Nicolay-J. Skovly Herje

GTM advisor | Revenue Architect | 40 under 40

Oslo, Oslo, Norway2.4k followers
Pavilionex-SalesScreenex-OSC AS

3 times awarded sales leadership talent by E24 and Kapital. Credited Revenue Architect 2024.

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Seasoned sales leader with success across several industries. 7 years experience in sales leadership roles and tenure from well-established management consulting house. Expertise in GTM strategy, implementation of sales- and qualification methodology, people management & raising capital. Placed #2 in Sales Leadership Talent By E24 & Mercuri Urval in 2022 (for calendar year 2021) Kapitals 2018 "40 under 40" E24 & Boyden Executive Search - Sales leadership talent 2017

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  1. PAVILIONJOB
    1. Executive Member
      5Y 10M
  2. ROCK CONSULTINGJOB
    1. GTM Advisor & Operator
      1Y 5M
  3. SALESSCREENJOB
    1. Fractional Chief Revenue O…
      8M
  4. OSC ASJOB
    1. Fractional Chief Sales Off…
      6M
  5. KLAVENESS DIGITALJOB
    1. VP of Sales
      1Y 2M
  6. MARKETERJOB
    1. VP of Sales
      3Y 2M
    2. Sales
      3Y 2M
  7. KONGSBERG DIGITALJOB
    1. Mgr Growth
      1Y
  8. IMPLEMENT CONSULTING GROUPJOB
    1. Management Consultant
      9M
  9. MELTWATERJOB
    1. Managing Dir Denmark
      9M
    2. Managing Dir, Client Acqui…
      2Y 10M
    3. Senior Sales Mgr
      7M
    4. Sales Mgr
      9M
    5. BD Mgr
      1Y
  10. QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDONJOB
    1. MSc Student
      1Y

Time in market 13Y 11MOpen 5Closed 13Stints 18

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  1. Job: Pavilion — Executive Member · 2020-10 – present — Pavilion is a private invitation-only community designed for vetted GTM SaaS professional to help navigate the various challenges associated with helping companies grow and scale
  2. Job: SalesScreen — Fractional Chief Revenue Officer · 2025-09 – 2026-05
  3. Job: OSC AS — Fractional Chief Sales Officer · 2025-03 – 2025-09
  4. Job: Klaveness Digital — Vice President of Sales · 2023-10 – 2024-12 — In the role of VP of Sales in Klaveness Digital, I am responsible for all things sales. This consist of people management, hiring and onboarding new staff through the Cargo Value way of selling and building a GTM strategy. I am also responsible and accountable for net new revenue towards the Klaveness Digital BoD. - Implemented and trained staff in MEDDIC qualification methodology, going from quantity to quality in sales pipeline - Adapting the sales methodology and reinforce GTM strategy with an account based frame of mind. - Building more collaboration within each sales process in the organization, comprising of clear internal roles and responsibilities - Revamping the ICP with quantita…
  5. Job: Marketer — VP of Sales / Chief Revenue Officer · 2020-08 – 2023-10 — As VP of Sales, it is my responsibility to administer and oversee all sales activities in Marketer. That includes building the sales methodology, ensuring that we have high customer retention and recruiting & training of sales personnel. It is also to ensure that we are the eyes and ears out in the market - so we have a solution that is relevant to prospective and current clients. Some of my tasks include: - Recruit, train and manage the sales team to reach our ambitious growth goals - Adapting the sales methodology in order to keep a consistent message to the market - Participate in sales dialogues and team meetings - Ensuring customer retention through low churn - Removing obstacles to t…
  6. Job: Marketer — Sales · 2020-08 – 2023-10
  7. Job: Kongsberg Digital — Manager Growth · 2019-08 – 2020-08 — Building the GTM motions for the cutting edge product of Vessel Insight. The main GTM motion was an enablement model connecting Kongsberg Digital and Kongsberg Maritime.
  8. Job: Implement Consulting Group — Management Consultant · 2018-11 – 2019-08 — Implement Consulting Group is a Nordic-based management consultancy with global reach with +750 employees. We help organisations change – faster and with greater impact. We are in the business of making change with impact. Crafting business possibilities and opportunities that get implemented. Solving problems so they stay solved.
  9. Job: Meltwater — Managing Director, Client Acquisition · 2016-01 – 2018-11 — Responsible for creating and building a new office in Oslo - with the goal of surpassing budget expectations of the Norwegian organization by; - Develop & inspire the talent with exceptional ambitions in Meltwater Norway - Increase management bandwidth - Recruitment - Develop and deliver Meltwaters "Outside Insights" message in Norway Proven track record of developing people to their next step and delivering results consistently above expectations.
  10. Job: Meltwater — Senior Sales Manager · 2015-06 – 2016-01 — Together with being the link between Meltwaters Sales Consultants and Managing Director, my responsibility involved sales management, entry level sales coaching - building an office consistently delivering great results. Achieved #2 in sales in the Nordic Organization (Norway, Sweden, Denmark & Finland) in 2015. Reporting directly to Managing Director.
  11. Job: Meltwater — Sales Manager · 2014-08 – 2015-05 — My tasks as Sales Manager involves responsibility of entry level sales training, ongoing client acquisition employee management and sales development in order to develop personal management skills Responsibilities include: - Consultative sales coaching - Budget responsibilities - KPI reporting to Managing Director - Leading short- and long term employee development with the goal of developing future managers for Meltwater
  12. Job: Meltwater — Business Development Manager · 2013-08 – 2014-08 — Meltwater helps businesses drive growth and build brands. Meltwater’s online intelligence platform analyzes billions of digital documents daily to extract precise, timely business insights that help more than 20,000 companies understand their markets, engage their customers, and master the new social business environment. My tasks as a Business Development Manager in Meltwater involves complex consultative C-level and senior management sales to current clients, including: - Relationship building - Full sales process management - Portfolio management - Negotiating - Budget responsibility
  13. Job: Queen Mary, University of London — MSc Student · 2012-09 – 2013-09 — Studied Management and Organizational Innovation (MOI) at the BUSMAN faculty
  14. Job: Meltwater — Managing Director Denmark · 2018-02 – 2018-11
  15. Job: Rock Consulting — GTM Advisor & Operator · 2025-03 – present
  16. School: Queen Mary University of London — Master of Science - MSc, Management & Organizational Innovation
  17. School: BI Norwegian Business School — Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  18. School: University of California, Berkeley — Bachelor, Innovation and Entrereneurship - Sociology

Skills

Marketing StrategySales ManagementInnovation ManagementMarketing ManagementNew Business DevelopmentSocial Media MarketingSalesManagementB2BBusiness StrategyDigital MarketingLeadership

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