Account Executive, High Growth (French Speaking)

Overview

In this role you drive end-to-end new business sales for AlphaSense in Europe, focusing on the financial services sector. You’ll target hedge funds, asset managers, investment banks, and sell-side research, building relationships and guiding product trials to close deals. You will forecast and grow a robust pipeline while collaborating with Product Specialists to ensure client engagement during trials. Your work accelerates international growth and expands adoption of a leading AI-driven market intelligence platform. You’ll thrive in a fast-growing, collaborative environment and play a key role in shaping our presence in France and Southern Europe.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end sales processes in the territory, targeting hedge funds, asset managers, investment banks and sell-side research
• Generate opportunities, initiate discussions, build prospect relationships, conduct demos, manage trials and close deals in Europe and France
• Forecast and build a healthy pipeline to meet and exceed sales targets
• Collaborate with Product Specialist during trials to ensure client engagement
• Collect and relay market and client product needs to sales, product management, content, and product marketing to drive product improvements

Key requirements

• SaaS technology or platform sales experience to Hedge Funds, Asset Management firms and Investment Banks across UK and Southern Europe (France & French-speaking territories)
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets
• Ability to prospect, build a pipeline, and access key stakeholders across organizations
• Energetic, creative, curious with quick learning ability
• Fluent/Native French speaking and strong communication across all organizational levels
• Willingness to travel monthly or quarterly

• Energetic and creative
• Strong initiative and work ethic
• Excellent communication and relationship-building
• SaaS sales
• Territory and pipeline management
• Product demos and trials coordination

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