Sales Strategy and Ops, Emea

Anthropic Anthropic · AI Frontier · London, United Kingdom · Sales

This role focuses on sales strategy and operations for the EMEA region within the industry segment, aiming to drive revenue growth by developing and executing industry-specific go-to-market strategies. It involves partnering with sales leadership, identifying customer needs, building value propositions, and ensuring operational excellence in complex enterprise sales cycles, including compliance requirements. While the company builds AI systems, this role is not directly involved in AI/ML development but rather in the commercialization and operational aspects of AI solutions within specific industries.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partner with sales and regional leaders to develop gtm strategy, motions, country/ region prioritisation and sector focus and strategy. Refine industry-specific go-to-market strategies across key verticals (e.g., Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Retail, Manufacturing etc.)
  2. Develop comprehensive industry frameworks that standardize how customers in each vertical derive value from our solutions
  3. Remove operational bottlenecks specific to complex industry sales cycles and compliance requirements
  4. Prepare executive-level materials including industry performance reviews, strategic planning sessions, and board updates
  5. Drive quarterly, semi-annual, and annual planning cycles for industry-focused GTM segments

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of experience in B2B SaaS or enterprise software, with focus on sales strategy, revenue operations, industry consulting, or commercial roles
  • Deep expertise in one or more enterprise industry verticals with proven track record of driving growth in those markets
  • Strong analytical capabilities with demonstrated ability to convert complex industry data into actionable insights and strategy
  • Direct experience in commercial GTM roles selling or supporting sales of B2B software solutions to enterprise customers
  • Proven experience designing territories, setting quotas, and building variable compensation plans for enterprise sales teams
  • Track record of building sales capacity models, productivity frameworks, and headcount planning processes
  • Extensive experience with enterprise CRM systems (Salesforce required) and business intelligence tools
  • Proven ability to influence and partner with C-level stakeholders and senior sales leadership
  • Track record of developing industry-specific frameworks, sales plays, and value propositions
  • Bachelor's degree in business, economics, or related field

Nice to have

  • Experience at high-growth B2B SaaS companies, particularly in industry-focused GTM or vertical sales roles
  • Background in AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise software companies serving multiple industries
  • Track record of scaling sales organizations through 3x+ growth periods in B2B software, "including territory expansion and comp plan evolution"
  • MBA or advanced degree
  • Experience building industry-specific go-to-market motions from scratch
  • Track record of scaling sales organizations through 3x+ growth periods in B2B software
  • Direct enterprise sales or sales engineering experience in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
  • Experience with emerging technologies (AI, ML) in enterprise contexts
  • Management consulting experience with focus on industry strategy or commercial excellence

What the JD emphasized

  • compliance requirements
  • Salesforce required
  • industry-specific