Sales Director, Financial Services & Multi-Industry - London

Location: London, UK / Hybrid Remote. We have an office in London and this position can either be based in the office, or hybrid remote, with the expectation of attending the office on Wednesdays and Thursdays (subject to your existing legal right to work in the jurisdiction).

About the Role

HERE is growing and we are hiring for an experienced Sales Director to join our EMEA Sales team. This role will be crucial for expanding our Enterprise SaaS footprint across large organisations and industries in Financial Services and beyond including Manufacturing, Energy, Metals & Mining, and Utilities. Sales Directors work to drive new business, creating pipelines with new relationships and further expanding within those firms. Driving the successful adoption of the HERE technology platform and increasing the overall customer base is at the core of this position's responsibilities.

Commercial success will be measured through organically generating a significant pipeline of opportunities, along with effectively communicating our Enterprise SaaS value proposition and successfully managing opportunities. This role will be focused on selling within the UK and Continental Europe markets.

Our ideal candidate has a proven track record of successfully generating and closing SaaS deals across Financial Services and at least one other industry, leveraging his or her existing network, and managing a high volume of opportunities simultaneously. Please note, this is an individual contributor role and the person in the seat will be responsible for growing and achieving their own sales targets, not managing a team.

Responsibilities

• Build a strong pipeline: Build and mature a pipeline with proactive prospecting, initiating effective contact, and strategic account networking. Leverage your network together with our sales technology and AI tools to drive your own efficiency and deliver value‑led sales messaging.
• Meet sales quota and drive success: Conduct and execute on sales campaigns, achieving annual sales targets with a robust, measurable sales process (we follow MEDDICC). Effectively communicate your opportunity progression.
• Cultivate strong client relationships: Cultivate and sustain valuable client relationships while navigating the complete sales cycle. Land and expand via referrals.
• Become a solutions consultant: Build out comprehensive insights into AI, security and productivity industry trends, enterprise challenges, and digital transformation strategies and apply those to customer‑specific challenges, use cases and priorities to best align our solution with customer needs.
• Become a HERE Expert: Quickly develop a deep understanding of our product and underlying technology to clearly communicate our value proposition with confidence to senior stakeholders, including both business leaders, engineering, AI and security teams. Represent HERE at industry events and assist with lead generation strategies.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong industry knowledge with a minimum of 6+ years of direct SaaS sales experience, selling across financial services and at least one additional industry such as manufacturing, metals & mining, and/or energy.
• Confident command selling to the UK and Continental Europe with a focus on UK, Ireland, France, Germany and/or Spain.
• High energy and a drive to succeed.
• Prior experience selling technology tools and independently generating pipeline from proactive outreach.
• A proven track record for generating and closing deals within direct sales.
• Aptitude for learning technical concepts/terms combined with the knowledge and aptitude to present skills to articulate value proposition and align with customer priorities.
• The ability to manage stakeholder communications and drive a sales process from start to finish.
• A genuine enthusiasm and interest in both technology and our product mission.
• Excellent communication skills, including verbal, written, active listening, negotiation and presentation skills.
• Business proficient speaking a second European language preferred.

What We’re Offering

• Generous Paid Holidays, Company Holidays & Sick Time.
• Thoughtfully-Planned Paid Parental Leave.
• Financial Well‑Being Plans (Pension) (Life Insurance).
• Stock Options.
• Professional Development Courses.
• Employee Resource Groups.
• Vitality Plus Benefits & Discounts.
• In‑Office Coffee, Tea, Snacks, and Beer on Tap.
• Casual dress code.
• Team Lunches.

Sponsorship: We are not offering sponsorship for this role. As set forth in HERE’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.