At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive sales in the UK, build partnerships, and close strategic deals.
- Company: Vizzia, a fast-growing tech company expanding into the UK market.
- Benefits: Permanent contract, health insurance, flexible work options, and annual team offsite.
- Other info: Great growth opportunities with potential for management roles.
- Why this job: Be a pioneer in our UK expansion and make a significant impact.
- Qualifications: Proven complex sales experience and familiarity with SaaS methodologies.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
The Vizzia Sales team is structured to win strategic deals, build a scalable playbook, and expand internationally. The United Kingdom is our first market outside France, and we’re looking for a Senior/Key Account Executive for our Waste vertical to lay the foundations of our local expansion: Identify early opportunities, close the first deals, and build initial partnerships with British local authorities.
Your mission is to co-drive the zero-to-one phase for the UK market with our New Market Team, kick-off commercial outreach and set the foundations for UK. The objective is to sign €300k in the first and €700k+ ARR in the second year. To achieve this, you will:
- Strategic discovery & prospecting: Build and convert a B2G pipeline through complex, strategic SaaS sales cycles.
- Closing & Complex Sales: Close around 10 contracts to reach €350K ARR. Manage 6–9 month complex sales cycles with multiple stakeholders.
- Structuring: Adapt Vizzia’s sales playbook for the UK market; messaging, sales methods, prospecting sequences, and field learnings - to lay the foundation for a scalable team.
Expected milestones:
- By 1 month: Master the product and existing playbook.
- By 3 months: Full command of the product, identified right pitch and pain points, discovery/prospecting calls done, created strong pipeline with short-term closing potential.
- By 6 months: Several signed contracts.
- By 1st year: €300k ARR signed, 10+ deals closed. Solid, well-managed pipeline ready to scale to €700k+ ARR in year two.
Vizzia’s sales model:
- Sales cycle: 6 months
- Average deal size: €30k ARR
- Closing rate: 15% (from R1 to deal won)
- Full-cycle sales to start on the market, along with a demand generation team once traction in the UK is validated
- Target: Local authorities
Required Qualifications:
- Proven track record in complex sales within a fast-growing environment (sales cycles 6 months+, average deal size >€30k+, annual targets >€400k+)
- Familiarity with SaaS sales methodologies, strategic/named accounts, including pre-sales
- Experience working in an English-speaking country (ideally UK), professional proficiency in English
- Experience as a first sales/country opener in an English-speaking market is a plus
- Experience selling to public authorities is a plus
- Based in London, with a willingness to travel to our HQ in Paris regularly
Evaluation Criteria:
- Entrepreneurial & dynamic: Handles different types of sales situations and builds from scratch.
- Interpersonal skills: Relationship builder, adaptable to any type of interlocutor.
- Autonomous & organized: Manages pipeline efficiently and anticipates future targets.
- Performance-driven: Thrives under pressure to exceed goals, ambition to grow own career traction through excellence.
- Fast learner: Seeks to improve and raise the bar high for both self and the team.
Growth Perspectives: Vizzia grew from 20 employees at the end of 2024 to over 60 by the end of 2025 and aims for 200+ by the end of 2026. We target €100M ARR by 2029. Early international hires can ideally be positioned for management roles or very strategic AE positions with given performance.
Benefits:
- Permanent contract (28 days annual leave, incl. bank holidays)
- A Mac or PC depending on your preference
- Health insurance plan
- Opportunities to work from our Paris office
- Central London office to come, stay tuned!
- Yearly offsite with the whole team
Recruitment Process:
- Screening call - Talent Acquisition 30’
- Hiring Manager call - UK Country Lead 45’
- Business case debrief - 1h
- Meet the team in Paris/HQ (VP Sales, CMO & the team)
- Reference check
- Offer
We aim at a ~20 day process. If successful, you’ll have 5 days to confirm your decision. We’ll be thrilled to welcome you aboard!
Senior Account Executive UK employer: Vizzia
Vizzia is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where innovation and growth are at the forefront. As a Senior Account Executive in London, you'll have the unique opportunity to shape the future of our UK market while benefiting from a permanent contract, health insurance, and the chance to work from our Paris HQ. With a strong focus on employee development and ambitious growth targets, Vizzia is committed to fostering your career in a supportive and collaborative culture.
