Account Executive

Location London
Discipline: Sales
Job functions Account Executive, Sales
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £60,000 to £80,000 depending on experience
Job ref: 205168

Account Executive

This is an opportunity to join a profitable, growing data and insights business serving private markets. The role supports increasing demand for a specialist platform used by senior decision makers across investment and HR functions, and sits within a small, high-quality commercial team.

About the company

• Specialist data and insights platform focused on private markets

• Provides peer group insight into pay, carried interest, long term incentives and hiring

• Used by senior leaders to inform reward, retention and talent decisions

• Profitable business with clear growth plans and continued investment in sales

About the role

• Suited to a high-performing SDR or junior Account Executive stepping into a full AE role

• Outbound focused, generating new opportunities across private markets firms

• Cold calling, email and LinkedIn outreach to senior stakeholders

• Progressing from supporting demos to running your own as confidence grows

• Managing deals from first contact through to close over longer buying cycles

• Building strong product knowledge around compensation and talent topics

• Maintaining accurate pipeline and activity tracking in the CRM

• Working closely with senior sales, product and research teams

Your previous experience

• Experience in outbound B2B sales as an SDR, BDR or junior AE

• Comfortable picking up the phone and engaging senior decision makers

• Track record of booking and supporting meetings or demos

• Confident communicator with founders, partners and C-suite stakeholders

• Exposure to private markets or a closely related financial services environment

• Self-motivated and comfortable shaping a role in a growing sales function

• Looking to build a career with a company that has strong growth plans which this role could be central to achieving.

Nice to have

• Experience selling data, research, market intelligence or SaaS

• Background with financial information platforms or market data providers

Package

• £60,000 to £80,000 depending on experience

• Commission and clear progression

• Office-based role (South West London)