to resonate with enterprise decision-makers and ensure differentiated value across the Industries landscape.
The ideal candidate will have a passion for developing people, identifying market opportunities within Industries, and executing strategies to capture them. By leading the deployment of Anthropic's emerging products, you will help enterprises obtain new capabilities while also advancing the ethical development of AI.

As a Sales Manager at Anthropic, you'll lead a team of Enterprise Account Executives driving the adoption of safe, frontier AI by securing strategic deals with leading enterprises.
You'll leverage your leadership and consultative sales expertise in the Industries sector to propel revenue growth while developing a high-performing team of AEs.
Working closely with Applied AI Engineering and Product teams, you'll help Industries customers embed and deploy AI while uncovering its full range of capabilities across their business.

Build and lead a high-performing team of Enterprise Account Executives focused on Industries, providing coaching, mentorship, and guidance to drive team success
Develop and implement sales strategies tailored to Industries procurement cycles and budgeting processes to meet and exceed team revenue quotas
Create and maintain accurate forecasts, pipeline management, and reporting while ensuring data integrity in CRM systems
Partner with Enablement to develop training programs and resources that accelerate AE ramp time and effectiveness, with specific focus on Industries buying cycles and decision-making processes
Work closely with Applied AI Engineering teams to demonstrate technical capabilities pre-sales and optimize solutions post-sales for industry-specific applications
Enable your team to have credible technical conversations about AI applications in Industries while maintaining appropriate guardrails
Build strong partnerships across the organization to drive strategic initiatives within the Industries sector
Identify and execute on new market opportunities and use cases for Anthropic's AI solutions across business units, research and development centers, and corporate functions
Help your team navigate complex enterprise stakeholder ecosystems including executives, business leaders, IT departments, and procurement offices to build consensus
Gather and synthesize customer feedback to inform product direction and enhance customer experience for Industries

15+ years of enterprise sales experience in Industries technology, preferably driving adoption of SaaS or emerging technologies
5+ years of sales leadership experience, ideally 3+ leading teams within the Enterprise segment focused on Industries in France
Proven track record of building and leading high-performing sales teams selling into large enterprises, with demonstrated success in coaching and developing AEs
Experience establishing and scaling sales processes, tools, and methodologies in fast-growing organizations serving Industries
Strong technical acumen and ability to understand complex AI solutions and their applications in Industries, with experience enabling teams to have credible technical conversations with customer stakeholders
Track record of successful partnership with technical teams throughout the customer journey within large enterprises
Deep understanding of Industries buying cycles, procurement frameworks, and key pain points
Demonstrated ability to navigate complex, multithreaded sales cycles across diverse stakeholder groups and drive cross-functional initiatives
Experience managing complex enterprise sales cycles and helping AEs secure strategic deals
Strong operational rigor in pipeline management, forecasting, and sales metrics specific to Industries sales cycles

Location-based hybrid policy: currently expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time, though some roles may require more time in offices.