# Director - Sales Operations Americas at Axelera

> Run Americas sales operations, covering product availability, logistics, customer onboarding, CRM systems and revenue forecasting.

- Company: Axelera (axelera.ai)
- Location: United States (remote) (remote)
- Places: Remote, United States
- Posted: 2026-10-28
- Level: Director
- Team: Sales Operations Americas
- Reports to: VP of Sales, Americas
- Work mode: Remote
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/axelera/4b57428e-d5a5-4fea-99bf-89bbe872a6d2
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/director-sales-operations-americas-axelera-kn7cnd0rnsc77se7tmtdynve3x8hdpat

## The posting

Director - Sales Operations Americas
Axelera · United States (remote)

**About Us**

[Axelera AI](https://www.axelera.ai) is not your regular deep-tech company. We are creating the next-generation AI platform to support anyone who wants to help advancing humanity and improve the world around us.

In just five years, we have raised a total of $450 million and have built a world-class team of 250+ employees (including 60+ PhDs with more than 40,000 citations), both remotely from 20 different countries and with offices in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, the UK, headquartered at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

We have also launched our Metis™ AI Platform, which achieves a 3-5x increase in efficiency and performance, and have visibility into a strong business pipeline exceeding $100 million.

Our unwavering commitment to innovation has firmly established us as a global industry pioneer.

Are you up for the challenge?

**Position Overview**

The Director, Sales Operations – Americas is the operational backbone of Axelera AI's Americas business, owning how product reaches customers, how customers get started, how our CRM stack scales, and how we measure revenue. This leader makes sure the Americas sales team can promise what we can deliver, deliver what we promise, and forecast it accurately.

We're looking for a strategic, analytical, and execution-focused leader with deep experience in B2B hardware or semiconductor go-to-market operations. You will work hand in hand with our Global Operations and Finance teams in Europe, report to the VP of Sales, Americas, partner closely with sales and CST leaders across the Americas, and build the processes and systems that fuel predictable, sustainable growth as we scale.

This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in fast-growing organizations, is equally comfortable in the weeds of logistics and in the architecture of a CRM, and takes pride in running the business on accurate data.

**Key responsibilities:**

**1) Lead Americas Operations & Logistics**

- Direct product availability in the Americas local warehouse, including inventory planning, replenishment requests, and allocation against the sales pipeline.
- Give the sales team timely, accurate visibility into product availability, lead times, and logistics options so commitments to customers are realistic.
- Manage the logistics needed to get product to customers: shipping, customs and trade compliance coordination, and carrier and 3PL relationships.
- Engage customers directly after sale to communicate order status and product arrival, and resolve delivery issues quickly.
- Maintain deep alignment with the Global Operations team in Europe on supply, build schedules, and fulfilment priorities.
- Partner with Global Finance, Legal, and Operations to set up the entities, tax registrations, and import/export arrangements needed to sell and ship into new countries across the Americas as the business expands.

**2) Lead Americas Customer Onboarding**

- Develop, document, and continuously improve the Americas customer onboarding process, from closed deal through first shipment and initial use, and contribute Americas requirements to the global onboarding process as the company scales.
- Engage directly with customers to onboard them: collect required information, set expectations, and keep them informed.
- Partner closely with Global Finance and Global Operations on credit and payment terms, invoicing, order entry, and ful