Position Overview: As an Account Director with Diligent, you'll be at the forefront of driving revenue growth, deepening customer engagement, and shaping the future of how businesses utilise our cutting-edge solutions. Success in this role means expanding product adoption among current customers and introducing new clients to our platform. This is a high-impact, individual contributor role that demands strategic vision, proactive relationship-building, and relentless pursuit of excellence. You’ll be responsible for everything from engaging prospects and managing a robust pipeline to delivering accurate forecasts and closing deals. Acting as a trusted advisor and strategist, you’ll lead account planning, orchestrate internal collaboration, and leverage expertise to elevate customer success and revenue growth. We’re looking for a commercially sound sales professional with a track record of exceeding targets, a natural collaborator, and someone who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments. If you’re driven to create value, embody a customer-first ethos, and deliver innovative solutions, this is the role for you. Key Responsibilities: Proactively build a deep knowledge of and expertise in Diligent’s products, solutions, strategy and business priorities. Responsible for prospecting new and existing business within the designated vertical / territory for complex accounts with longer sales cycles. Adopts a ‘solutions’ selling approach, understanding customer needs and developing solutions through the lens of the Diligent One Platform. Build deep relationships with prospects and customers during interactions by being customer-focused and consistently honouring commitments and connecting the customer to internal commercial stakeholders to foster product growth. Develop and execute on account plans to ensure revenue targets, quota and customer business needs are met and collaborates with key stakeholders to drive integrated joint account wins for mutual business growth
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Position Overview As we accelerate Diligent's presence across EMEA's specialist services markets, we're looking for a driven, commercially sharp sales professional who can win and grow with senior buyers in a governed, compliance-driven world. This is a rare opportunity to join Specialty Markets, a high-growth EMEA division serving the firms that manage governance, entities, risk and audit on behalf of their clients. You'll own a defined, high-value territory with a clear mandate: grow net-new revenue and expand within an established base of Diligent relationships. If you know how to sell complex, multi-stakeholder software into professional and regulated services firms – and can get credible with their leaders fast – this role was built for you. The Market You'll Sell Into You'll sell to professional and regulated services firms that deliver governance, entity, risk, compliance and audit work on behalf of their clients. In practice that spans fund administrators, corporate service providers, management companies (ManCos / AIFMs), law firms, private equity and venture capital firms, trust & fiduciary services, risk advisers, and audit & advisory firms. This isn't back-office compliance – it's a revenue-generating service line they deliver to their own clients. Diligent's platform underpins how they run and scale that work, which makes us central to how they win, serve and grow their client base, not just how they stay compliant. Jurisdictions: this is a single, flexible mandate that can be run across any of our key offshore and onshore markets – including the Channel Islands, Luxembourg, Ireland, the UK, Cayman, BVI, Bermuda, the Isle of Man and the Middle East. Key Responsibilities Own the full commercial cycle across your patch – from prospecting and pipeline generation through to close and upsell – working both new-logo acquisition and account expansion. Use your network and market flue
About the team OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this. In pursuit of this mission, our Go To Market (GTM) team is responsible for helping customers learn how to leverage and deploy our highly capable AI products across their business. The team is made of Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, and Partnership professionals that work together to create valuable solutions that will help bring AI to as many users as possible. About the role As an Account Director focused on Life Sciences, you will own executive-level relationships with leading life sciences organizations, including global pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device companies, and contract research organizations. You’ll help these companies safely and effectively deploy OpenAI’s technology to transform R&D productivity, automate documentation, enhance regulatory workflows, and personalize patient and provider engagement. This role blends scientific literacy, technical depth, business acumen, and relationship-driven enterprise sales. You will collaborate closely with researchers, engineers, and healthcare-focused solution strategists to design secure, compliant, and high-impact AI deployments. This role is based in London. In this role, you’ll: Manage a focused portfolio of large pharmaceutical and life sciences accounts, developing long-term strategic account plans Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles spanning R&D, medical, regulatory, and commercial functions Partner with solutions and research engineering to design pilots that demonstrate measurable business and scientific impact Collaborate with compliance, privacy, and security teams to ensure responsible deployment of AI in regulated environments Own a revenue and consumption target; manage forecasts and pipeline reporting Monitor
Position Overview: As an Enterprise Account Director with Diligent, you'll be at the forefront of driving revenue growth, deepening customer engagement, and shaping the future of how businesses utilise our cutting-edge solutions. Success in this role means introducing new clients to our platform. This is a high-impact, individual contributor role that demands strategic vision, proactive relationship-building, and relentless pursuit of excellence. You’ll be responsible for everything from engaging prospects and managing a robust pipeline to delivering accurate forecasts and closing deals. Acting as a trusted advisor and strategist, you’ll lead account planning, orchestrate internal collaboration, and leverage expertise to elevate customer success and revenue growth. We’re looking for a commercially sound sales professional with a track record of exceeding targets, a natural collaborator, and someone who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments. If you’re driven to create value, embody a customer-first ethos, and deliver innovative solutions, this is the role for you. Key Responsibilities: Proactively build a deep knowledge of and expertise in Diligent’s products, solutions, strategy and business priorities. Responsible for prospecting new business within the FSBI territory for complex accounts with longer sales cycles. Adopts a ‘solutions’ selling approach, understanding customer needs and developing solutions through the lens of the Diligent One Platform. Build deep relationships with prospects during interactions by being customer-focused and consistently honouring commitments and connecting the customer to internal commercial stakeholders to foster product growth. Develop and execute on account plans to ensure revenue targets, quota and customer business needs are met and collaborates with key stakeholders to drive integrated joint account wins for mutual business growth. Leads the coordination of Sales stakeholders to prioritise actions for multiple assign
About the Team OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) that benefits all of humanity. Achieving this requires bringing together world-class scientists, engineers, and business leaders to translate frontier research into real-world impact. Within OpenAI, the Go-to-Market organization helps customers understand, adopt, and scale our products across their businesses. The team includes Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, Partnerships, and Strategic Pursuits professionals who work together to bring the benefits of AI to organizations globally. About the Role We are hiring a Senior Specialist Seller to join the Strategic Pursuits team and lead priority opportunities generated through the joint AWS and OpenAI co-sell motion. You will partner closely with Account Directors, AWS field teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to identify, shape, advance, and close high-value strategic enterprise engagements. This role is ideal for a senior seller with deep experience in enterprise technology, AI, cloud, or complex transformation sales motions. You should be comfortable operating in executive-facing environments, aligning multiple stakeholders, and turning customer priorities into commercially compelling and technically credible opportunities. This role is based in London or Munich. We operate on a hybrid model of 3 days per week in office and offer relocation support. In this role, you will: Lead commercial execution of priority AWS/OpenAI co-sell opportunities across strategic enterprise accounts. Identify and qualify high-potential opportunities focused on GenAI adoption, frontier platform use cases, and enterprise-wide transformation. Partner with AWS and OpenAI field teams to align account strategy, messaging, stakeholder mapping, and execution plans. Develop customer-facing value propositions that connect OpenAI capabilities with business priorities and AWS infrastructure strategies. Drive executive-level engagement including customer me
At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. The International Revenue Operations team is the operational engine behind Vanta's global GTM expansion. This team designs and executes the processes, systems, and operational rhythms that enable our sales, customer success, account management, and partner teams in EMEA and APAC to scale efficiently and hit ambitious revenue targets. They own forecasting accuracy, territory planning, pipeline health, compensation administration, and cross-functional collaboration across the international GTM org. The team's work directly drives revenue predictability, operational efficiency, and GTM excellence as Vanta expands globally, with the international market being one of our fastest-growing parts of the business. As the Director of International Revenue Operations, you will have a front row seat to building and scaling this massively impactful area of our business. What you’ll do as a Director, International Operations at Vanta: Build and lead a team of 4 revenue operations professionals supporting Vanta's international GTM organisation across pre-sales and post-sales functions Own the operating rhythm for EMEA and APAC revenue teams, including forecasting, pipeline inspection, territory management, and quarterly business reviews Partner closely with international sales leadership to drive forecast accuracy, identify pipeline gaps, and remove friction in the sales process Design and implement scalable processes for lead routing, opportunity management, comp administration, and performance tracking across multiple regions Collaborate with global RevOps leadership, Business Systems, and GTM Analytics to ensure consistency while adapting f
Skeletons, lasers, tattoo buses — the Torq brand grabs attention like nothing else in cybersecurity. And we're growing like crazy, backed by Series D funding, 200% employee growth, and 300% revenue growth. Fueling Torq's momentum is our game-changing AI SOC platform, backed by a team and culture that makes Torq one of Forbes' Best Startup Employers in America, and a Business Insider 'startup to bet your career on'. Life at Torq is all gas, no brakes. We're a team of relentless, collaborative go-getters pushing the boundaries of what's possible for security automation. Every role is an essential driver of Torq's success as the AI-native autonomous SecOps platform of choice for security teams across the Fortune 500. Over the past year, we've built one of the fastest-growing Enterprise Sales organizations in EMEA. Now we're looking for a hands-on Regional Sales Director to lead our Western Europe business across the UK, Ireland, France, Benelux, and Northern Europe. This isn't a role for someone who wants to manage from behind a dashboard. We're looking for a leader who enjoys being in the field, building pipeline alongside the team, partnering with customers, and helping experienced Enterprise sellers win bigger. Location: London, UK (preferred) What you'll do Lead, coach, and develop a team of Enterprise Account Executives across Western Europe. Own the regional sales strategy and execution to achieve ambitious growth targets. Drive pipeline generation, forecasting, operational excellence, and accurate sales execution. Partner closely with customers, Sales Engineers, Marketing, and Channel teams to accelerate strategic opportunities. Support the team throughout complex enterprise sales cycles, from prospecting to closed deals. Identify new business opportunities and expand Torq's presence across the region. Recruit, hire, and develop top-performing Enterprise sales talent. Represent Torq at customer meetings, executive briefings, and industry events. Foste
Position Overview: The Solutions Sales Director will play an instrumental role in driving revenue growth for Diligent’s solutions across existing and new accounts. This role is focused on candidates with strong expertise in entity management space , either as a practitioner (e.g., company secretary) or someone who has directly used entity management tools in a commercial or operational setting. The Solutions Sales Director is responsible for managing larger, complex accounts with longer sales cycles and driving adoption of the Diligent One Platform. This individual contributor position manages the full sales cycle, from initial prospect/customer meetings through to deal completion, while orchestrating internal expertise to deliver on and grow accounts. Providing coaching, guidance, and support to Sales stakeholders is a key element to enable team members to learn best practices. Success in this role is measured by expanding product usage in existing customers, migrating customers to the Diligent One Platform, and selling to new accounts. Key Responsibilities: Demonstrate and maintain expert-level knowledge of Diligent’s entity and subsidiary management solutions. Prospect and manage new and existing business within the designated territory, focusing on larger, complex accounts with longer sales cycles. Apply a consultative ‘solutions selling’ approach, using deep domain expertise to understand customer needs and position the Diligent One Platform effectively. Leverage industry-focused insights to create long-term competitive advantages for customers. Expand strategic customer relationships and drive growth across multiple areas of the organisation. Gather feedback from customers on needs, products, and features; collaborate with product management and marketing to drive improvements. Develop strategic account plans that generate new business and upsell opportunities, coordinating cross-functional teams to execute plans. Manage the end-to-end sales cycle using
We’re looking for an Account Intelligence & Outbound Specialist to help us create meaningful outbound engagement and pipeline opportunities across priority global strategic accounts. You’ll use Talkwalker insights, market signals, account research and hands-on outbound to build commercially relevant, account specific-outbound that creates movement in the accounts that matter most by identifying the right people, moments and messages to activate complex enterprise accounts working alongside two Global Strategic Account Managers. You will be reporting to the Director, Outbound Strategy. Please note that the role may include 10% of travel to events; other Hootsuite offices, etc. WHAT YOU’LL DO: Conduct deep research across priority global strategic accounts to understand their business context, market environment, brand activity, audience sentiment, competitive landscape and relevant commercial signals. Leverage Talkwalker insights, social listening, news, campaign activity, reputation signals and account history to identify timely and relevant reasons to engage prospective customers. Identify and map complex buying groups, decision-makers, influencers and stakeholders across global strategic accounts, including marketing, communications, social media, insights, customer care, digital, analytics, procurement, legal, security, Data Privacy, regional teams and executive leadership. Design and execute insight-led, account-specific outbound strategies across email, phone, LinkedIn and other relevant channels, using commercial relevance rather than generic product messaging. Develop high-value account intelligence assets including signal summaries, one-page account memos, Talkwalker insight snapshots, competitor views, pre-mortems, executive questions and buying-group maps to support strategic account activation. Act as a strategic partner to Global Strategic & Principal Account Executives by jointly prioritizing accounts, align on account strategy, and deter
About the Job: LaunchDarkly is looking for a VP, EMEA Sales to lead and scale our regional sales organization as we enter a period of high growth and expand across a growing portfolio of products. Reporting to the Chief Revenue Officer, this leader will own new business and expansion revenue across EMEA. This is a high-impact leadership role for a builder and operator who can turn regional insight into a focused go-to-market strategy, build a repeatable pipeline engine, and create the operating discipline needed for predictable growth. The VP will lead a multi-level sales organization and partner closely with Marketing, SDR/BDR, Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, Partnerships, Enablement, and Revenue Operations. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the next phase of LaunchDarkly’s growth by bringing our AI Runtime Control capabilities to more customers across EMEA, helping organizations build, deploy, and manage AI-powered applications with greater control and confidence. Responsibilities: Own new business and expansion revenue across EMEA. Set regional go-to-market strategy across segmentation, territories, coverage, capacity, hiring, and resources. Build repeatable pipeline across outbound, inbound, account-based, and partner channels. Establish operating rhythms for pipeline inspection, forecasting, deal progression, performance, and business reviews. Deliver accurate forecasts and visibility into pipeline, deal health, productivity, risks, and opportunities. Lead and develop Sales Directors, Managers, and Account Executives while building a strong management bench. Drive consistent sales methodology, account planning, qualification, and pipeline hygiene. Engage in strategic deals through executive relationships, value selling, negotiation, and deal strategy. Scale land-and-expand across new logo, adoption, cross-sell, and expansion motions. Partner with Solutions Engineering and Customer Success to improve deal quality, adoption, reten
Position Overview: We are excited to introduce a newly created Senior HR Business Partner role, partnering directly with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to drive organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, and strategic workforce planning across the business. Central to the role is holding senior leaders accountable for their own growth as leaders: coaching them with the same rigor they are expected to apply to their teams, so that as leaders level up, their team’s level up alongside them. You will help drive effective people practices by balancing business priorities with employee experience and will play a key role in evolving Diligent’s HR operating model toward more strategic, AI-enabled ways of working. The ideal candidate is collaborative, business-minded, and solutions-oriented, with strong judgment, communication skills, and the ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders – while being direct enough to hold them to account. Key Responsibilities Serve as a senior strategic HR partner to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) for an assigned business unit or regional pod, leading org design, talent planning, succession planning, and coaching. Develop the people strategy for the business unit or function you support, in partnership with senior leadership, translating business strategy and objectives into a people plan that delivers maximum impact. Lead strategic workforce planning for the business unit — including how work is organised across people and AI agents — and navigating the balance between building AI capability and developing the human skills needed for the future in an AI-first organisation. Partner with the HR Director on implementation and functional roll-out of the broader people strategy. Lead the business unit’s talent and performance cycles, including goal-setting/OKR cadence, SLT-level calibrations, compensation review for the SLT-and-below population, and 9-box grid review. Drive turning workforce, engageme
Location : Come and join us in London! Freenow by Lyft empowers smarter mobility decisions helping people to move freely and cities to thrive. One of our core goals for 2026 is the complete digitalization of the European taxi market. We work with taxi companies to provide them with our advanced dispatch and fleet management software completely free of charge. This enables them to significantly reduce operating costs, successfully differentiate themselves from major ride-hailing providers, and manage a profitable, sustainable business. To support this, we are looking for a Sales Manager who will become the face of this initiative. We look forward to your application and can't wait to have you on board for this journey! YOUR DAILY ADVENTURES WILL INCLUDE: Prospect, engage, travel and pitch our Dispatch tool to SME taxi companies in the UK. You are the driving force behind converting traditional vehicle fleets into modern, connected Freenow by Lyft partners. Guide entrepreneurs, fleet owners, and senior dispatchers through the fear of operational change. Act as the voice of our partners. You will gather on-the-ground feedback about our software and collaborate directly with our Product and Strategy teams to help "co-build" the ultimate solution. TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE: 3-5 years of professional experience in areas such as B2B business development, sales, or account management. Experience in mobility, logistics, or selling SaaS solutions to SMEs is especially valued. Proven track record of managing a B2B pipeline and handling objections. You understand that even when a product is free, you still have to expertly "sell" the time, effort, and operational shift required to adopt it. Strong communication skills with the ability to build trust and long-term relationships. The ability to deeply understand a partner's business operations at a process level. You are skilled at guiding new partners step by step through the change process and ensuring they smoothly a
Position Overview: As a Senior Account Manager with Diligent, you'll be at the forefront of driving revenue growth, deepening customer engagement, and shaping the future of how businesses utilise our cutting-edge solutions. Success in this role means expanding product adoption among current customers and introducing new clients to our platform. This is a high-impact, individual contributor role that demands strategic vision, proactive relationship-building, and relentless pursuit of excellence. You’ll be responsible for everything from engaging prospects and managing a robust pipeline to delivering accurate forecasts and closing deals. Acting as a trusted advisor and strategist, you’ll lead account planning, orchestrate internal collaboration, and leverage expertise to elevate customer success and revenue growth. We’re looking for a commercially sound sales professional with a track record of exceeding targets, a natural collaborator, and someone who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments. If you’re driven to create value, embody a customer-first ethos, and deliver innovative solutions, this is the role for you. What you will get: Uncapped commission plan with accelerators Central London, Covent Garden office with hybrid policy Be part of a high performing, high attainment team and culture Defined territory with existing customer base Private medical insurance including dental cover Pension plan Key Responsibilities: Proactively build a deep knowledge of and expertise in Diligent’s products, solutions, strategy and business priorities. Responsible for expanding existing business within the designated vertical / territory for complex accounts. Adopts a ‘solutions’ selling approach, understanding customer needs and developing solutions through the lens of the Diligent One Platform. Build deep relationships with prospects and customers during interactions by being customer-focused and consistently honouring commitments and connecting the customer to internal c
At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. As a member of Vanta’s Account Management team, you will be responsible for the expansion and retention of a subset of Vanta’s Customers by developing and maintaining strong relationships with our customers. You will serve as the primary point of contact for all post-sale commercial conversations, including mid-cycle upsells and renewals. As a trusted advisor to the customer, you will deeply understand their business needs and align Vanta’s solutions with their objectives to help mature our customers’ compliance and security programs. The goal of this team is to achieve overall net revenue expansion of the Vanta customer base, as measured by Net Revenue Retention. They will ensure customers’ security and compliance goals are aligned to their company growth needs and with Vanta’s solutions. This role will be based in our London office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. What you’ll do as an Account Manager [EMEA] at Vanta: Develop and maintain strong relationships with assigned accounts, acting as a trusted advisor and strategic partner. Develop a deep understanding of Vanta’s current product offerings and take initiative to learn Vanta’s product roadmap to speak confidently when addressing customers. Maintain strong partnerships and alignment with CSMs to understand customer health, ensure close strategic collaboration and execute harmonious communication to accounts. Collaborate on account plans that identify new opportunities for expansion with current customers to increase their usage of Vanta’s platform via new frameworks, security tools, etc. Manage the
At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. As Vanta continues to grow, winning in the International markets will be critical. We’re just starting to establish our EMEA presence, and we need talented and customer focused Account Executives who are excited to help build and grow a large and untapped UK&I markets as we continue to distinguish Vanta as best-in-class to prospects in a burgeoning competitive landscape. If this sounds like you, and you’re excited to be a part of our founding sales team in EMEA, we'd love to hear from you. What you’ll do as an Account Executive at Vanta: Own your pipeline from the ground up — identify, research, and prioritize high-potential accounts and verticals, building a consistent outbound motion to create new opportunities. Run a world-class sales process — qualify deeply, forecast accurately, and progress deals using MEDDPICC or a similar structured methodology to drive predictable outcomes. Convert interest into long-term value — educate prospects on the business impact of Vanta, deliver compelling demos, and tailor solution recommendations to each customer’s goals. Communicate with executive presence — engage confidently with founders, CEOs, and technical leaders, translating complex compliance and security concepts into clear business value. Continuously sharpen your craft — act on feedback, seek coaching, and contribute to improving team playbooks, messaging, and outbound best practices. Be a self-starter who makes things happen — operate with urgency, ownership, and autonomy in a fast-moving environment where results matter. Champion market expansion — explore partnership opportunities, represent Vanta at industry events, and h
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