Account Executive, EMEA
Drive new revenue by owning and growing the EMEA territory, hunting for new opportunities and closing high-velocity mid-market SaaS deals
You’ll learn how to sell a cutting-edge Legal AI product into high-growth commercial teams
You’ll play a key role in helping Genie AI scale revenue across EMEA. Your success directly fuels our mission to democratise legal know-how and reshape a £750bn industry
Your purpose in our mission
We’ve raised $17.8 million in Series A funding led by Google Ventures and joined by Khosla Ventures. They believe in our vision that the law should be accessible to everyone, and this is where your skills will make a huge impact.
As an Account Executive for EMEA, you’ll own one of the most exciting growth opportunities in the company: taking a proven sales motion and scaling it across a large, high-potential territory. You’ll bring new companies into the Genie AI ecosystem, helping commercial teams replace expensive legal processes with AI-powered contracts.
Your manager and team
Our org structure is made up of pods with distinct areas of focus to keep us all working on the most impactful things for our customers all of the time. Some of our team members work across multiple pods. Our structure was conceived with impact, autonomy and velocity in mind and we'd love to share more with you throughout our interview process. Your manager, Ed Kendall, Head of Sales, will develop your skills and enable you to deliver on the pod mission. You’ll work closely with the wider revenue team as we scale our go-to-market strategy across EMEA.
This is what you’ll be doing
As an Account Executive at Genie AI you’ll be joining us in a dynamic stage of our growth so you’ll face lots of different challenges. Selling an AI product into fast-moving commercial teams is a fascinating challenge, so be prepared to adapt your skillset! Below is what we need you to do, it’s up to you on the how:
Outbound prospecting: Reach potential customers through LinkedIn, email, calls, events and other outbound techniques
Pipeline generation: Build and maintain a pipeline of qualified leads and nurture opportunities from open to close, employing excellent CRM hygiene
High-velocity SaaS sales: Run a fast sales cycle (typically under 30 days) from discovery to close with mid-market businesses, making use of automation in your sales cycle where possible
Territory ownership: Be the first AE to fully own parts of the EMEA region, building and scaling your territory
Deal execution: Run demos, present solutions and close five-figure deals with commercial teams
New product launch: Help bring Genie AI’s newest product to market and drive adoption across key industries
This is how we’ll set you up for success and the outcomes we expect from you
Over your first 90 days you can expect us to help point you in the right direction to set you up for success. During the interview process we can talk you through a high level overview of your 90 day plan.
Month 1: Deeply understand our product, customers and ideal customer profile, Shadow calls with Ed and the revenue team, Begin running your own sales calls, using a playbook which we’ll give you
Month 2: Close your first deals, Start building and nurturing your own pipeline, Adapt your playbook and take full ownership of your territory
Month 3: Close around half a dozen deals, Independently generate pipeline, Run your own full sales cycles
By the end of your first six months we expect you to be
Consistently hitting revenue targets
Generating and managing your own sales pipeline
Closing multiple deals each month
Playing a key role in scaling our EMEA revenue engine
We’ll continually develop and measure success on the below criteria:
Revenue generated
Number of Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs) created
Number of proposals sent per week/month
Deal conversion rates
We are a start up in an exceptionally dynamic stage of our growth. We are a customer and employee led organisation. What this means is that we adapt to our customers' needs, and the problems we’re solving today could be very different in six months, or even by the end of this recruitment process. We also listen to our team as we empower you to have full autonomy of your role - you're the expert. You should expect to work with us on how your role develops, grows and changes throughout your time at Genie.
It can be tough here because
We move fast and expectations are high
You’ll need to generate much of your own pipeline
Territory ownership means real accountability
But we think you’ll love
Owning a large, high-potential EMEA territory
Selling a hot AI product with strong demand
Uncapped earning potential
Helping scale one of the UK’s most exciting AI startups
The skills you need to succeed in this role
Experience closing B2B SaaS deals in a high-velocity sales environment
Proven and recent success hunting for and generating your own qualified leads
Experience selling into technology companies or commercial teams
Comfortable managing sub-30 day sales cycles
Strong communication and presentation skills
High energy, resilience and motivation to hit (and exceed) quota
A strong drive to succeed in a startup environment
(Don’t worry about ticking every single box on the list to be considered for this role.)
Unleash your magic: our interview process
Step 1: Meet our Head of Talent Acquisition, Char to assess your motivations and baseline skills (+ complete a role play exercise)
Step 3: Technical interview with Ed Kendall our Head of Sales
Step 4: Culture interview
Step 5: For Lead level roles and above, we collect blind references to set you up for success. These insights help us ensure a smooth transition into our team and foster meaningful collaboration between you and your manager from day one.
We can’t wait to meet you! Bring your authentic self, and get ready to explore our culture, team events, and big mission. We're excited to discover what makes you and us unique.
Our benefits
Here’s just some of the benefits you can look forward to when you enter the Genie’s lamp:
Generous Stock Options: We want all our genies to share in our success
Private healthcare: To help keep you fit as a fiddle
Fully Remote Working: Work from anywhere your heart desires
Unlimited book budget: Dive into an unlimited budget for business, law, or technology books
Home Office Setup: Equip your home office with the best – a top-of-the-range laptop, monitor, wireless keyboard, mouse, and a comfortable office chair. Your workspace will be as splendid as a royal palace
Learning and Development Budget: Each Genie gets an individual £500 L&D budget annually, plus five days off for any job specific learning adventures
Unlimited Holiday: Take as much time off as you need to recharge your batteries
Parental Leave: Both genie parents get enhanced leave to welcome their little genies into the world
Free access to Genie: For you to create, negotiate and collaborate on legal documents in real time on one platform!
About Genie AI
Genie AI is a machine learning startup with a mission to enable everyone to draft quality legal documents. We're shaking up the legal world and flipping the business model on its head!
Think of what GitHub did with open source code, Instagram and TikTok with entertainment, Airbnb with hospitality, and Uber with travel – Genie AI is doing that with legal contracts. We're conjuring up a community-based AI law platform that'll change the game. Join us, and let’s make some legal magic together!
100,000 companies use Genie AI today - we’ve been growing exponentially!
We’re funded by the world’s top investors, with significant runway - and we’re growing the team
We’ve collaborated with Oxford University and Imperial College London to co-author research papers on explainable AI
According to Forbes, we're also rated one of the top 29 AI startups in the UK
We're a Sunday Times Best Places to Work Award Winner 2024
We’re backed by top legal pedigree, from Lord Neuberger to representing the UK on multiple Ministry of Justice trade missions
Our customers save on average £15,000 on legal fees per year with Genie
This isn’t just a SaaS product - we’re redefining the business model of law
Ready to grant wishes and disrupt a £750bn industry? Click apply and join us in creating a world of digital wonders!
At Genie, we’re committed to creating a diverse environment. Whilst we’re on the cutting edge of innovation, it’s all about the people. We embrace differences and hire based on merit, giving equal consideration to all applications, regardless of gender, background and race.
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- Department
- Sales
- Locations
- Fully remote
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
- Yearly salary
- £40,000 - £60,000
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