Senior Sales Executive UK & Ireland at Akur8 in London

Job description

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• As part of our growing sales team, you will be focusing, helping to develop and scale our business on the UK & Irish markets.
• As Senior Sales Executive, you will drive Akur8’s commercial growth across the UK and Ireland. You will run your accounts with the mindset of a business owner, taking responsibility for its strategy, pipeline, partnerships, customer relationships, and revenue performance.
• You will develop a clear understanding of the insurance market in the region, identify where Akur8 can create the most value, and turn that insight into focused commercial action. This means knowing your territory in depth, recognising its strengths and gaps, and stepping back when needed to reassess priorities and redirect effort.
• You will work independently while partnering closely with our wider sales, marketing, product, and leadership teams. You will also build and manage relationships with local sales partners who can extend our reach and support our growth in the market.

Responsibilities

• Support the UK and Ireland territory strategy, quota, pipeline, forecast, and sales priorities.
• Lead the full sales cycle, from opportunity creation to contract signature.
• Develop strong, long-term partnerships with strategic local partners.
• Build relationships with C-level and senior decision-makers, and communicate Akur8’s value clearly to different stakeholders.
• Assess the performance of your territory, identify what is working and what is not, and adjust your approach accordingly.
• Work with internal teams to bring market insight back into Akur8’s product, positioning, and go-to-market priorities.
• Represent Akur8 in the UK and Irish insurance markets, building awareness and credibility with relevant decision-makers.
• Take ownership of outcomes, raise challenges early, and create new approaches when the existing playbook does not fit the market.
• You will be based in our London office, though hybrid working is supported. Travelling for business development events may be required in the UK and Ireland, and in our headquarter in Paris from time to time.

Requirements

• We are looking for a senior enterprise sales professional with a proven track record of selling complex software through long, multi-stakeholder sales cycles. You know how to create opportunities from scratch, build trust with senior decision-makers, and turn a strategic account into a long-term commercial relationship.
• Insurance experience is a strong advantage. Experience selling complex SaaS, deep-tech, data, analytics, or other mission-critical software is essential.
• You have at least 8 years of B2B sales experience, ideally in enterprise software, complex SaaS, deep-tech with clear commercial responsibility.
• You have managed long and complex sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders, including business sponsors, C-level executives, CTOs, IT teams, solution architects, procurement, risk, and legal.
• You are a genuine new-business hunter. You enjoy opening doors, building a market from the ground up, and pursuing accounts where there is no existing relationship or established sales path.
• You know how to explore the white spaces within a territory. You can identify overlooked segments, accounts, use cases, and internal stakeholders that could create new opportunities.
• You remain composed when the sales cycle becomes demanding and the level of scrutiny increases.
• You can build a clear strategy for every major opportunity, with defined stakeholders, risks, next steps, decision criteria, and a realistic closing plan.
• You have a strong land-and-expand mindset. You actively look for cross-sell and upsell opportunities, including additional modules, new teams, and new business units within existing accounts.
• You are comfortable discussing technical subjects and can make complex concepts clear to different audiences without oversimplifying them.
• You are highly autonomous and able to take ownership of your territory, while working closely with sales, marketing, product, solutions, and leadership teams.
• You have strong written and verbal communication skills in English, with the executive presence needed to lead high-value commercial conversations.
• You are organised, disciplined, and comfortable working with CRM systems, structured sales processes, and regular forecasting routines.
• IMPORTANT: You must possess an employment status that will allow you to work from our London office.
• You will stand out if you have sold software into the insurance sector or another highly regulated industry. Experience with pricing, risk, actuarial, data, or analytics solutions would also be valuable, particularly where the product required both business and technical buy-in.

Skills

Required

• B2B sales
• Enterprise software sales
• Complex SaaS sales
• Deep-tech sales
• New business development
• Territory management
• CRM systems
• Structured sales processes
• Forecasting
• Communication in English
• Executive presence
• Autonomy

Preferred

• Insurance sector experience
• Regulated industry experience

Benefits

• Competitive salary + annual bonus
• Hybrid office/home working policy
• Private Medical insurance
• Pension Plan
• Professional Phone subscription
• 25 days of PTO/year
• Public transportation reimbursement (75%)
• Gym membership via ClassPass
• IT equipment allowance
• Professional development & trainings
• Team fun: regular company gatherings and team events