Founding Account Executive, SaaS

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Founding Account Executive driving net-new sales for ShipperHQ’s ecommerce shipping SaaS platform across the UK and Europe. Owning the full sales cycle and shaping regional go-to-market strategy.

Responsibilities:

  • Own the full sales cycle from inbound lead and outbound prospecting through qualification, discovery, demo, negotiation, and close across small, mid-market, and enterprise segments
  • Build and develop a strong net-new-business pipeline across the UK and Europe
  • Identify and engage merchants that are a strong fit for ShipperHQ
  • Shape and refine regional sales strategy, playbook, messaging, and processes
  • Turn market insights and customer conversations into actionable growth opportunities
  • Lead in-market relationships with merchants, agencies, and technology partners
  • Collaborate with Marketing, Partnerships, Customer Success, and the wider Sales team
  • Maintain accurate pipeline management and forecasting
  • Achieve revenue targets while delivering an excellent customer experience
  • Bring market feedback and commercial insights to the wider ShipperHQ team
  • Use HubSpot as the single source of truth for CRM
  • Represent ShipperHQ at industry and merchant events in the UK and Europe

Requirements:

  • 2-3 years of proven quota-carrying experience selling B2B SaaS solutions in the e-commerce or logistics spaces
  • Strong track record of generating pipeline, managing opportunities, and closing net new business
  • Experience owning the full sales cycle from prospecting through close
  • Experience using social media (LinkedIn, Instagram, etc) to discover emerging, scaling, and enterprise brands and turn that into real opportunity
  • High IQ/EQ
  • Entrepreneurial, proactive, and comfortable operating with autonomy and self-accountability
  • Builder mindset with ability to create structure, test approaches, and turn what works into repeatable processes
  • Strong discovery, presentation, negotiation, and closing skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience selling across the UK and European markets
  • Ability to collaborate and report into a US sales team based in Austin, Texas
  • Ability to travel intra-UK/Europe and to the US as needed
  • Fluent in German or French is a bonus, not a requirement
  • Legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom; proof of eligibility required before commencement of employment

Benefits:

  • 22 Days Annual Leave
  • Full-time remote role working in the UK
  • Collaborative learning culture fostering continuous growth and innovation
  • Career progression opportunities
  • Collaboration with a motivated team, directly tying results to organizational success