Sell Me This Pen: sales recruiting for the US and Canada
Purveyors of fine sales talent, est. 2021. Good sales talent is hard to find. Great sales talent is hard to get. The world’s most enjoyable way to hire in Sales: from Enterprise AE to CRO, across the US and Canada. No retainer: you pay when they join you.
- 400+ people placed
- 94% still in seat after one year
- 12,000 sales professionals talked to every year
- Bona fide A-players only
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How we hire
- Scoping. We don’t take orders. We challenge your vision of the hire and tell you how to play it.
- Scorecard. Must have, nice to have, can’t have. What’s mandatory, and where there’s wiggle room.
- The Hunt. Our own network, every sales community, relentless outreach.
- Connect. You only meet vetted matches, so your time goes to great conversations.
- Feedback loop. Tell us what you liked and what you didn’t.
- The Close. We know every candidate, so we know what gets them to sign.
Roles we recruit for
- All roles we recruit for
- Revenue leadership searches: Executive search results on contingency terms for CROs, GMs, VP Sales and Sales Directors across the US and Canada. Leadership searches average 88 days.
- Hiring Account Executives: Recruiting Account Executives for SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise and Strategic roles, plus Founding AEs, across the US and Canada. Enterprise AEs fill in 57 days.
- Hiring BDRs and SDRs: Recruiting outbound BDRs and inbound SDRs across the US and Canada, on contingency terms: you pay when your hire signs, not a retainer.
- Marketing and customer success hiring: Recruiting Demand Generation, Growth Marketing, Marketing Directors, VPs of Marketing, Strategic Account Managers and CSMs across the US and Canada.
- Landing in North America: French-founded, bilingual and based in Montreal. We find the GM, Country Manager or Founding AE who has opened a market before. 400 sales leaders and reps placed.
Placements
Three leadership searches, start to finish: a first CRO for DataDome, a General Manager in Chicago for Praxedo, and a first US CRO for AdaCore. Read the case studies.
Clients
Companies we hire for include DataDome, Praxedo, AdaCore, Gleamer, OCUS, Datatonic, Veriforce, Teamwork, Umano, Diagnoly, 2501 AI, Mega.
Investors that trust us
Proudly trusted by the best in the game. We run searches for portfolio companies of leading VC and PE firms, including XAnge, Battery Ventures, Insight Partners, Axeleo and Ring Capital.
What clients say
Incredible efficiency from defining the scope to the closing. Victor and his team helped us hire a few Rock stars.
The team supported me personally when I made the move from Paris to Chicago, and helped me hire the people who figured out our U.S. sales motion and closed the first deals.
It was a very strategic role for us, and the team delivered beyond my expectations!
Hard-working, very effective, smart, and dedicated to their missions. Their approach to headhunting is both scalable and tailored to our needs.
We grew extensively and the Sell Me This Pen team responded in the best way possible.
Victor and his crew built our entire US team.
Team
- Victor Vatus, Founder
- Sabrina Selimovic, Director of Talent
- Amanda Martinez, Talent Acquisition Manager
- Denis Duchantel, Talent Acquisition Manager
- Nikola Léger, Chief Operating Officer
Frequently asked questions
- How much does Sell Me This Pen charge?
- Executive search results, on contingency terms. You don't pay a retainer to watch a firm "start a process." You pay when your hire signs.
- How long does a search take?
- Our average leadership search takes 88 days. An Enterprise Account Executive takes 57 days on average, and an Account Executive 44 days.
- Which roles do you recruit for?
- Revenue leadership (CRO, GM, VP Sales, Sales Director); hunting (BDR outbound, SDR inbound); closing (Account Executive across SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise and Strategic, and Founding AE); growth and demand (Demand Generation, Growth Marketing, Marketing Director, VP Marketing); and farming (Strategic Account Manager, Customer Success Manager).
- Where do you recruit?
- Across the US and Canada. We are French-founded, bilingual (English and French), and based in Montreal.
- What does your search process look like?
- Six steps: scoping, scorecard, the hunt, connect, feedback loop, and the close. We challenge and shape the role with you, define what is mandatory and what is negotiable, source candidates ourselves, introduce only vetted matches, recalibrate on your feedback, and stay on your shortlist through resignation day.
- Can a search be confidential?
- Yes. You can't always search in public: replacing a VP quietly, or making your first North American hire from overseas. Some searches shouldn't be on LinkedIn, and ours don't have to be.
All frequently asked questions.
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