Head of Sales - EMEA

Primer; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote and globally distributed

Competitive share options

Flexible holiday, with 25 days minimum

Co-working space access across major城市

Workations & Company Retreat

The best equipment for your role

£500 towards your home office setup

Generous learning budget

Private Medical Insurance

A broad set of additional perks and 혜택

Job summary

Primer, a remote-first global payments platform, seeks a regional leader to own EMEA GTM strategy, drive revenue growth, and coach a high-performing sales team. You’ll partner with product, engineering, and marketing to shape roadmaps and deliver exceptional customer experiences across the region.

You have 10+ years in enterprise sales, proven regional leadership, and a bias for action in a fast-paced environment. This role offers significant strategic impact and remote work flexibility.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise sales with 3+ years leading high-performing BDMs in EMEA.
• Proven regional leadership with gravitas and confidence.
• Track record defining and executing growth-driving sales strategies.
• Exceptional ability to build trust with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Skilled in managing complex deals, procurement, and legal coordination.

Responsibilities

• Own the go-to-market strategy for Primer in EMEA, driving revenue growth and market expansion.
• Lead, coach, and inspire a high-performing team of Account Executives.
• Personally own and deliver on strategic sales targets.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, partnerships and marketing to influence roadmap and onboarding.
• Represent Primer with credibility to regional leadership and external partners.

Skills

Enterprise sales

EMEA leadership

Strategic vision

Relationship building

Negotiation

Entrepreneurial mindset

People leadership

Job description

An Introduction to Primer

Primer is the unified infrastructure for global payments. We give finance and payments teams the visibility and control to reduce complexity, improve performance, and capture more revenue - all from a single platform.

Backed by Sofina, Peak XV Partners, ICONIQ, Tencent, Accel, and Balderton, we're building the payments layer the world's best companies rely on.

Watch our showcase >

Read up on our $100m Series C

Learn more about our culture >

What You’ll Do

Lead and Refine Our EMEA Sales Strategy

• Own the go-to-market strategy for Primer’s most mature region, overseeing revenue growth, market expansion and customer acquisition across EMEA.
• Manage, coach, and inspire a high-performing team of Account Executives, driving accountability and commercial excellence.
• Lead by example by personally owning and delivering on strategic sales targets.

Act as Regional Lead for EMEA

• Serve as the regional lead and senior-most representative of Primer in EMEA, acting as the connective tissue between global teams and the local market.
• Build a strong cross-functional culture by supporting local Primigos across GTM functions
• Foster alignment, cohesion, and collaboration across the region, ensuring that local insights and opportunities are surfaced to the global leadership team.

Identify and Cultivate Strategic Relationships

• Open doors to high-impact enterprise opportunities, build relationships with executive stakeholders, and consistently deliver value that drives trust and partnership.
• Leverage your analytical and problem-solving skills to understand customer pain points and articulate how Primer uniquely solves them.

Collaborate Cross-Functionally to Drive Commercial Impact

• Work closely with product, engineering, partnerships, and marketing teams to influence roadmap priorities, optimise positioning, and improve customer onboarding experiences.
• Champion customer feedback and regional insights to help shape our product and global strategy.

Instil a Culture of Excellence and Urgency

• Set a high-performance bar with a clear sense of ownership, urgency, and delivery.
• Uphold and champion Primer’s values, fostering a culture of integrity, accountability, and ambition across the region.

Coach and Develop Top Talent

• Identify, nurture, and grow sales talent. Map team members’ strengths to the right opportunities and create clear career paths within Primer.
• Act as a mentor and role model for both your direct team and local Primigos across EMEA.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven Experience: 10+ years in enterprise sales, including 3+ years of managing high-performing BDMs in EMEA. Deep experience in payments, fintech, or B2B SaaS is strongly preferred.
• Regional Leadership: Experience leading a region or market, with the ability to represent your territory internally and externally with gravitas and confidence.
• Strategic Vision: A track record of defining and executing successful sales strategies that drive sustainable growth.
• Exceptional Relationship Builder: Able to build trust with clients, internal stakeholders, and team members across levels and functions.
• Negotiation Skills: Skilled in managing complex deal cycles, navigating procurement, and collaborating with legal teams to close deals.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: Operates as an owner. Comfortable with ambiguity, bias for action, and thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth, remote-first environment.
• People Leader: A coach at heart. Passionate about team development and committed to building a culture of excellence and inclusion.

A typical interview process

• An initial intro call with a Talent Partner
• An interview with the Hiring Manager
• Challenge Stage - Contextualised to the role
• A final, values-alignment interview

What's the culture like at Primer?

We're building a culture where people can do their best work and be proud of the impact they have. You'll be working with people who are mission-driven, smart, and reflective, and who are genuinely invested in building exceptional products and delivering success for our merchants.

We work remotely, and have done since day one. We believe that building a successful, profitable company goes beyond proximity. We invest in our relationships through great remote working practices and thoughtfully designed face-to-face time, including workations, our annual company retreat, and access to co-working spaces across most major cities.

The work is challenging. Scaleups are a challenge, and building category-defining products is a challenge. But there's a meaningful difference between a challenge and a struggle. At Primer, the right challenge comes with the right support: strong onboarding, a collaborative environment, and a team that is genuinely invested in your success. It's never something you face alone.

Our benefits

• We are fully remote and globally distributed; and have been since day one
• Competitive share options
• Flexible holiday, with 25 days minimum to be taken
• Co-working space access across major cities
• Workations & Company Retreat
• The best equipment for your role
• £500 towards your home office setup
• Generous learning budget
• Private Medical Insurance
• A broad set of additional perks and benefits (depending on location)

Don’t meet every single requirement?

At Primer, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification listed, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Primer is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and adopts a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination, regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, or any other background or belief.