Commercial Lead (Dutch-Speaking)
Designer Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage tech companies using design to improve health, sustainability, or prosperity for people. It backs founding teams, particularly those with design backgrounds, across sectors like fintech, healthcare, climate tech, and developer tools.
About Designer Fund
Designer Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in tech companies leveraging design to drive positive outcomes in health, sustainability, and financial prosperity. Its portfolio spans a wide range of sectors including financial infrastructure (Stripe), preventative health (Omada), collaborative tools (Notion), developer tools (Netlify), product management (Linear), payroll and benefits (Gusto), design tools (Framer), and healthcare infrastructure (Commure), among dozens of other companies across fintech, climate tech, healthcare, EdTech, and AI. The firm also runs 'Designer Founders,' a community and platform highlighting designers who have gone on to found and lead companies, reflecting its focus on backing design-driven founders and design-centric startups from early stages through growth and acquisition.
Skills
About the Role
You will be the face and voice of Via for partners in France and Benelux, building genuine relationships with cities and operators. You'll own your deals end-to-end, from closing new partnerships to driving renewals, expansions, and growth, with real autonomy and direct impact on how Via grows in your markets.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in sales, account management, business development, or strategy
- Track record of winning and growing complex, multi-stakeholder deals
- Quantitatively inclined and data savvy
- Strong storytelling skills
- Entrepreneurial relationship builder comfortable with politically sensitive situations
- Curious, resourceful, and comfortable in ambiguity
- Native or near-native Dutch; professional English required; French is a plus
Responsibilities
- Build and close partnerships with city governments, transport authorities, and private operators, navigating complex multi-stakeholder sales cycles
- Own the full account lifecycle post-signature: renewals, upsell, cross-sell, and year-over-year service expansion
- Serve as the primary point of contact for executive city and agency leadership, translating partner needs into commercial opportunities
- Analyse service performance data on an ongoing basis to drive strategic decisions
- Create compelling, data-driven business cases that demonstrate ridership, efficiency, and sustainability improvements
- Lead high-stakes negotiations with senior stakeholders in politically sensitive situations
- Represent Via externally through conferences, industry events, and thought leadership, and feed market intelligence back to product and strategy teams
Benefits
- Hybrid work and office overlooking the Keizersgracht with weekly team lunch and breakfast
- Competitive compensation including equity
- Monthly health stipend
- 25 vacation days