SaaS Account Executive (Founding Hire)
hace 30 días
Nottingham
SaaS Account Executive (Founding Hire) Location: Nottingham (some travel to London & to see clients F2F required) Salary: £35k - £45k DOE + strong commission tied to closed ARR This is ideal for a SaaS Account Executive who wants more ownership, more influence, and more upside than a typical corporate sales role. Our client, Imagine AI, is building what recruitment businesses have wanted for years but never had: a unified AI platform that replaces legacy CRMs and removes the admin that kills productivity. Designed by a successful founder with over 15 years of recruitment experience, this isn’t “another AI feature.” It’s a platform shift. They’re now hiring an Account Executive (Founding Hire) to take ownership of their day-to-day sales engine- generating pipeline, running discovery, delivering outcome-led demos, and closing ARR. This is a high-ownership role, with clear targets & upside based on outcomes, in a fast-moving early-stage company. You’ll work directly with the founder and have real influence over how Imagine AI scales commercially. What You’ll Be Responsible For Pipeline & Revenue Ownership • Generate your own pipeline through outbound, LinkedIn, referrals, events and smart prospecting, • Own a clear monthly ARR target, • Manage opportunities end-to-end from first contact to signed agreement, • Maintain clean CRM hygiene and accurate forecasting Discovery & Deal Control • Run structured discovery with recruitment agency owners and leadership teams, • Identify real pain, urgency, decision process, and buying triggers, • Navigate multi-stakeholder deals confidently Demos & Storytelling • Deliver tailored, outcome-led demos focused on ROI (not feature tours), • Adapt messaging by persona (owner, sales leader, operations, recruiters), • Handle objections and move deals forward with clear next steps Closing & Commercial Negotiation • Build proposals that quantify ROI and make switching feel low-risk, • Negotiate within agreed guardrails, • Close cleanly and coordinate handover into onboarding Feedback & Iteration • Capture market insight, competitor positioning, and lost-deal reasons, • Help refine messaging, demo flow, and sales playbooks as we scale What we’re looking for • 2–5 years’ experience in B2B sales (SaaS preferred), • Comfortable running full-cycle sales (discovery to close), • Experience selling to senior decision-makers (owners, MDs, CEOs), • Confident self-generating pipeline, • Strong written follow-up and proposal skills, • Organised, disciplined, and accountable to numbers, • Comfortable operating with autonomy in an early-stage environment Nice to have: • Recruitment / HR tech / ATS / CRM experience, • Exposure to ROI-based or value-based selling What’s in it for you? • Direct access to the founder (successful, award winning recruitment business owner) and genuine influence on commercial strategy, • Opportunity to help shape the sales playbook from early stage, • Clear targets and uncapped commission, • Accelerated career progression as Imagine AI scales, • Real ownership rather than a narrow corporate lane If you’re motivated by outcomes, enjoy building pipeline, and want to play a foundational role in scaling an AI product with real market demand – we want to speak. APPLY NOW! Or Contact Chloe George with your CV via Or call us on 0115 896 1600