Sales Leadership · Commercial Strategy · New Business

Arian Hajdari

Head of New Business & Digital Sales
SMG Swiss Marketplace Group · Real Estate

I build the commercial structures that make growth visible, steerable and scalable — from pipeline and forecasting to go-to-market, product monetisation and team operating models.

Portrait of Arian Hajdari
CHF 104M

ARR commercial scope

Sales · Value Added Services · C2B

4

Teams built from zero

Built · scaled · operationalised

11

Nearshore Account Managers

German · English · French · Italian

M&A

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Acquisition & commercial integration

Where I create leverage
Current commercial focus
Commercial leadership

Build the system behind the number.

I am most effective where a business needs to move from growth ambition to a working commercial model — one that teams can understand, managers can steer and customers can feel.

01
Pipeline & forecasting

Clear stages, reliable forward view and management visibility.

02
GTM & monetisation

Offers, packaging and rollout that connect Product and Sales.

03
Scale & operating models

Teams, processes and ownership that remain effective as complexity grows.

Leadership perspective
Executive MBA · 2026
Thesis

Leadership that activates autonomous learning.

Leadership Practices to Foster Self-Initiated Learning Processes in Teams.

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References
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Outstanding subject-matter expertise and above-average experience. Puts new knowledge into practice immediately and thoughtfully. Even under the highest demands he works in a focused way and delivers exceptional performance.
Lasse SteinerDirector New Business B2B · SMG Swiss Marketplace Group
Exceptionally independent, reliable and engaged. His conduct is exemplary and he is equally respected and highly valued by superiors, colleagues and clients.
Melanie SteinmannHR Business Partner · SMG Swiss Marketplace Group
Beyond ownership, Ari is incredibly easy and enjoyable to work with. He is opinionated and decisive, but disagreement is never personal. This makes discussions efficient, honest, and productive, and creates a strong foundation for collaboration.
Philippe KellerHead of Product B2B · SMG Swiss Marketplace Group
Important successes Arian achieved include growing the team from 2 to 12 employees and lifting direct sales revenue from CHF 200k per year to nearly CHF 3 million for the German-speaking part of Switzerland.