Sales Executive at Private Equity Insights

Private Equity Insights
London, United Kingdom
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for commercially driven candidates who excel in phone-based B2B sales and thrive in a collaborative, office-centric environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in phone-based B2B sales and a track record of converting opportunities into revenue
    — “proactively reaching out to prospective delegates, building relationships, and converting opportunities into sales”
  • Individuals who are motivated by performance and have a high level of ownership over their sales pipeline
    — “A high level of ownership over your pipeline, follow-ups and performance”
  • People with a strong understanding of private equity or a willingness to quickly learn about the industry and its key decision-makers
    — “Develop a strong understanding of our conferences, audiences and industries”

Things to consider

  • Requires full-time in-office presence in London, with no remote work options available
    — “our London team works together from the office five days a week”
  • Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK, as no visa sponsorship is mentioned
    — “You must have the right to work in the UK”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your experience in outbound or telesales with metrics like conversion rates or revenue targets achieved
    — “You should have: Experience proactively contacting leads, building relationships and converting opportunities into sales”
  • Highlight your ability to manage your own pipeline and demonstrate follow-up discipline in your resume or interview responses
    — “Manage your sales pipeline from initial contact through to close”
  • Showcase your resilience and persistence by providing examples of overcoming rejections in previous sales roles
    — “Resilience and persistence – you’re comfortable hearing 'no' and continuing to push for results”
  • Demonstrate a desire to learn and adapt quickly, especially to new industries or products
    — “A desire to learn, improve and develop quickly”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · LowAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Individual

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • generate new business
  • sell delegate passes
  • meet revenue targets
Typical background
1+ year of B2B sales experience

Skills & requirements

Required

B2B SalesPipeline ManagementTarget AchievementRelationship BuildingResilience

Preferred

Conference Industry Knowledge

Stack & domain

B2B SalesTelesalesLeadershipCommunicationResilienceSalesPrivate Equity

About the role

Original posting from Private Equity Insights via Greenhouse

Are you commercially driven, excited by the idea of building a career in sales, and looking to join an ambitious, entrepreneurial team? Cool, this might be for you!

The role

You’ll be responsible for selling delegate passes to senior professionals attending our international conferences.

This is a high-performance, phone-based B2B sales role. You’ll proactively reach out to prospective delegates, including previous conference attendees and existing leads, build relationships, manage your own pipeline and take opportunities from first conversation through to close.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who genuinely wants to sell and is motivated by targets, performance and winning.

You should have:

At least 1 year of B2B sales experience, ideally in a phone-based sales, outbound sales or telesales environment.

Experience proactively contacting leads, building relationships and converting opportunities into sales.

A strong commercial mindset and motivation to hit and exceed revenue targets.

Confidence speaking with new people and the ability to build rapport quickly.

Resilience and persistence – you’re comfortable hearing “no” and continuing to push for results.

A high level of ownership over your pipeline, follow-ups and performance.

A desire to learn, improve and develop quickly.

This role might not be the right fit if...

You don't enjoy spending a significant part of your day on the phone, speaking with prospective customers.

You prefer a role focused on relationship management rather than actively driving sales.

You’re uncomfortable working towards clear sales and revenue targets.

You’re looking for a hybrid or remote position – our London team works together from the office five days a week.

What you’ll do

Generate new business by proactively reaching out to prospective delegates.

Sell delegate passes to senior professionals across Europe.

Manage your sales pipeline from initial contact through to close.

Work towards ambitious individual revenue targets.

Develop a strong understanding of our conferences, audiences and industries.

What we offer

Competitive base salary plus an uncapped commission structure.

Ongoing sales training, coaching and feedback.

Fast career progression with significant responsibility for high performers.

International exposure and opportunities to travel to our conferences.

25 days’ holiday plus company pension contribution.

Regular team socials, lunches and events.

About us

Private Equity Insights is a global community connecting private equity professionals, investors and industry leaders through conferences, networking and industry insights. Our events bring together key decision-makers from across the private equity ecosystem to exchange ideas, build relationships and discover new opportunities.

Private Equity Insights is part of United Media, a global B2B media and conferences group.

Start date: As soon as possible.

Monday–Friday, we work from our WeWork office in Victoria, London. Due to the collaborative nature of our work, we do not offer remote work.

You must have the right to work in the UK.

Source: Private Equity Insights careers (Greenhouse)

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