What you will be doing:

We are looking for a Senior Account Executive to join the French Commercial team, focused on bringing the best of early-stage businesses to the Crowdcube platform. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who has a keen interest in start-ups and business, is process driven, has experience in B2B sales and experience in the startup / investment ecosystem, and eager to help us shape the world of start-up finance and have a real impact on entrepreneurs’ lives.

Day to day you will:

• Deliver individual and team targets against revenue and volume

• Consistently achieve or exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual volume-based sales activity targets

• Seek and approach new investment opportunities as part of outbounding

• Qualify new investment opportunities from our inbound and partnership channels

• Build a network around you of partners in the French start-up ecosystem who will help you achieve your revenue targets

• Optimise and manage efficient processes for finding new investment opportunities using our sales tooling.

• Consult start-ups on their upcoming rounds and negotiate Crowdcube terms.

• Collaborate with colleagues from across the business, including marketing, to improve processes and provide feedback

• Cultivate a thorough understanding of the alternative finance/start-up/funding industry and keep abreast of significant developments

What we are offering:

We like to nurture talent and ensure members of our team develop and hone their skills through training, attending conferences and subscriptions to online courses. We’re passionate and hard-working, and we take care of our team:

• €50k - €60k DOE + Bonus

• Participation in the employee share option plan (subject to the prevailing company policy at the time)

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + holiday for tenure

• Hybrid working approach. This role requires you to be in our Paris office 2-3 days per week.

• Access to Oliva, a mental health platform

• A wellbeing budget of up to €400 per year.

• Alan Mutelle & Prevoyance medical cover

• Swile lunch vouchers

• Carte Navigo travel card

• Company perks such as fruit, snacks, fitness classes and weekly office beers

Ideally you will be:

• A self-starter who needs little guidance and takes ownership

• Commercially focused and able to prioritise effectively to achieve activity, volume and revenue targets

• Confident in speaking with C level executives, business founders and management teams, with a natural flair for building relationships and negotiation

• Hardworking and able to embrace the change that is constant in a fast growth business

• An experimenter - someone who tries different approaches, learns, iterates and improves

• A curious and inquisitive person with a desire to learn and work outside one’s comfort zone

And you will have:

• A passion for start-ups, entrepreneurship, and alternative finance

• Previous consultative sales, business development and/or commercial partnership experience

• Experience of working in a targeted environment

• A natural relationship builder and negotiator

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English and French)

• Knowledge of the French startup eco-system, ideally an existing network

Our interview process typically consists of an initial phone screen, an interview with the hiring manager and a task, followed by a final interview with other members of the team. There aren’t any trick questions and the task will typically be based on a real scenario the team have worked on.

Our policy is to employ the best-qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or disability.