Founding Senior Account Executive

Beam; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plan

401k

Therapy access

WellBeam budget

Workstation budget

Calm subscription

Sabbatical

Parental leave

Holiday 23 days

US holidays

Job summary

Beam in the United Kingdom is seeking a highly driven Senior Account Executive to power Beam Notes expansion in the US. You will own the end-to-end sales cycle, from outreach to closing, and work with senior peers to secure landmark partnerships and open new verticals.

You will build pipeline, negotiate terms, and relay market insights to product and leadership, enabling scalable GTM playbooks. This role rewards resilience and cross-functional collaboration with executives.

Qualifications

• Track record of closing new logos at VC-backed startups.
• Exceptional drive with resilience and self-starter mentality.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Strong relationship-building across all levels, including executives.
• Top-class communication of complex ideas.
• Strategic thinker with market-opportunity mindset.
• Mission-driven, impact-focused work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Execute go-to-market strategy in US market.
• Build and own a pipeline with prospects and targets.
• Close deals with key decision-makers.
• Cultivate relationships from frontline to executives.
• Develop and document scalable playbooks.
• Provide market feedback to product and leadership.
• Maintain accurate forecasting in HubSpot.

Skills

Closing new logos

Pipeline development

Go-to-market strategy

Relationship building

Negotiation

Strategic thinking

Mission-driven mindset

Job description

At Beam, we’re building AI that serves society.

We're a global team of ambitious, hardworking problem solvers, applying fast-moving startup energy to work that makes the world a better place. If you want to apply your talent to the biggest problems society faces, Beam is the place for you.

You’ll be part of a high-performance culture where you'll make a huge impact, rapidly progress your career, and truly enjoy your work.

Over 100,000 frontline workers already use Beam to take notes, provide live interpretation and handle phone calls, so they can focus on the people who need them most. This is just the beginning.

About the role

We're seeking a highly driven and results-oriented Senior Account Executive to power Beam's expansion in the US with our flagship platform, Beam Notes. Working in an elite team directly with some of the most senior salespeople at Beam, this pivotal role will be instrumental in driving our growth in the US: securing landmark partnerships, establishing our impact, and directly contributing to our ambitious scaling journey. You will be at the forefront of bringing Beam Notes to key sectors, selling into state and local government and not-for-profits initially, and opening new verticals as time goes on.

Beam Notes is an AI-powered tool, already used and loved by over 100,000 frontline workers, designed to dramatically reduce the administrative burden on the people delivering care. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where you will be responsible for the entire sales cycle, from initial outreach to closing deals, with real autonomy to test, refine and document the go-to-market motion as you go. You've done this before at a high-growth startup: built pipeline from nothing, closed new logos without a mature brand or playbook behind you, and left the sales motion better than you found it.

You'll be

• Executing our go-to-market strategy: Taking ownership of your market and driving the sales motion within it, testing, validating and deepening product-market fit in the US.

• Building and owning your pipeline: Independently identifying, engaging and nurturing prospects to build a robust, probability-weighted pipeline against ambitious sales targets.

• Closing deals: Presenting the value proposition of Beam Notes, negotiating terms and closing deals with key decision-makers, including multi-stakeholder deals with longer, more complex cycles.

• Cultivating strong relationships: Building trust with stakeholders at all levels of prospect organizations, from frontline leads to executives.

• Building the playbook: Systematically testing, learning and documenting the strategies, messaging and processes that let us repeat and scale success. Your insights become the foundation others sell from.

• Providing market feedback: Relaying insight from the US market to the product and leadership teams to inform product development and market strategy.

• Reporting and tracking progress: Maintaining accurate records in HubSpot to enable accurate forecasting and performance analysis.

You'll have

• A track record of closing new logos at VC-backed startups: You've carried a quota and won net-new business in a high-growth, early-stage environment, where you generated your own pipeline and closed without the air cover of an established brand or a finished playbook.

• Exceptional drive and resilience: You are exceptionally results-driven, persistent in the face of challenges, and possess a strong self-starter mentality.

• An entrepreneurial builder's mindset: You excel in ambiguity. You see a blank slate as an opportunity, and you have a knack for creative prospecting and pipeline generation.

• Proven relationship-building skills: A natural ability to build rapport and establish trust with individuals at all levels, up to and including senior executives.

• Top-class communication skills: Outstanding written and verbal communication, capable of articulating complex ideas clearly and persuasively.

• A strategic mindset: You think strategically about market opportunities and develop effective approaches to engage potential partners.

• A mission-driven ethos: You're motivated by more than commission: you want your work to have a tangible, positive impact on society.

Nice to have

• Experience working with or selling into the SLED or Healthcare space.

• Familiarity with a structured sales methodology (e.g. MEDDPICC) as a tool for qualification and forecasting

Success looks like

• Consistently exceeding revenue targets through high-value, long-term partnerships

• Building a strong, qualified and predictable pipeline in the US

• Providing market insights that shape Beam's US strategy and product development

• Creating and validating go-to-market playbook components that the wider sales team builds on

Application process

We have a four-stage interview process, giving you plenty of time to learn about Beam while we get to know you.

1. A screening call with a member of the talent team

2. A take-home task exercise

3. A live role-play exercise with the hiring manager

4. A final round interview with Beam's CEO, Alex and CCO, Rachel

We are accepting rolling applications for this role, with no fixed close date.

Perks

• Healthcare plan

• 401k

• Access to therapy, coaching, classes and content, powered by Oliva

• Your own financial well-being coach, through Bippit

• Generous holiday: 23 days, including 3 days over the Christmas period + US public holidays

• Eligible for a 6-week sabbatical after 3 years in service

• Enhanced parental leave: Primary Caregiver leave is two weeks above the State minimum, and Secondary Caregiver leave is 2 weeks

• $270 WellBeam budget for activities enhancing wellbeing and professional development

• WFH equipment budget: up to $400 allowance to be used on workstation equipment (monitor, desk, keyboard, mouse, etc)

• Free subscription to the Calm meditation app

About Beam

We've picked up an armful of awards for our work, including one from our former Queen. We've also been named by WIRED as one of London's 10 hottest startups and by LinkedIn as a Top 15 UK Startup. Meanwhile, we've been covered in the media literally thousands of times, including the likes of The FT, BBC, TechCrunch, Forbes and The Guardian.

We're also proud to be backed by some of the world's leading tech investors and entrepreneurs, including the founders of Booking.com, Calm, Shazam and Dropbox.

Start your journey to a more impactful career today. We're excited to hear from you.

Reasonable adjustments:

Beam is committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and supportive work environment for all employees. This policy extends to our hiring practices.

We recognise that some candidates may need additional support during their hiring process to give them the best chance of being a success. To ensure that all candidates have an equitable opportunity during their process, we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments where required.

If you require a reasonable adjustment to be made during your process, please let your Talent Partner know. We encourage you to share this information, but there is no obligation to do so.

Please be reassured that any reasonable adjustment requests will not be taken into account when making a decision about your candidacy.