Head of Enterprise Sales
at Sage
Location: Remote
Employment Type: full_time
Job Description
<span id="j_id0:j_id1:j_id265:j_id401:j_id402:j_id411:j_id412:1:j_id413:j_id415"><span id="j_id0:j_id1:j_id265:j_id401:j_id402:j_id411:j_id412:1:j_id413:j_id419">Sage is building a global Enterprise Sales Centre of Excellence (CoE) to scale our Embedded Services business across Tier-1 banks, fintechs, and major SaaS platforms. As Head of Global Embedded Sales, you’ll design, lead, and operationalise this CoE—owning the strategy, execution model, and commercial governance that turn our embedded proposition into a predictable, repeatable enterprise sales engine. You’ll report to the SVP, Fintech & Embedded Services and combine strategic leadership with direct ownership of our most complex, high‑value platform deals.</span></span><br/><span id="j_id0:j_id1:j_id265:j_id401:j_id402:j_id411:j_id412:2:j_id413:j_id415"><span id="j_id0:j_id1:j_id265:j_id401:j_id402:j_id411:j_id412:2:j_id413:j_id419">What You’ll Own
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<br>1. Enterprise Sales Strategy & Operating Model
<br>- Build and execute the global enterprise sales model, including segmentation, coverage, qualification standards, and winning playbooks.
<br>- Establish governance, compliance, and performance frameworks to ensure consistent, elite execution across all regions.
<br>- Define the operating rhythm that connects Sales, Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, and Operations to move strategic deals from concept to global rollout.
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<br>2. Tier‑1 Deal Leadership
<br>- Personally lead negotiations and close our largest, most complex embedded platform partnerships.
<br>- Own executive‑level and board‑level relationships to accelerate deal cycles and expand long‑term commercial value.
<br>- Ensure deal structures are commercially strong, technically viable, compliant, and aligned to long‑term growth economics.
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<br>3. Commercial Discipline & Performance Management
<br>- Own the global enterprise pipeline and forecast accuracy.
<br>- Partner with Finance and Product to set pricing, guardrails, and commercial frameworks that enable scalable growth without margin erosion.
<br>- Drive operational excellence through rigorous performance metrics—conversion rates, win rates, cycle time, and Embedded ARR expansion.
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<br>4. Leadership, Team Building & Influence
<br>- Build, mentor, and scale a high‑performing global enterprise sales organisation.
<br>- Drive a culture of accountability, resilience, and high performance.
<br>- Influence and align regional sales leaders and cross‑functional teams to a unified global strategy.
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<br>What You’ll Bring
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<br>- Proven experience leading global enterprise sales organisations, including building operating models, segmentation, and scalable sales playbooks.
<br>- Track record of closing complex, high‑value strategic partnerships with Tier‑1 banks, fintechs, or large SaaS platforms.
<br>- Executive‑level negotiation and relationship‑management capability, including board‑level engagement.
<br>- Strong commercial and financial acumen, with experience owning global pipeline accuracy, pricing frameworks, and commercial governance.
<br>- Ability to orchestrate cross‑functional collaboration across Sales, Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Marketing, and Operations.
<br>- Experience driving performance through metrics, such as win rates, cycle time, and ARR growth.
<br>- Leadership capability to build, coach, and scale a high‑performing global team, fostering a culture of resilience and accountability.
<br>- Influencing skills to align regional sales leaders and stakeholders to a unified global strategy.
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<br>Your benefits (Only Applicable for UK Based Roles)
<br>- Benefits video – <a href="https://youtu.be/TCMtTYUUiuU" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/TCMtTYUUiuU</a>
<br>- Generous bonuses and pension scheme: Up to 8% matched pension contribution plus 2% top-up by Sage. 25 days of paid annual leave with the option to buy up to another 5 days
<br>- Paid 5 days yearly to volunteer through our Sage Foundation
<br>- Enhanced parental leave
<br>- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
<br>- Work away scheme for up to 10 weeks a year
<br>- Access to various helpful memberships for finances, health and wellbeing
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