Strategic Account Executive, Financial Services (UK)

Location: London, UK; hybrid role based out of the London hub

Company

Writer provides an AI platform with autonomous agents, enterprise intelligence, and governance capabilities for marketing and revenue teams.

What you will do

• Sell Writer’s AI agent platform to global enterprises with 8,000+ employees, focusing on financial services accounts.
• Build trusted relationships with executive buyers and advise organizations on AI transformation.
• Manage complex enterprise sales cycles across discovery, technical evaluation, procurement, security review, and executive approval.
• Conduct outbound prospecting, account mapping, and territory planning to create new opportunities.
• Orchestrate cross-functional resources and drive multi-million-dollar, multi-year commitments.
• Operate with ownership and autonomy while collaborating across functions and representing Writer’s values.

Requirements

• 7–10+ years of quota-carrying strategic SaaS sales experience, with a record of meeting or exceeding annual quotas.
• Experience with complex, value-based sales motions targeting Fortune 500 and Global 2000 financial services accounts.
• Deep understanding of the UK and European financial services landscape, including banking, asset management, insurance, fintech, regulatory requirements, buying cycles, and communication standards.
• Experience managing sophisticated enterprise sales cycles with multiple stakeholders, procurement and security processes, technical evaluations, executive approvals, and cross-functional resources.
• Executive presence and communication skills for engaging CIOs, CDOs, CTOs, COOs, and other C-suite buyers.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business value, conduct consultative discovery, connect AI capabilities to measurable outcomes, and create urgency in regulated industries.
• Experience in outbound prospecting, account mapping, and territory planning, with a hunter mentality and evidence of creating opportunities from scratch.
• Experience carrying and exceeding seven-figure quotas and navigating security, compliance, and board-level approvals.
• Comfort with ambiguity, ownership, fast-paced environments, incomplete information, and minimal oversight.
• Alignment with Writer’s values: connecting across functions, challenging the status quo, and owning outcomes with accountability.

Nice to have

• Existing network and relationships within UK or European financial services institutions.
• Management consulting background, particularly with financial services clients.
• Experience selling AI, data, or enterprise platform deals into regulated industries.
• Familiarity with compliance, security, and governance requirements affecting financial services buying decisions.
• Experience supporting or leading large-scale rollouts or change management programs.
• Strong storytelling and presentation skills for executive audiences.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, intellectually stimulating environment with autonomy, ownership, and a focus on meaningful impact.
• Generous PTO, company holidays, medical and dental insurance, and 16 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents.
• Fertility and family planning support plus early-detection cancer testing through Galleri.
• Competitive pension scheme with company contribution and company stock options.
• Annual wellness and learning and development stipends.
• Company-wide and team off-sites.