Senior Sales Executive - UKI

Location: Edinburgh

Employment Type: Full time

Department: Sales

About Us: Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time‑consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we’re on a mission to power real work with real impact. We’re trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we’re tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week, a $1.7 trillion problem. Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices worldwide, with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation, control, and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work. At Perk, we’re driven by our values, like being an owner, delivering a 7‑star experience, and working as one team. We value curiosity, purpose, and mindset, not just knowledge, to unlock the power in your potential.

Position: Senior Sales Executive – UK&I

We are looking for an ambitious and motivated Senior Sales Executive role to support the Sales team. In this role, you will be an instrumental part of achieving our ambitious goals within the UK&I market. The ideal candidate is an excellent English speaker, persevering and focused professional, who will partner with the wider SDR team to feed our sales funnel.

The Role: You will help us achieve our ambitious goals. You are an excellent English speaker, a persevering and focused professional who will partner with internal teams to feed our sales funnel. This role is a perfect opportunity to grow within Perk, being part of a seasoned A‑players Sales team in a position with professional development possibilities. You will learn from the best people, working within a fun and collaborative culture. Help us scale by selling a disruptive product, changing how organizations manage their business Travel & Spend.

What will you be doing?

• Generate and close new UK&I clients for our outstanding web‑based technology as a specialist in Business travel and expenses management.
• Focus on selling to large SMB‑MM clients that sit primarily within the £550K‑£1.4M GMV bracket.
• Understand our target prospects’ needs, quantify their pain points and conduct high‑level, relevant discussions with various stakeholders within each org, from Office Managers, Procurement to CFOs, explaining how the Perk Value Proposition aligns to their needs.
• Evaluate the existing infrastructure of the clients and consult the individual SaaS solutions.
• Present product demos, negotiate with multiple stakeholders and follow‑up until closing the deal.
• Own the total sales process from the first touchpoint to contract negotiations.
• Master the sales forecast as well as the tactical planning.
• Stay up‑to‑date with new features and product launches.
• Help define and establish best practices together with wider TK teams.
• Monitor and report on sales performance analytics and forecasts.
• Drive own pipeline through Perk customer acquisition channels (own OB + encourage IB, SP & support SDR function).
• Deeply qualify customers to drive more complex orders (inc. FlexiTrip & Expense Contracts).
• Suggest innovative ideas to increase sales and improve customer experience.
• Building strong internal relationships in order to provide an excellent customer experience.

What will you need to succeed?

• Exceptional English fluency (native or near‑native).
• Strong communication, presentation, and public speaking skills.
• Solid understanding of organisational technical infrastructure.
• Proven experience managing the full sales cycle and contracting.
• Driven, ambitious, ethical, and sound in approach.
• Customer‑centric mindset.
• Data‑driven; values insights over opinions.
• Takes ownership and adapts comfortably to new challenges.
• Acts as a trusted advisor and consultant to the UK&I team and customers.
• Open and committed to coaching, new ideas, and sales methods.

Our Benefits:

• Receive competitive compensation and equity ownership in Perk.
• Rest and recharge with 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Take control of your physical health with private medical cover and voluntary dental insurance from Bupa, and discounted gym memberships with GymFlex.
• Plan for your future with our qualifying earnings company pension plan with Aviva.
• Know that your loved ones are protected financially through your Life Insurance if the worst were to happen.
• Rest assured that you’re covered by income protection in case you experience a long‑term sickness or absence.
• Leverage tax‑efficient cycle and electric car schemes with Cycle2Work & Octopus.
• Join our unforgettable Perk events, including our spectacular annual summer party.
• Always feel supported with Spring Health, our market‑leading wellbeing partner, providing fast, comprehensive access to 12x therapy and 12x coaching sessions for you and your loved ones.
• Focus on your family with 12-16 weeks’ paid parental leave.
• Contribute to your community with 16 paid hours per year to spend volunteering for your dearest charitable causes.
• Broaden your horizons with up to 20 Work from Anywhere days per year.
• Stay savvy with access to a wide variety of discounts and rewards.
• Follow your passions and take a four‑week, fully paid sabbatical once you reach 5 years.
• Let us help you move to one of our hubs with relocation support.

How We Work: At Perk, we take an IRL‑first approach to work, where our team works together in‑person 3 days a week. As such, this role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our hubs. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in real life to improve connectivity, productivity, creativity and ultimately making us a great place to work. For certain roles, we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world. English is the official language at the office. Perk is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that. We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means you’re welcome at Perk regardless of how you look, where you’re from, or anything else that makes you, well, you.