Enterprise Account Executive

LILT (Production); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

OTE compensation

Equity

401(k) matching

Flexible time off + holidays

Job summary

LILT is expanding and seeks an Enterprise Account Executive to drive new business and grow strategic partnerships for our translation platform and services.

You will own the full sales cycle from outbound prospecting to closing, engaging with C-level stakeholders and collaborating with Customer Success to expand engagements. This UK-based hybrid role offers an in-office London presence and flexible remote work. Authorization to work in the UK is required.

Qualifications

• Experience selling in translation/localization industry or SaaS with services component.
• 6+ years managing complex 9-15 month sales cycles to the high-end mid-market and enterprise markets.
• Consistently booking $250k - $2M deals and exceeding $1.2M+ in annual quotas.
• Equally effective in getting meetings with target customers independently as well as with ADR/BDR teams.
• Experience in sourcing and leading RFP responses and cross-department collaboration.
• Proficient with Salesforce, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Amplemarket, Momentum.
• Experience in account management and collaborating with cross-functional service & delivery teams.
• Strong negotiation with senior stakeholders and C-level executives.

Responsibilities

• Uncover, educate, and close prospective customers on time and on forecast that meet company metrics and objectives.
• Translate the value of our platform and services to all levels, including C-level executives, into business terms.
• Set-up and deliver winning POCs to convert new customers.
• Provide weekly accounting of high-gain activities and maintain accurate forecast.
• Maintain high activity levels across channels with tailored, multi-thread outreach.

Skills

Enterprise SaaS sales

Complex sales cycles

Quota attainment

Channel collaboration

Negotiation

C-level engagement

CRM tools

Outbound prospecting

Education

BA/BS degree

Tools

Salesforce

LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Amplemarket

Momentum

Job description

About LILT

AI is changing how the world communicates — and LILT is leading that transformation.

We’re on a mission to make the world’s information accessible to everyone , regardless of the language they speak. We use cutting-edge AI, machine translation, and human-in-the-loop expertise to translate content faster, more accurately, and more cost-effectively without compromising on brand, voice, or quality.

At LILT, we empower our teammates with leading tools, global collaboration, and growth opportunities to do their best work. Our company virtues— Work together, win together; Find a way or make one; Dance in the customer’s shoes; Quicker than they expect; Quality is Job 1 —guide everything we do. We are trusted by Intel Corporation, Canva, the United States Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, ASICS, and hundreds of global Enterprises. Backed by Sequoia, Intel Capital, and Redpoint, we’re building a category-defining company in a $50B+ global translation market being redefined by AI.

Where You’ll Work

Get the best of both worlds at LILT! Dive into dynamic in-office energy 3 days a week, sparking creativity and forging bonds with your awesome team. Then, seamlessly shift gears and crush your to-do list from the comfort of your home base for the rest of the week. It’s the perfect harmony of productivity and personal freedom. Want a peek inside? Visit our Careers page!

This position can be fully remote anywhere in the United States. Candidates based in San Francisco, CA Indianapolis, IN or New York, NY offices will be expected to work in the office in a hybrid capacity.

This position can be based out of our London, UK office and will be expected to work in the office in a hybrid capacity.

Authorization to work in the U.S. / UK is a precondition of employment.

What You’ll Do

LILT is growing quickly and the Enterprise Account Executive role is core to our success. We are looking for a driven, hard-working, and adaptable sales professional who will propel us to new milestones by leveraging their skills, qualities, and experiences to grow our commercial footprint. You will achieve this by selling our platform and services to new customers while also supporting our Customer Success Managers to expand partnerships with larger customers.

While we understand the power of a channel, in order to be successful in this role, you will close your quota through your own outbound efforts. This will require you to be a strong, systematic hunter who uses the latest revenue operations practices and technologies to run the entire sales cycle as well as work in conjunction with our ADR/BDR team. You will build relationships with our champions, business cases with their constituents, and “partnerships” with their businesses.

Key Responsibilities:

• Uncover, educate, and close prospective customers on time and on forecast that meet company metrics and objectives
• Become an expert in translating the value of our platform and services to all levels and across all functions, including C-level executives, into the language and metrics of the customer in order to sell the outcome impact to business buyers
• Set-up and deliver winning POCs in order to convert new, long-lasting customers
• Provide a weekly accounting of your high-gain activities for continuous improvement as well as maintaining an accurate forecast of your total business
• Sustain high activity levels across all channels employing tailored, multi-thread outreach

Skills and Experience:

• Required: Experience selling in the translation & localization industry (required both technology and services) or SaaS with strong services component and offering.
• 6+ years of proven ability in managing complex 9-15 month sales cycles to the high-end mid-market and enterprise markets with a track record of meeting or exceeding quota, acquiring new complex and highly competitive accounts and successful revenue attainment
• Consistently booking $250k - $2M deals and exceeding $1.2M+ in annual quotas
• Equally effective in getting meetings with target customers independently as well as in conjunction with ADR/BDR teams
• Experience in sourcing and acting as the lead on RFP response, cross-departmental collaboration, and execution
• Proficient with leading sales tools such as Salesforce, Linkedin Sales Navigator, Amplemarket, Momentum
• Experience in account management and collaborating with cross-functional service & delivery teams to influence strategy and creatively solve client’s business problems
• Skilled at negotiating business terms with line-of-business, procurement and contract teams, senior management and/or C-level executives
• Proven ability to influence & drive cross-departmental strategy and collaboration (Services, Product, Solutions, Senior Leadership) during deal cycles in creatively solving our client’s business problems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and excels leading in-person meetings and web-based demos
• Process and solution oriented with a customer mindset and ability to challenge the status quo in order to uncover and prove out multiple land and expand use cases
• BA or BS degree (preferred) or higher from an accredited university

Our Story

Our founders, Spence and John met at Google working on Google Translate. As researchers at Stanford and Berkeley, they both worked on language technology to make information accessible to everyone. They were amazed to learn that Google Translate wasn’t used for enterprise products and services inside the company and left to start a new company to address this need – LILT.

At its core, LILT has always been a machine learning company since its incorporation on March 6, 2015. At the time, machine translation didn’t meet the quality standard for enterprise translations, so LILT assembled a cutting-edge research team tasked with closing that gap. While meeting customer demand for translation services, LILT has prioritized investments in Large Language Models, believing that this foundation was imperative to the future of enterprise translation.

Benefits:

US Postings

• Compensation: At market salary with the opportunity to earn on-target earnings (OTE), meaningful equity, 401(k) matching, and flexible time off plus company holidays
• Medical Benefits: Employees receive coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance, and more. In addition, LILT pays for basic life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability
• Paid parental leave is provided after 6 months.

Our Story

Our founders, Spence and John met at Google working on Google Translate. As researchers at Stanford and Berkeley, they both worked on language technology to make information accessible to everyone. While together at Google, they were amazed to learn that Google Translate wasn’t used for enterprise products and services inside the company.The quality just wasn’t there. So they set out to build something better. LILT was born.

LILT has been a machine learning company since its founding in 2015. At the time, machine translation didn’t meet the quality standard for enterprise translations, so LILT assembled a cutting-edge research team tasked with closing that gap. While meeting customer demand for translation services, LILT has prioritized investments in Large Language Models, human-in-the-loop systems, and now agentic AI.

With AI innovation accelerating and enterprise demand growing, the next phase of LILT’s journey is just beginning.

Our Tech

What sets our platform apart:

• Brand-aware AI that learns your voice, tone, and terminology to ensure every translation is accurate and consistent
• Agentic AI workflows that automate the entire translation process from content ingestion to quality review to publishing
• 100+ native integrations with systems like Adobe Experience Manager, Webflow, Salesforce, GitHub, and Google Drive to simplify content translation
• Human-in-the-loop reviews via our global network of professional linguists, for high-impact content that requires expert review

LILT in the News

• Featured in The Software Report’s Top 100 Software Companies!
• LILT makes it onto the Inc. 5000 List.
• LILT’s continues to be an intellectual powerhouse, holding numerous patents that help power the most efficient and sophisticated AI and language models in the industry.
• Check out all our news on our website.

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At LILT, we are committed to a fair, inclusive, and transparent hiring process. As part of our recruitment efforts, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) and automated tools to assist in the evaluation of applications, including résumé screening, assessment scoring, and interview analysis. These tools are designed to support human decision-making and help us identify qualified candidates efficiently and objectively. All final hiring decisions are made by people. If you have any concerns, require accommodations, or would like to opt-out of the use of AI in our hiring process, please let us know at [e-mail].

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