Account Exec - Universities

Salary: £60k - 70k plus £40k uncapped OTE
Location: London - 3 days in the office
Contract: Permanent
Industry: HR Tech

About The Employer

We’re working with a high-growth SaaS company entering a major new phase of expansion, launching into the Higher Education and University sector. They’re hiring a New Markets Account Executive, someone who knows how to open doors in academic environments and build new markets from the ground up. This isn’t a role where you inherit a territory or a playbook. You’ll be responsible for finding the opportunity, shaping the narrative, and building pipeline from scratch. Paying £60 – 70k base with another £40k OTE in year 1 which is uncapped plus equity and excellent benefits too. This role is hybrid with 3 days a week in their Central London offices

About The Role

Lead commercial expansion into the university and education sector Build and execute outbound prospecting campaigns to generate new opportunities Shape early positioning, messaging and value propositions for a new vertical Run full early-stage sales cycles from discovery to validation and internal handover Work closely with product and leadership to feedback market insights Develop repeatable GTM frameworks that can scale

The Necessary Requirements

Experience selling into universities, higher education, or within EdTech Proven track record of building new markets or verticals without an established playbook, this needs to be focused to more complex, multistakeholder/multi-threading experience etc Comfortable with outbound–writing sequences, cold outreach, and opening new conversations Strong communicator able to engage senior academic or operational stakeholders Commercially curious, data-aware, and comfortable iterating quickly to find what works

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