Strategic Account Executive - London

    ClaimSorted

    🇬🇧 London
    Financial
    Hybrid
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    Work Type

    On-site

    Vertical

    Financial

    Source

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    About this role

    About ClaimSortedAt ClaimSorted, we’re building a more resilient world - one where people and businesses have the confidence to pursue bigger opportunities.

    We’re doing this by transforming how insurance delivers on its most important promise: helping people and businesses recover when things go wrong.The world’s largest insurers and Fortune 500 companies work with us to handle claims and manage risk more efficiently, so they - and the people they protect - can move forward with confidence.Backed by Y Combinator, Atomico and Eurazeo, we grew 10x in the past year - and we’re just getting started.The RoleWe’re looking for a Strategic Account Executive to join our founding GTM team and drive our next wave of growth, win new logos, and expand deals.

    You’ll own the full sales cycle, working with C-level executives at multibillion-dollar companies to transform how their businesses operate.Success in this role goes well beyond closing deals.

    You’ll need to deeply understand each customer’s business, challenge their thinking, and work with them to build tailored solutions that fundamentally change how they work.Create, drive, and close high-stakes deals with the largest insurance companies in the world - the kind of deals where a single signature changes how a multi-billion-dollar insurer handles every claim it processesAct as a trusted advisor to prospects and customers - learning their needs and demonstrating how our products can solve real problemsOwn your pipeline end-to-end, from first conversation to signed contract - running sharp, data-driven sales cycles that lead with insight and never lose urgencyHelp shape our GTM playbook - feed

    what you learn in the field back into how we grow and sell, so the infrastructure we build scales because it's grounded in what actually works, not theoryGet real product influence - work directly with Claims and Product, not into a backlog that disappears, but as a genuine hand in

    what we build next. At this stage,

    what you hear from c

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Enterprise

    6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals

    Prospecting

    Outbound-Heavy

    Self-sourced pipeline via cold outreach

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Territory

    Named Accounts

    Pre-assigned list of target companies

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    C-Suite Selling·Required skill

    Typical Day — Account Executive

    Stakeholder meetings3–5/week
    Executive presentations2–3/week
    Business cases & RFPs1–2/week
    Forecast & pipeline2×/week
    Champion coachingDaily

    Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.

    Role Signals

    Green Flags

    ✓
    Equity/Stock Options

    Ownership stake offered

    Financial Services — Interview Intel

    Typical Sales Cycle

    3–6 months (Retail) · 6–18 months (Institutional)

    Common Buyer Objections

    • "Regulatory concerns — need compliance approval"
    • "We already have a vendor for this"
    • "Need to see 3-year track record"
    • "Committee-based decision — multiple approvers"

    Key Industry Metrics

    AUM (Assets Under Management)Risk-Adjusted ReturnsCompliance Pass RateClient Retention RateRevenue Per Advisor

    Hot Topics to Reference

    • • AI in fraud detection and compliance
    • • Open banking APIs
    • • ESG investing mandate shifts
    • • Embedded finance partnerships

    Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.

    Tags

    Sales
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    Walk me through your discovery process.

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    How do you handle a prospect who goes silent mid-deal?

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    Tell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.

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    How do you build business cases for stakeholders?

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    Describe a deal you lost and what you learned.

    Template question
    Research ClaimSorted's product, recent news, and key competitors
    Review relevant certifications and licensing requirements
    Review the job description and map your experience to each requirement
    Role Insights

    Account Executives are the revenue engine of any sales organization — this role will require strong pipeline management and closing skills.

    Licensing requirements (Series 7, 63, etc.) may be needed or beneficial.

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