Apaleo is the world’s most open, API-first property management platform powering the next generation of hospitality operations. Its modular, AI-powered infrastructure enables hoteliers to customise their tech stack, automate routine work, and deliver seamless, personalised guest experiences, powered by best-in-class apps and autonomous AI agents that adapt to every stay.

The role

This is a full-cycle sales role with real ownership. You'll find, develop, and close strategic and mid-market accounts across DACH, from first conversation to signed contract. You'll sell into hotel groups, serviced apartment operators, and forward-thinking hospitality businesses that are ready to leave their old PMS behind.

You'll work closely with our partner ecosystem to co-sell and accelerate deals, and you'll be a genuine voice for Apaleo in the market — building relationships that go beyond the transaction.

What you'll be doing

• Running the full sales cycle, prospecting, discovery, demo, negotiation, close
• Owning and developing 30–40% of your own pipeline through outbound and network-driven activity
• Selling to C-suite and operational decision-makers, helping them understand what a best-of-breed approach actually means in practice
• Navigating complex buying processes that span HQ, Operations, IT, and Finance
• Co-selling with Apaleo's ecosystem of app and implementation partners to accelerate deals and add customer value
• Using tools like HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Modjo.ai, and Zoom to work smart and move fast

What you bring

• Proven B2B SaaS sales experience, you know how to run a deal and close it
• Experience selling complex solutions to non-technical buyers, ideally in hospitality, travel, or an adjacent industry
• Genuine curiosity about hospitality, you want to understand how the industry works, not just sell into it
• The ability to navigate long, multi-stakeholder sales cycles without losing momentum
• Fluency in German and English, this is non-negotiable for the DACH market, additional language a plus.
• A self-starter mindset, you thrive with ownership and don't need hand-holding

Culture & Growth

• A Diverse & International Team - Work alongside passionate professionals from over 20 nationalities, bringing unique perspectives and experiences to shape the future of hospitality tech.
• Growth & Development - As we scale, so do your opportunities. You'll benefit from 360° feedback reviews, a dedicated learning budget, and plenty of chances to take on more responsibility. Our evolving career framework ensures you can grow your skills, advance your career, and make a real impact.
• Autonomy & Ownership - Great ideas can come from anywhere. We empower you to take responsibility, make decisions, and contribute directly in an environment built on trust, transparency, and collaboration.
• Shape the Future of Hospitality Tech - Be part of a fast-growing scale-up transforming an entire industry. From day one, your work drives real impact — and you'll have the freedom to bring your ideas to life.
• Competitive & Fair Compensation - Great work deserves great pay. Our salaries are benchmarked to ensure fairness across all roles and teams, and we recognise and reward performance.

Perks & Lifestyle

• Flexible & Remote Work - We focus on results, not clocking hours. Work from home, the office, or a hybrid setup — with the flexibility to adapt your schedule as long as it works for your role and team.
• Free Public Transport - Travel across Germany with ease using our fully covered Deutschland Ticket.
• Team Connection - Strong connections fuel great collaboration. We come together through team dinners, company meetups, Oktoberfest, Christmas parties, and offsite events.
• 30 Days of Vacation - Fully disconnect, recharge, and come back inspired.
• Personal Development Budget - Up to €1,000 per year to spend however you choose — books, courses, conferences. Your call.
• Health & Wellbeing - Access hundreds of gyms, fitness studios, and wellness options through our EGYM Wellpass membership.

Culture & Growth

• A Diverse & International Team: Work alongside passionate professionals from over 20 nationalities, bringing unique cultural perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences to shape the future of hospitality tech.
• Growth & Development: As we scale, so do your opportunities. You’ll benefit from 360° feedback reviews, a dedicated learning budget, and plenty of chances to take on more responsibility. Our evolving career framework ensures you have increasing opportunities to learn new skills, advance your career, and make an impact.
• Autonomy & Ownership: Great ideas can come from anywhere. We empower you to take responsibility, make decisions, and contribute directly in an environment built on trust, transparency, and collaboration.
• Shape the Future of Hospitality Tech: Be part of a fast-growing scale-up transforming the hospitality industry. From day one, your work drives real impact and you’ll have the freedom to bring your ideas to life.
• Competitive & Fair Compensation: We believe great work deserves great pay. Our salaries are competitive and guided by benchmarking data to ensure fairness across all roles and teams. We make sure to recognize and reward performance and contribution.

Perks & Lifestyle

• Flexible & Remote Work Options: We focus on results, not clocking hours. You can work from home, the office or in a hybrid setup, with flexibility to adapt your schedule as long as it makes sense for your role, your team and our business.
• Free Public Transport: Travel across Germany with ease using our fully covered Deutschland Ticket.
• Team Connection: Strong connections fuel collaboration. We celebrate and connect through regular team dinners, company meetups, Oktoberfest celebrations, Christmas parties, and other offsite events.
• Paid Time Off: Enjoy 30 days of vacation to fully disconnect, recharge, and return inspired.
• Health & Wellbeing: Prioritize your health with access to hundreds of gyms, fitness studios, and wellness options through our EGYM Wellpass membership.

How you make an impact joining Apaleo: Joining Apaleo means more than just taking on a role it’s about driving real change in the hospitality industry. Your contributions will directly shape our innovative platform, influence company-wide decisions, and help redefine the future of hospitality tech. At Apaleo, your voice matters, your ideas are valued, and your impact is tangible. Be part of a team where your work fuels progress, collaboration sparks innovation, and growth is a shared journey.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Your personal data will be handled with the utmost care and in compliance with GDPR and relevant data protection regulations. We celebrate differences and believe that diversity enriches our team and drives innovation.

Join Apaleo and Shape the Future of Hospitality Tech!

Apaleo is the world’s most open, API-first property management platform powering the next generation of hospitality operations. Its modular, AI-powered infrastructure enables hoteliers to customise their tech stack, automate routine work, and deliver seamless, personalised guest experiences, powered by best-in-class apps and autonomous AI agents that adapt to every stay.

Apaleo is scaling fast - and our next stage of growth will be driven by the ecosystem. We’ve already built strong foundations across our partner landscape (apps, services, channels) and see clear momentum in how partners support our GTM motions across segments. Now it’s about making this repeatable at scale: clearer structures, sharper prioritization, and commercial motions that work consistently across geographies.

We are looking for a Ecosystem & Strategic Partnerships Lead who will own and scale the commercial impact of our partner ecosystem across app partners, channel/reseller partners, and service/implementation partners. This is a highly commercial individual contributor role with the opportunity to evolve into a people leadership position over time as the partner motion scales and additional ownership and team capacity are added. You will be working closely with our App Success team (technical partnership and integrations) as well as Sales and Marketing to turn ecosystem-led growth into a measurable, predictable pillar of Apaleo’s revenue engine.

What You'll Be Doing

• Own the commercial impact of the entire partner ecosystem, including sourced and influenced pipeline and ARR.
• Identify, recruit, negotiate and scale high-value partners across app partners, resellers, OEMs and implementation partners.
• Activate key partners through structured co-sell and co-marketing initiatives that drive measurable revenue impact.
• Build and manage a structured partner program with clear criteria, partner life cycle including onboarding, enablement and performance management.
• Enable partner-led expansion, e.g. via reseller/OEM, to open new markets and create repeatable, scalable acquisition.
• Ensure strong cross-functional execution with Sales, Product, Marketing, Platform and CS, surfacing partner insights to shape roadmap and priorities.
• Work hand-in-hand with the App Success team (who owns technical/ops execution) to ensure commercial initiatives translate into adoption, customer value and repeatability

What Success Looks Like

• Partner-sourced and influenced revenue grows significantly and predictably across segments.
• App ecosystem partners show strong activation, co-selling and measurable revenue contribution.
• Reseller and OEM partners unlock scalable acquisition and international expansion.
• Implementation partners materially improve customer activation quality and speed.
• Orchestrating initiatives across different partner types and various departments to drive partner-led growth
• The partner ecosystem becomes a core lever of Apaleo’s GTM strategy.

What You'll Bring to the Team

• 6+ years of experience in SaaS partnerships, ecosystems, business development or comparable commercial roles.
• Proven success in pipeline generation, partner-sourced revenue, GTM execution and managing high-impact commercial partnerships.
• Experience working with app ecosystems, resellers, OEMs, implementation partners or marketplace models.
• Strong cross-functional skills and the ability to bring structure and clarity into complex or ambiguous environments.
• Technical affinity and confidence working with API-first/AI-first products.
• Hands-on, pragmatic, commercial-first mindset with the ability to operate strategically, prioritize and execute personally.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Based in Munich or Berlin, or willing to travel (being 2-3 days in the office every 2 weeks).

Nice to Have

• Experience in hospitality or travel tech.
• Previous experience building partner programs, ecosystems, or marketplaces.

Culture & Growth

• A Diverse & International Team: Work alongside passionate professionals from over 20 nationalities, bringing unique cultural perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences to shape the future of hospitality tech.
• Growth & Development: As we scale, so do your opportunities. You’ll benefit from 360° feedback reviews, a dedicated learning budget, and plenty of chances to take on more responsibility. Our evolving career framework ensures you have increasing opportunities to learn new skills, advance your career, and make an impact.
• Autonomy & Ownership: Great ideas can come from anywhere. We empower you to take responsibility, make decisions, and contribute directly in an environment built on trust, transparency, and collaboration.
• Shape the Future of Hospitality Tech: Be part of a fast-growing scale-up transforming the hospitality industry. From day one, your work drives real impact and you’ll have the freedom to bring your ideas to life.
• Competitive & Fair Compensation: We believe great work deserves great pay. Our salaries are competitive and guided by benchmarking data to ensure fairness across all roles and teams. We make sure to recognize and reward performance and contribution.

Perks & Lifestyle

• Flexible & Remote Work Options: We focus on results, not clocking hours. You can work from home, the office or in a hybrid setup, with flexibility to adapt your schedule as long as it makes sense for your role, your team and our business.
• Free Public Transport: Travel across Germany with ease using our fully covered Deutschland Ticket.
• Team Connection: Strong connections fuel collaboration. We celebrate and connect through regular team dinners, company meetups, Oktoberfest celebrations, Christmas parties, and other offsite events.
• Paid Time Off: Enjoy 30 days of vacation to fully disconnect, recharge, and return inspired.
• Personal Development Budget: freely use up to 1.000 € per year for your personal development – whether it’s books, a conference or a course, you're free to choose.
• Health & Wellbeing: Prioritize your health with access to hundreds of gyms, fitness studios, and wellness options through our EGYM Wellpass membership.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Your personal data will be handled with the utmost care and in compliance with GDPR and relevant data protection regulations. We celebrate differences and believe that diversity enriches our team and drives innovation.

Join Apaleo and Shape the Future of Hospitality Tech!

Apaleo is an API-first, AI-powered property management platform built for modern hospitality groups that want flexibility, speed, and control over their tech stack. We’re scaling rapidly across Europe and beyond, supporting innovative operators across multiple segments and geographies.

Our open platform approach lets enterprise customers compose their stack with best-in-class solutions - and increasingly combine those with agentic AI capabilities to move from “insights” to execution: orchestrating cross-system tasks, reducing manual work, and enabling new operating models with the right governance and control.

We’re looking for a Sales Director - Strategic Accounts to win new enterprise business across Europe and help build initial traction with Global accounts. This is a senior individual contributor role with high accountability/ autonomy and close collaboration with the founders and senior leadership team, helping drive strategic pursuits and building a repeatable enterprise motion as we grow.

What You'll Be Up To:

• Own full-cycle enterprise new logo sales across Europe, from target account strategy through close.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans across complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise organisations.
• Lead complex, consultative enterprise sales cycles, ensuring strong qualification, deal strategy, and forecast accuracy.
• Create compelling executive narratives and business cases: ROI, operating model impact, phased transformation roadmap, and clear success criteria.
• Collaborate closely with the Solution Architecture team to scope outcomes, shape solution approaches, align on integration realities, and de-risk enterprise adoption
• Partner closely with founders/senior leadership on strategic deals: executive outreach, deal strategy, and high-stakes negotiations.
• Stay close to strategic accounts through the roll-out phase as an executive sponsor: ensure a crisp handover, maintain executive alignment, unblock risks, and identify expansion pathways with Customer Success / Onboarding.
• Act as a voice to the market: build a trusted network across hospitality leaders, ownership groups, consultants, and ecosystem partners; represent Apaleo in executive forums and industry moments to generate long-term opportunity flow and credibility.
• Feed structured market insights back into GTM and product direction: positioning, packaging, proof points, partner involvement, and enterprise playbooks.

What Success Looks Like

• A focused enterprise target list with strong account plans, executive access, and multi-threaded stakeholder engagement across priority markets.
• A healthy, high-quality enterprise pipeline built through repeatable plays (strategic outreach, network, partners, market presence) - with reliable forecasting and strong deal inspection discipline.
• Flagship enterprise wins and visible traction with global accounts, supported by crisp value cases and executive alignment.
• Smooth early roll-outs for strategic wins with clear continuity from late-stage deal to rollout governance - and a visible path to expansion.
• Apaleo is increasingly seen as a credible strategic platform in enterprise hospitality circles through your relationships and market presence.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in enterprise SaaS sales / strategic new business, ideally in hospitality, travel tech, or an adjacent B2B vertical selling into complex, multi-stakeholder organisations.
• Proven track record of closing complex, high-value deals (multi-year, multi-property, multi-stakeholder) across Europe.
• Proven capability in consultative, value-based selling: deep discovery, executive storytelling, business case/ROI creation, procurement negotiation, and stakeholder management.
• Technical acumen in platform and integration-heavy environments - comfortable partnering with Solution Architects and leading credible conversations with IT and product teams
• High ownership and structured execution in build-mode environments; able to create clarity and momentum without heavy process.
• Strong internal collaboration skills - comfortable working closely with founders, senior leadership, Solution Architecture, CS, and Marketing.
• Europe-based, with willingness to travel for key enterprise moments (exec workshops, rollout milestones, industry events).

Nice to Have

• Munich or Berlin based; German speaking.
• Existing network across European hotel groups, ownership/management companies, consultants, or hospitality tech ecosystem.
• Excited about agentic (autonomous) AI for enterprise hospitality - and motivated to make it real with strategic customers in a pragmatic, risk-aware way.
• Experience selling platform products (vs. closed all-in-one suites) or orchestrating partner-rich solutions.

Culture & Growth

• A Diverse & International Team: Work alongside professionals from many backgrounds and nationalities shaping the future of hospitality tech.
• Growth & Development: Feedback-driven culture, learning budget, and room to grow as the enterprise motion scales.
• Autonomy & Ownership: High trust, high accountability - impact over process.
• Shape the Future of Hospitality Tech: Your work helps define how enterprise growth is built at Apaleo.
• Competitive & Fair Compensation: Benchmark-guided compensation and clear performance expectations.

Perks & Lifestyle

• Flexible & Remote Work Options: Remote-first across Europe with regular in-person moments where it matters.
• Free Public Transport: Fully covered Deutschland Ticket (Germany-based).
• Team Connection: Regular team dinners, company meetups, and offsites.
• Paid Time Off: 30 days of vacation.
• Personal Development Budget: 1.000 € per year (can exceed with approval).
• Health & Wellbeing: Access to gyms and wellness options via EGYM Wellpass.

Join Apaleo and Shape the Future of Hospitality Tech!

Apaleo is the world’s most open, API-first property management platform powering the next generation of hospitality operations. Its modular, AI-powered infrastructure enables hoteliers to customise their tech stack, automate routine work, and deliver seamless, personalised guest experiences, powered by best-in-class apps and autonomous AI agents that adapt to every stay.

As we continue to grow in the DACH market, we are looking for a driven Business Development Representative (BDR) (f/m/d) to generate new business opportunities and play a key role in our sales engine.

Your Mission

As a BDR at Apaleo, you are on the front line of our growth. You will be responsible for generating qualified sales opportunities for our Account Executives through a mix of inbound lead qualification and proactive outbound prospecting.

This is a high-impact, target-driven role with a clear path towards an Account Executive position.

What You’ll Be Up To

• Own and manage inbound leads with speed and strong qualification standards
• Proactively build pipeline through outbound prospecting (calls, email, LinkedIn)
• Consistently meet and exceed monthly targets (e.g. meetings booked, qualified opportunities)
• Run structured discovery conversations to understand customer needs and identify pain points
• Engage decision-makers in the hospitality industry and position Apaleo’s value proposition
• Collaborate closely with Account Executives to ensure high-quality handover of opportunities
• Leverage our partner ecosystem to identify and generate additional leads
• Maintain clean and accurate data in HubSpot and use tools like LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Zoom, and Modjo to optimise your performance

What You’ll Bring to the Team

• Demonstrated success in B2B SaaS, sales development, or a comparable commercial role
• Strong interest in outbound prospecting and building pipeline
• Comfortable working with targets, KPIs, and performance metrics
• Excellent communication skills in German and English (minimum C1 level required for both, for the DACH market)
• Confidence in engaging and challenging decision-makers
• Strong discovery and listening skills, you know how to uncover real customer needs
• High level of resilience, ownership, and drive to succeed in a fast-paced environment
• Curiosity and willingness to learn, especially in a tech-driven product environment

Extra consideration for:

• Experience in hospitality or hospitality tech or SaaS or similar background
• Familiarity with modern sales tools (e.g. HubSpot, Sales Navigator etc.)
• Additional language proficiency in Italian or Spanish, or French is a plus

What We Offer

Career & Growth

• Clear and structured career path towards Account Executive or other revenue roles
• Dedicated onboarding and continuous sales training (tools, product, methodologies)
• Regular feedback cycles and development support
• Opportunity to join a fast-growing SaaS company and directly impact revenue growth

Culture & Growth

• A Diverse & International Team: Work alongside passionate professionals from over 20 nationalities, bringing unique cultural perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences to shape the future of hospitality tech.
• Growth & Development: As we scale, so do your opportunities. You’ll benefit from 360° feedback reviews, a dedicated learning budget, and plenty of chances to take on more responsibility. Our evolving career framework ensures you have increasing opportunities to learn new skills, advance your career, and make an impact.
• Autonomy & Ownership: Great ideas can come from anywhere. We empower you to take responsibility, make decisions, and contribute directly in an environment built on trust, transparency, and collaboration.
• Shape the Future of Hospitality Tech: Be part of a fast-growing scale-up transforming the hospitality industry. From day one, your work drives real impact and you’ll have the freedom to bring your ideas to life.
• Competitive & Fair Compensation: We believe great work deserves great pay. Our salaries are competitive and guided by benchmarking data to ensure fairness across all roles and teams. We make sure to recognize and reward performance and contribution.

Perks & Lifestyle

• Flexible & Remote Work Options: We focus on results, not clocking hours. You can work from home, the office or in a hybrid setup, with flexibility to adapt your schedule as long as it makes sense for your role, your team and our business.
• Free Public Transport: Travel across Germany with ease using our fully covered Deutschland Ticket.
• Team Connection: Strong connections fuel collaboration. We celebrate and connect through regular team dinners, company meetups, Oktoberfest celebrations, Christmas parties, and other offsite events.
• Paid Time Off: Enjoy 30 days of vacation to fully disconnect, recharge, and return inspired.
• Health & Wellbeing: Prioritize your health with access to hundreds of gyms, fitness studios, and wellness options through our EGYM Wellpass membership.

How you make an impact joining Apaleo: Joining Apaleo means more than just taking on a role, it’s about driving real change in the hospitality industry. Your contributions will directly shape our innovative platform, influence company-wide decisions, and help redefine the future of hospitality tech. At Apaleo, your voice matters, your ideas are valued, and your impact is tangible. Be part of a team where your work fuels progress, collaboration sparks innovation, and growth is a shared journey.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Your personal data will be handled with the utmost care and in compliance with GDPR and relevant data protection regulations. We celebrate differences and believe that diversity enriches our team and drives innovation.