Sales Director Italy

Our mission is to enable organizations to gain a meaningful competitive edge through cutting-edge AI and quantum technologies.

Why join us
We are a European deep-tech leader in quantum and AI backed by major global strategic investors and strong EU support. Our groundbreaking technology is already transforming how AI is deployed worldwide compressing large language models by up to 95% without losing accuracy and cutting inference costs by 5080%.Joining us means working on cutting-edge solutions that make AI faster greener and more accessible and being part of a company often described as a quantum-AI unicorn in the making.

The Opportunity

As Multiverse Computing accelerates its expansion across EMEA we are hiring a Sales Director for Italy a strategic high-impact role at the heart of the companys commercial growth. You will own the Italian market leading a team of Account Executives across key industry verticals and driving large complex AI solution deals with blue-chip enterprises.

This is a senior leadership position combining hands-on sales execution with team management: you will both close your own strategic accounts and build coach and scale a high-performing AE team covering Aerospace & Defence Automotive Finance Energy and beyond. The role offers direct exposure to C-level clients a genuinely differentiated technology and a fast-growing organisation at the frontier of AI and quantum computing.

Key responsibilities

Sales leadership & team management

• Build lead and mentor a team of Account Executives across multiple industry verticals in Italy.

• Set individual and team revenue targets; drive consistent quota attainment and pipeline health.

• Define scalable sales processes coaching frameworks and a performance culture grounded in data.

• Lead by example remain personally involved in strategic deals and key client relationships.

Revenue generation & enterprise sales

• Own the Italy P&L and deliver against annual revenue targets ($20M equivalent contribution expected).

• Drive enterprise consultative sales of CompactifAI to large corporates and Fortune 500 companies.

• Manage the full sales cycle: prospecting discovery value engineering proposal negotiation closure and expansion.

• Build and maintain a qualified pipeline of complex long-cycle deals (300K to multi-million euro range).

Client engagement & C-level relationships

• Engage C-level and senior decision-makers (CEO CTO CIO CDO Head of Innovation) as a trusted advisor.

• Translate complex AI and quantum technology into clear business value propositions tailored to each clients strategic priorities.

• Position Multiverse as a long-term strategic partner not a software vendor.

• Represent Multiverse at key industry events in Italy (Aerospace Defence Automotive AI).

Go-to-market & cross-functional collaboration

• Define and execute the Italy GTM strategy across target verticals in alignment with EMEA commercial direction.

• Collaborate closely with Solutions Engineering Product R&D and Marketing to shape POCs proposals and competitive positioning.

• Feed customer insights back into the product roadmap and EMEA strategy.

• Maintain rigorous CRM discipline accurate forecasting and data-driven pipeline management

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration Marketing Engineering or a related field.

• 15 years of B2B sales experience including at least 7 years in a senior sales leadership role (Director VP or equivalent).

• Minimum 5 years of experience selling AI SaaS data or cloud solutions direct AI selling experience is mandatory.

• Proven track record of building scaling and leading high-performing sales teams.

• Demonstrated success closing large enterprise deals (300Kmulti-million) with experience managing long multi-stakeholder sales cycles.

• Strong consultative selling skills; ability to prospect qualify and manage C-level relationships in regulated and complex enterprise environments.

• Analytical and data-driven; comfortable with CRM tools pipeline forecasting and performance metrics.

• Entrepreneurial mindset hands-on adaptable and able to thrive in a fast-paced scale-up environment.

• Excellent communication presentation and negotiation skills with senior executives.

• Fluent Italian (essential) and professional English (essential).

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA combined with a technical degree in Science or Engineering.

• Understanding of advanced AI technologies (LLMs model compression inference optimisation) or quantum computing ability to grasp and communicate technical concepts effectively.

• Established network and experience in one or more target verticals: Aerospace & Defence Automotive Finance Energy & Manufacturing.

• Experience launching new products or expanding into new markets in a startup or scale-up context.

• Other European Languages

Perks & Benefits

• Work at the forefront of AI quantum computing and deep-tech innovation.

• Signing Bonus and competitive Commission structure

• Shape transformative enterprise AI initiatives with global impact.

• Join a highly international collaborative and fast-growing team.

• Contribute directly to cutting-edge technology with real-world business impact.

As an equal opportunity employer Multiverse Computing is committed to building an inclusive workplace. The company welcomes people from all different backgrounds including age citizenship ethnic and racial origins gender identities individuals with disabilities marital status religions and ideologies and sexual orientations to apply.