Senior Enterprise Account Executive, UK

At Algolia, we’re proud to be a pioneer and market leader in AI Search, empowering 17,000+ businesses to deliver blazing-fast, predictive search and browse experiences at internet scale. Every week, we power over 30 billion search requests — four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo combined. In 2021, we raised $150 million in Series D funding, quadrupling our valuation to $2.25 billion. This strong foundation enables us to keep investing in our market-leading platform and serving incredible customers like Under Armour, PetSmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens. At Algolia, we are on a mission to help businesses connect their end-users with what matters most, in milliseconds. As the leader in AI-powered Search and Discovery, we’re driving the next frontier of digital experiences - where generative AI, adaptive relevance, and agentic workflows help enterprises move beyond traditional search into truly intelligent, self-optimizing discovery at scale. As a Senior Enterprise Account Executive, you’ll play a pivotal role in bringing these innovations to life for Global 2000 organizations. You won’t just sell a product - you’ll guide customers through a transformation where algorithms act as strategic copilots, delivering contextual recommendations, predictive experiences, and AI-assisted user journeys that improve engagement and business outcomes. You will own complex, high-impact relationships, lead multi-stakeholder buying cycles, and work cross-functionally to articulate the value of AI-first search, agentic automation, and composable architecture. This role demands strategic instincts, a consultative mindset, and the ability to translate AI innovation into measurable business value. You are a builder, a challenger, and a trusted advisor. You thrive in dynamic environments and know how to position Algolia as a key enabler of AI-driven digital transformation - not just another line item in a stack. YOUR ROLE WILL CONSIST OF: Owning, managing, and accelerating a strategic enterprise pipeline Driving inbound and outbound opportunities through complex, multi-threaded sales cycles to closed-won Positioning Algolia’s generative AI and agentic capabilities to executives and technical champions - showing how real-time relevance, predictive personalization, and autonomous search assistants deliver business value Developing territory and account strategies across your portfolio Expanding existing accounts by identifying opportunities for strategic and commercial growth Generating new enterprise projects by self-sourcing high-value meetings, networking within communities, and leveraging partner ecosystems Partnering with Solutions Engineering to build bespoke demos, proofs-of-value, and ROI analyses that highlight impact beyond traditional search metrics Forecasting accurately with disciplined methodologies (MEDDPICC) and a deep understanding of decision drivers and buyer risk profiles Collaborating cross-functionally (SDRs, Solutions Engineers, Customer Success, Legal, Marketing, Partners) to align execution with business outcomes and long-term enterprise value YOU MIGHT BE A FIT IF YOU HAVE: 7+ years of enterprise SaaS sales experience, with a strong track record of closing complex deals - especially in digital transformation, AI/ML, or search/commerce domains A deep interest in generative AI, machine learning-enabled customer experiences, and how agentic systems unlock competitive advantage Proven success selling into large, multi-department organizations with complex evaluation criteria and dispersed stakeholder influence Familiarity with selling adjacent solutions or ability to quickly learn technical differentiation and articulate it to technical and executive stakeholders Strong outbound sales capability, modern prospecting skills, and comfort leading with insight Experience working with strategic partners (consultancies, SIs, ISVs) to co-build opportunities NICE TO HAVE: Exper ... (truncated, view full listing at source)