Senior Sales Executive UK & Ireland

Akur8
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: SalesExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Strategic communication","Stakeholder management","Ownership","Organizational skills","Autonomy"]

Drive Akur8’s commercial growth across the UK and Ireland by owning territory strategy, pipeline, forecasting, and revenue performance. Lead the full enterprise sales cycle from opportunity creation to contract signature, building long-term partnerships with local sales partners and establishing relationships with C-level and senior decision-makers. Translate insurance market insights into focused go-to-market action, adjust based on territory performance, and represent Akur8 in the region.

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Akur8
Akur8
17 hours ago

Senior Sales Executive UK & Ireland

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Job Summary

Drive Akur8’s commercial growth across the UK and Ireland by owning territory strategy, pipeline, forecasting, and revenue performance. Lead the full enterprise sales cycle from opportunity creation to contract signature, building long-term partnerships with local sales partners and establishing relationships with C-level and senior decision-makers. Translate insurance market insights into focused go-to-market action, adjust based on territory performance, and represent Akur8 in the region.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Sales
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the UK & Ireland territory strategy, quota, pipeline, forecast, and sales priorities.
  • •Run the full sales cycle from opportunity creation through contract signature.
  • •Develop and manage strategic long-term partnerships with local sales partners.
  • •Build relationships with C-level and senior decision-makers and communicate value to diverse stakeholders.
  • •Assess territory performance, identify what’s working, and adjust approach; bring market insights back into product and go-to-market priorities.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Private MedicalPension PlanPaid LeaveGym MembershipPhone Subscription

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of B2B sales experience with clear commercial responsibility, ideally in enterprise software and complex SaaS/deep-tech.
  • •Proven ability to manage long, multi-stakeholder sales cycles across roles such as business sponsors, C-level executives, CTOs/IT, solution architects, procurement, risk, and legal.
  • •New-business hunter who can create opportunities from scratch and open doors in territories with no existing relationship.
  • •Ability to develop an opportunity strategy with defined stakeholders, risks, next steps, decision criteria, and a realistic closing plan.
  • •Ability to discuss technical subjects clearly across audiences, while maintaining strong organization and disciplined CRM/forecasting practices.
Experience:8+ yearsEnterprise softwareB2B salesSaaSDeep-techInsurance
Skills:Strategic communicationStakeholder managementOwnershipOrganizational skillsAutonomy
Languages:English

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Akur8
Provides a machine-learning powered pricing and reserving SaaS platform for non-life insurers, automating actuarial pricing, reserving and deployment to improve speed, transparency and predictive performance for insurers worldwide.
Industry: InsurTech
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 1M to 5M
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 2019
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Glassdoor: 4.8
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