GM EMEA

Pylon Labs
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Remote

Why this role

Pace
Fast Paced
Collaboration
High
Autonomy
High
Decision Impact
Company
Role Level
Team Lead

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What success looks like

  • close EMEA deals
  • build and manage EMEA sales team
  • adapt sales playbooks for European buyers
Typical background
B2B SaaS salessales management

Transferable backgrounds

  • Coming from sales manager
  • Coming from business development

Skills & requirements

Required

B2B Saas SalesEMEA Market KnowledgeTeam ManagementRecruitingOffice Setup

Preferred

US Company Expansion ExperienceGDPR Compliance

Stack & domain

B2b SaasSalesHiringTeam ManagementProcurement CyclesGDPRSales PlaybooksProduct FeedbackCompetitive IntelLocalizationComplianceLeadershipCommunicationNetworkingCustomer SuccessSupport

About the role

Original posting from Pylon Labs via Ashby

AT PYLON, WE'RE BUILDING THE FUTURE OF B2B POST SALES.

We’re building the all-in-one B2B post-sales support platform powered by conversational data and layered with intelligence to help our customers run their operations in real-time.

We’re backed by a16z, BCV, General Catalyst, Y Combinator.

Currently more than 1300+ companies including Linear, Cognition (makers of Devin), Modal Labs, and Incident.io http://Incident.io run their support and customer success workflows with Pylon. You'll also find us on the Enterprise Tech 30 List https://www.enterprisetech30.com/.

Company

  • Series B, $51M raised
  • Backed by a16z, BCV, General Catalyst, Y Combinator
  • 100+ employees
  • Offices in San Francisco, NYC, and London (soon!)

The Role

We're opening a London office and need the person who's going to build it. Someone who can personally close EMEA deals and hire the team around them — who's done both before and wants to do it again, or is ready to take on the challenge.

What You'll Do

  • Own the EMEA pipeline and revenue targets. Carry a personal quota and close deals yourself. This is a player-coach role — you are not delegating selling while the team gets built.
  • Hire and manage the first EMEA AEs, CSMs, and support engineers for timezone coverage. You are building the org from scratch, which means you are also recruiting.
  • Adapt Pylon's sales playbooks for European buyers — procurement cycles, GDPR sensitivity, and how selling to support and CX leaders differs in EMEA.
  • Set up the London office. Start with co-working, then move into dedicated space as the team grows. Own local employment setup (EOR initially), vendor relationships, and the office budget.
  • Be the voice of EMEA back to SF — relay product feedback, competitive intel, and regional feature requests.
  • Partner with product on localization and compliance needs — data residency, GDPR, and whatever else European buyers ask for.

Why Now

We've proven the model in North America. The next phase is international expansion — and London is the beachhead. This role is how Pylon becomes a global company.

Requirements

  • 5–10+ years selling B2B SaaS in EMEA — you have personally closed deals and understand how European procurement actually works
  • Built a team from scratch — hired, managed, and developed GTM reps; not just carried a bag your whole career
  • An existing network in the UK/EMEA tech ecosystem you can actually activate, for both pipeline and recruiting
  • Comfortable doing everything from booking office space to running an enterprise QBR in the same week
  • Based in London and willing to work in-person — we are building an office culture here, not a remote setup

Nice to Haves

  • Experience at a US company expanding into EMEA — you know what it feels like to be the first person on the ground

This Role Might NOT Be For You If

  • You want to manage a team without carrying a quota yourself — the first 6 months are about proving the EMEA sales motion, and that requires you to sell
  • You are looking for an established playbook or support infrastructure — we are building it, which is exciting but messy
  • You have only ever been an individual contributor and have not hired or managed before — we need someone who can do both

Our perks

🚆 Commuter benefits

🌱 Parental leave

🏝️ 14 company holidays + unlimited PTO

🗺️ Annual offsite

🍽 Lunch, dinner, and snacks at the office

🏋️ Fitness stipend

More about Pylon

Funding: Series B led by a16z and BCV ($51M total raised)

Founders: Advith Chelikani https://www.linkedin.com/in/advith/, Robert Eng https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-eng/, and Marty Kausas https://www.linkedin.com/in/martykausas

Team: Currently 90 and growing!

Source: Pylon Labs careers (Ashby)

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