Account Executive - Private Equity

Location London
Discipline: Sales
Job functions Account Executive, Sales
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £60,000 to £80,000 base salary DOE, commission and clear progression
Job ref: 205168

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)