Sales Executive UK in London

Are you a high-performing sales professional with a passion for building new markets, winning enterprise clients, and making a noticeable impact? Do you thrive in an entrepreneurial environment where you can influence growth and own your success? We are looking for our first UK-based Senior Sales Executive to spearhead our expansion in the British market. This is a unique opportunity to join an established international company with a proven screening software platform while enjoying the autonomy and influence of a start-up environment.

Based in London, you will play a big role in introducing our market-leading screening and compliance solutions to HR and compliance professionals across the UK.

About the Role

As our first UK sales hire, you will be responsible for driving new business growth, building strategic client relationships, and helping define our UK go-to-market strategy. You will own the full sales cycle—from prospecting and pipeline generation to closing enterprise deals, supporting successful client onboarding, and maintaining good client relationships. Your main focus summed up:

• Shape Our UK Market Strategy
• Deliver Value to Clients
• Collaborate Internationally
• Ensure Compliance Excellence

You’ll join an ambitious international sales team with colleagues based in Amsterdam (HQ), Berlin, and Stockholm, and you’ll help lay the foundation for our future UK team.

What you will do

A typical Tuesday for you involves a short cycle through the city, followed by a cup of coffee and a quick catch-up on your emails. A 15-minute update with the Sales Manager (based in Amsterdam) via Teams and then it’s time for two meetings you’ve scheduled with companies interested in our services. After lunch, you kick off the afternoon with sales calls. You’ll ring different companies to arrange a meeting to convince them of the value of our services. After that, you have a meeting scheduled with a potential client with whom you’re already well into the sales process. They still have a few questions about our contract, particularly regarding the GDPR, which you’ll discuss and finalise with our Privacy Counsel during this meeting. Followed by another Teams meeting with the international sales team to roadmap the UK sales growth. Finally, you’ll work on a contract for a client who wants to start screening. You’ll involve the key stakeholders within the organisation and set out clear agreements. Just a few more administrative tasks to ensure the information in Salesforce is up to date. To end the day, you call a company that just started screening to check in how it’s going. And then it’s already time to wrap up for the day. To unwind, you use your vitality allowance for a sports class or a relaxing massage!

Who we're Looking For

• 7–10+ years of successful B2B sales experience, ideally within HR Technology, Background Screening, Compliance Solutions or SaaS;
• Strong track record of winning new business through proactive prospecting and cold outreach.
• Experience working with Salesforce or similar CRM platforms is an advantage.
• Good relationship-building and account management skills.
• Comfortable working independently while collaborating with international teams.
• Understanding of GDPR, UK Data Protection regulations, and compliance frameworks.

What we offer

• Competitive salary with attractive performance-based incentives;
• Vitality-, phone-, travel- and home office allowance;
• The chance to make a direct impact on the growth of a rapidly expanding international business and at the same time significant opportunities for professional growth and career development;
• A dynamic, diverse, and fast-growing working environment;
• London-based role with flexible working hours and flexibility to work both remotely and from the office.

DISA?

We are DISA EMEA, headquartered in Amsterdam and the market leader in employment screening. We believe that a company’s success is determined by the people it hires. That is why we have built an application that ensures our clients have a better understanding of who is (or will be) working for them. We operate at the intersection of recruitment/HR and compliance/risk management, a market that offers many opportunities. Based in Amsterdam and with our offices in Berlin, Stockholm and now also London, we are currently expanding further across Europe and beyond.

Up for the exciting challenge? Good! If you're excited by the challenge of creating something meaningful, backed by an established business with ambitious plans, we'd love to hear from you. Send your CV and a short motivation to our HR team and before you know it we’ll meet you for a digital cup of tea!