CEO

SpeakCharlie Stockholm Sweden Full-Time

We train languages and cross-cultural communication. The modern way.

Our world is more interconnected than ever and talent moves across borders bringing skills curiosity and expertise. We exist to help that talent feel at home to feel a sense of belonging navigate new cultures and thrive both professionally and personally.

SpeakCharlie trains languages and cross-cultural communication for companies with international teams. Swedish and English intercultural workshops 1:1 coaching on-site and online. Since 2014 weve worked with some of Swedens largest companies and weve expanded our offering to include Mandarin Ukrainian Spanish Polish and more.

Were looking for a CEO who believes that social impact is best achieved through a sound business model and that the human touch in teaching truly matters.

Our team is motivated driven and focused. Were looking for a CEO to take on the challenge of growing our business and our impact and who also believes that education is one of the most powerful tools to change peoples lives!

Were a passionate team: 7 full-time employees and a network of 80 part-time trainers and communication specialists. Were trusted by global enterprise clients and the potential to grow is significant.

We believe theres a Charlie in everyone: the curious mind adaptable open exploratory ready to navigate new cultures and seize whats on the other side.

Lead the mission and grow the business

• Make SpeakCharlie the number one trusted partner in globalization language training cultural training and what comes next

• Own commercial strategy across new markets partnerships and revenue streams

• Drive sales from the front carry your own enterprise sales target while inspiring the team to hit theirs. A course or program sold creates tangible impact.

Build the team and execute

• Embed a high-performance impact-focused culture and keep the craft intact as we scale

• Turn sales into shipped results on a quarterly cadence sales goals KPIs CRM OKRs conversion all led with data

• Work with founders and board on strategy and execution. Doing beats planning.

The driven salesperson. You see sales as a direct line to impact. You can read the room and the situation and you know how to present an offer that captures the true value a real win-win.

The operational doer. You find the deal you pick up the phone you make the ask you follow up a fifth time. Youre comfortable with ambiguity and short on excuses. You move before the plan is perfect because the plan gets better once it meets a real customer. You make things happen and you inspire the team to put doing first.

Leading with heart. You actually care about the people we serve and about the people you lead. You remember that behind every course finalized is someone who found their footing in a new country. That care shows up in how you make decisions when nobodys watching.

A sharp mind. Youre analytical you look for patterns youre detail-oriented.

• 5 years in B2B sales and commercial leadership Head of Sales Commercial Director GM or similar revenue-owning roles

• A degree in engineering business law human resources or similar

• Deep understanding of Human Resources talent management or a related field

• Proven experience hitting sales targets

• Real conviction about language culture and human development this mission has to mean something to you personally

• Documented problem-solving skills

• Comfort working with (and optimizing usage of) G-suite Claude ChatGPT and CRM systems.

• Comfort operating with a small team and a big ambition

• Readiness to pick up the phone and make the ask

• Experience from outbound sales or similar is a strong plus so is experience working in a mission-driven environment

• A history of getting things done

• Starting salary in the range of SEK monthly plus annual performance-based bonus. As the company scales so will the compensation.

• Bring your dog to work

• Leadership training

• The Chair of the board Claudia Olsson as a close mentor

• Office centrally located at St Eriksplan - great beautiful office spaces.

• On-site mainly

Send us:

• Your CV

• A short cover letter tell us why this mission is yours and what youve built before

• A short video clip about your experience in B2B sales and commercial leadership