Account Executive, Enterprise (emea)

Linear Linear · Enterprise · London, United Kingdom · GTM

Linear is seeking an Account Executive for Enterprise sales in London. The role involves becoming a product expert, generating pipeline, exceeding targets, building relationships with key stakeholders, and advocating for customers. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of sales experience, experience selling technical products, and SaaS/startup experience.

What you'd actually do

  1. Become a product expert and help customers use Linear effectively; assist prospects through the trial and evaluation phase
  2. Generate a strong pipeline and exceed quarterly and annual targets
  3. Stay up to date with our product offering, industry trends, competitive landscape, and market trends to continuously adapt sales strategies and approaches for maximum impact
  4. Build relationships with key stakeholders within accounts; understand client needs deeply, align Linear’s solutions to business objectives + shape decision criteria. Effectively communicate and align our value proposition to decision-makers
  5. Be the voice of the customer; advocate for customers by surfacing product or adoption blockers to our product team

Skills

Required

  • Quota-carrying sales role
  • Complex stakeholder management
  • Selling a technical product
  • SaaS and startup experience
  • Ability to understand complex client needs, craft tailored discovery, and drive sales through consultative approaches
  • Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and product demonstration skills
  • Highly autonomous with a bias for action
  • Owner’s mindset

Nice to have

  • experience selling collaboration or project management software

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years in a quota-carrying sales role
  • Experience with complex stakeholder management
  • Experience selling a technical product
  • SaaS and startup experience