Akur8 is hiring: Senior Account Executive - North America in New York

Overview

Akur8 is a young, dynamic, fast growing Insurtech scale-up that is transforming insurance pricing and reserving with transparent machine learning. Our SaaS platform leverages the power of transparent machine learning and predictive analytics to inject game-changing speed, performance and reliability into insurers’ pricing and reserving processes. Powered by skilled R&D, Product & Actuarial teams we’ve developed unique AI algorithms that automate the insurance pricing and reserving in an unprecedented manner. This results in a pricing solution that enables insurance companies to model risks 10 times faster with greater predictive power than traditional methods, whilst including next-generation reserving features, offering an end-to-end platform that anticipates and accounts for future claims. Akur8 has already been selected :

• In CB Insights Top 50 World Insurtech Companies 2024
• In Insurtech Global’s Top 100 AIFinTech list 2024
• In Fintech Global’s Top 100 AIFinTech list 2024
• In CNBC’s World Top 150 Insurtech Companies 2024

With 42 nationalities on our team and offices in 8 major global cities, Akur8’s solution is international by design, serving over 320 clients across 4 continents, and focusing on mature markets to drive faster growth.

To learn more about Akur8, and what we do, click here.

Akur8 is, in all senses of the term, an equal opportunities employer. Akur8 puts diversity, equality and inclusion at the heart of its values. We examine all applications based on equal skills and applying the principles of non-discrimination.

Role Purpose

As Akur8 continues to expand, we’re looking for an Account Executive with a strong expertise in new business sales to help drive strategic growth in North America with a focus on developing our presence across some of the largest and mid-sized enterprise accounts.

You’ll join the North America sales team, whose mission it is to drive revenue growth for Akur8 in North America. You will be accountable for net new recurring revenue on your list of accounts.

Responsibilities

• Sell all Akur8 products to a named list of accounts and contribute to our continuing success by owning a revenue target that will directly contribute to North America and company revenue objectives.
• Secure net new logos and ensure strong brand recognition across your named account list.
• Identify, prospect, and engage decision-makers for a named list of accounts.
• Develop account plans and territory strategies to achieve and exceed quarterly and annual sales targets.
• Manage the entire sales cycle, from prospecting and discovery to answering RFIs / RFPs to contract negotiation, with a focused and cadenced sales cycle.
• Lead in-depth discovery sessions to understand client challenges and objectives.
• Present compelling value propositions and adapt to your audience (from users to executive stakeholders).
• Act as a strategic advisor, sharing industry trends, insights, and best practices to help clients stay competitive.
• Collaborate internally with pre-sales and product specialists to design tailored solutions that align with identified challenges and business needs.
• Maintain accurate records of account activities, using CRM tools and reporting on customer insights.

Qualifications

• Educational / Professional Experience: 6+ years of professional experience in sales / new business development activities.
• You have worked in a high-growth B2B technology company.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred.

Skills

• Hard Skills
• You have a track record of meeting or exceeding quota.
• You have excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills with experience selling to senior executives.
• You have a strong business acumen and the ability to translate technical solutions into business outcomes.
• You know how to build an effective and actionable account business strategy
• You are familiar with sales protocols and SaaS company processes, use of CRMs, Slack communication, multi-teams interactions.
• You understand how to work with technical teams and navigate a global company.
• Soft Skills
• You are empathetic, humble and trustworthy
• You have a capacity for detailed analysis and for converging to detailed and actionable plans, that you will be able to drive
• You are flexible and adaptable. You are comfortable dealing with multiple and constantly new topics
• Language Skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a multicultural and international environment.

Bonus Skills / Experience

• Experience working at a SAAS company
• Technical fluency on topics such as cloud architecture, API and integration, IT project delivery.
• Insurance industry experience

Location and Eligibility

IMPORTANT : You must possess an employment status that will allow work from our Montreal or New York City office.

US Focus and Culture

For USA

As a newcomer, you'll be joining a diverse, highly skilled and motivated team, with a strong Tech DNA, colleagues that are eager to share their knowledge and passion.

It’s not all work—be part of a dynamic team that enjoys time together, including karaoke, team lunches, sports, and occasional happy hours.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary + annual bonus
• Health insurance, Dental and Vision coverage (including spouse and family coverage)
• 401K Company match
• Life insurance
• Cell Phone & Internet reimbursement
• 25 days of PTO / year
• Commuter benefit
• Gym membership via ClassPass
• IT equipment allowance
• Professional development & trainings
• Team fun : regular company gatherings and team events
• Fun goodies

Montréal Details

For Montréal

As a newcomer, you'll be joining a diverse, highly skilled and motivated team, with a strong Tech DNA, colleagues that are eager to share their knowledge and passion.

It’s not all work—be part of a dynamic team that enjoys spending time together and having fun.

• Competitive salary + annual bonus
• Health insurance, Dental and Vision coverage
• Retirement Savings Plans
• 25 days of PTO / year
• Commuter benefit
• Gym membership via ClassPass
• IT equipment allowance
• Professional development & trainings
• Team fun : regular company gatherings and team events
• Fun goodies

Compensation Range : $150K - $190K