Account Executive, International Defence

See yourself at Dataminr

Youre a highly motivated and experienced solution sales professional with a proven track record of selling in the public sector and passionate about contributing to a fast growth tech company. Youre an expert in networking breaking into new markets and building long term customer relationships that support the ambitious growth plans of Dataminr in the International Defence market. This position will play a leading role in our next expansion phase!

As an Account Executive in the International Defence Team at Dataminr youll use your skills and experience to discover and win new business and strategically develop accounts in the European Union France & Belgium.

This role requires professional fluency in French and can be based remotely in either the UK Denmark or Ireland with business travel expected at the 35-50% mark.

AI Innovation at Dataminr

Working at Dataminr youll have the opportunity to tackle the most exciting trends in AI on a daily basis to power a revolutionary product that uncovers critical events around the world as they unfold.

Regenerative AI: our AI technology ReGenAI is a new form of generative AI that automatically regenerates real-time Live Event Briefs as events unfold. Learn more here.

Agentic AI: we recently launched our Agentic AI capability what were calling our Intel Agents that autonomously generates critical context for our clients on real-time events threats and risks allowing them to see the clearest most accurate view of whats happening on the ground. Learn more here

Multimodal AI: our platform detects events from many different types of data (images video sensor data audio and text in over 150 languages). Learn more here.

The opportunity

• Plan and execute strategic and tactical sales capture plans to drive new customer growth across International Defence and ensure coverage of quarterly and annual targets.

• Build and maintain excellent long-term customer partnerships and create a network of key influencers and decision-makers to drive demand.

• Develop a deep understanding of customer use cases internal decision-making nuances and budget cycles necessary to win business.

• Provide thought leadership to generate demand for Dataminrs Real Time Alerting products and identify ways to integrate them into customer workflows.

• Provide accurate sales forecasting on a quarterly basis.

• Act as a sector subject matter expert advising on strategic and tactical sales recommendations based on competitive activity trends and innovations.

What you bring

At Dataminr we value you for who you are. We encourage you to apply for this role even if you dont meet every qualification. Our candidates are reviewed on the basis of their skill and potential to succeed.

• Expertise in prospecting identifying and developing multiple use cases and cultivating strong relationships with senior leaders in the military community. A former Military background would be a plus.

• French language fluency

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience and 5 years of successful enterprise software or SaaS sales experience.

• Demonstrable track record of success selling technology solutions negotiation and closing strategic opportunities within the Defence/Military sector particularly in the European defence sector.

• Adept at strategically navigating and influencing all customer stakeholders in the buying process (users influencers and budget decision makers)

• Exceptional communication skills for establishing clear value propositions through customer conversations presentations and written proposals.

• A good understanding of open source information for public sector benefit and possession of appropriate security clearance to operate within the client base

• Willing to travel on an expected 35-50% basis

About Dataminr

At Dataminr we are a mission driven team of talented builders creators and visionaries who have real-world impact on how organizations are able to respond to events. Dataminrs groundbreaking AI-powered intelligence platform provides organizations with the earliest signals of emerging risks events and threats before they unfold. Trusted by two-thirds of the Fortune 50 and half of the Fortune 100 Dataminrs platform analyzes billions of public data inputs spanning text image video audio and sensor data across 150 languages empowering our clients to stay one step ahead in an increasingly complex world where every second counts.

Founded in 2009 we have pioneered the worlds first real-time event detection platform long before the recent Gen AI boom. Dataminr operates all around the world united by our passion to use AI for the greater good be agents of positive change and put our technology into the hands of clients charged with the responsibility to keep organizations running and keep people safe.

As our employees focus on developing our revolutionary technology we focus on our employees. Dataminr is proud to offer a variety of flexible work arrangements offices all over the world to foster collaboration generous PTO and sick leave and more as part of our competitive benefits package aimed at keeping all our employees happy and healthy. Explore all our benefits here.

We believe our differences give us strength. Our employees are empowered to be their best authentic selves through various opportunities such as our robust employee resource group (ERG) network manager development programming professional development funds and more.

We serve a global community made up of many cultures and strive to reflect the world and clients we serve with a workforce built on merit and equity. We actively condemn racism and discrimination in any form. We stand for social good fostering a culture of allyship and standing up for those who face systemic barriers to equality. We lead with empathy and strive to be agents of positive change in our company and in our communities.

Dataminr is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Individuals seeking employment at Dataminr are considered without regards to race sex colour creed religion national origin age disability genetics marital status pregnancy unemployment status sexual orientation citizenship status or veteran status.

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