Account Executive, Growth (EMEA)

Linear · Hybrid · London, UK

Open 5 days

New Business: you win brand-new customers.

Base: Not disclosed
OTE: Not disclosed
Quota attainment: Not disclosed
Posted: 6d ago

Why it matters: OTE tells you what you could earn. Attainment tells you how realistic it is.

Ask: “What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?”

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The job

What you'd do

Find and win new software product teams at bigger companies, guiding them through a trial of Linear, a tool for planning and building software. The job is based in London, with three days a week in the office.

What you'd sell

Helps software teams plan, build, and ship their products

When a software team plans a new product, the work gets split into dozens of tasks across many people. The problem is, tasks slip through the cracks and nobody knows what's late. Linear gives teams one place to plan, build, and ship together, so everyone sees what's next and what's stuck.

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Who you'd sell to

Product teamsIn their words: “become the default tool of choice for many of the world's best product teams”

Where deals come from

A mix. Some leads come to you, some you find yourself.

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Ask hard questions

Too much is left unsaid. Make them answer before you invest.

Pay: No pay listed at all.
Transparency: Shares 1 of 5. Mentions territory. Ask about quota, attainment, deal size and sales cycle.
Time on market: Open 5 days.
Company hiring: 2 sales roles open, hiring at a steady pace.

Red lights

Pay. No pay listed at all.

Green lights

None spotted.

Based only on what the posting says. Lights are a starting point for your first call, not a final judgment.

Questions to ask on the first call

Built from what this posting leaves out. How they answer tells you as much as what they say.

1.
What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?
OTE is what you could earn. This is how likely you are to earn it.
2.
What percentage of reps on the team have been here more than 18 months?
Tenure shows whether people stay long enough to get paid.
3.
Has the comp plan changed in the last 12 to 18 months? What changed?
A plan that changes every year means the goalposts keep moving.
4.
Who sits with reps and reviews calls each week?
Coaching is often what's behind a good or bad attainment number.
5.
What are the base and the OTE for this role?

Before You Apply

Find out where you fit, and where you don't, before you hit submit.

Why I built it this way ↓

Most résumé tools try to make you look like a match. I'd rather help you find out if you are one.

Nothing made up.
Nothing goes on your résumé that you didn't do. If a line would need a number you didn't give me, I ask. I don't guess. On Braun Board it's checked in code, not just promised.
Curiosity before conclusions.
If the job wants something your résumé doesn't show, I ask before I assume. Plenty of sellers have done the thing and just never wrote it down.
Sorting, not selling.
Some jobs won't line up with what you've done. Finding that out before you apply isn't a loss. It's an hour back, spent on a job that fits.
No score.
A match score tells you how well you copied their words. It doesn't tell you whether you'd be good at the job, or happy there.

It's the same way I teach selling. We don't control who says yes. We do control where we spend our time, and whether everything we say is true.

Josh

1 Is the job worth it?

Ask hard questions. Too much is left unsaid. Make them answer before you invest.

No pay listed at all.

Might be worth asking about this before you spend an hour on a tailored résumé.

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2 Where you fit

Upload once, see where you fit on any job.

What people say about working at Linear ↓

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Full posting

At Linear, we're building the product development system for teams and agents. AI is fundamentally changing how software gets built, and we’re shaping the tools this new era requires. Founded in 2019, Linear has become the platform of choice for more than 50,000 companies (including OpenAI, Coinbase, and Ramp) to plan, build, and ship their products. Today, our team is distributed across North America, Europe, and Australia, and we’re continuing to grow internationally. What unites us is relentless focus, fast execution, and a deep care for software craftsmanship. Over the past few years, Linear has experienced incredible organic growth and has become the default tool of choice for many of the world’s best product teams. We are now layering a product-led sales motion on top of our existing self-serve business to further accelerate our ambitions and bring the magic of Linear to even more and larger companies. As an Account Executive at Linear, you’ll contribute to the future of our product and help high-impact companies build better software. Location & work mode While Linear is a remote-first company across the US and Europe, this role is specifically based in London. We’re looking for someone who can work from our London office in Shoreditch 3 days per week (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays), as this role will be closely connected to in-person collaboration with our growing sales presence in the region. What you'll do - Become a product expert and help customers use Linear effectively; assist prospects through the trial and evaluation phase - Generate a strong pipeline and exceed quarterly and annual targets - Build relationships with key stakeholders within accounts - Stay up to date with our product offering, industry trends, competitive landscape, and market trends to continuously adapt sales strategies and approaches for maximum impact - Be the voice of the customer; advocate for customers by surfacing product or adoption blockers to our product team What we're looking for - 5+ years in a quota-carrying sales role - Experience selling to a technical audience; bonus if you have previous experience working with a collaboration or developer tool - SaaS and startup experience; comfortable working and adapting in a fast-paced and flexible environment - Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and product demonstration skills - Highly autonomous with a bias for action. Owner’s mindset to quickly come up to speed on product, market, ICP, and unique differentiators What we offer We're a small, focused team that cares deeply about the quality of our work and the people we do it with. Here's what you can expect: - Competitive salary and equity - Employee-friendly equity terms - Daily meal and coffee stipend on every workday - Health coverage (based on country requirements) - 5 weeks paid vacation, plus local statutory holidays - 4 months paid parental leave - Paid month off after 4 years & every 2 years thereafter - Regular team events and off-sites Learn how we think and work - A story about our mission: Read Me https://linear.app/readme - Our hiring process: How we hire at Linear https://linear.app/now/how-we-hire-at-linear - How we work: Designing remote work at Linear https://linear.app/now/designing-remote-work-at-linear - Our CEO and co-founder, Karri at 20VC: How to Grow Capital Efficiently in a World of BS Growth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vqDYkuzbSM - Make an Org Chart You Want to Ship — Advice from Linear on How Heirloom Tomatoes Should Inspire Team Design https://review.firstround.com/make-an-org-chart-you-want-to-ship-advice-from-linear-on-how-heirloom-tomatoes-should-inspire-team-design/ - Building our teams: Why and how we do work trials at Linear https://linear.app/blog/why-and-how-we-do-work-trials-at-linear - A video series: Conversations on Quality https://linear.app/quality - Read about our recent Series C Fundraise https://linear.app/now/building-our-way and Giving our team liquidity https://linear.app/now/giving-our-team-liquidity-through-linear-s-first-tender-offer A note on recruitment fraud: all official Linear hiring communication comes from an @linear.app http://linear.app email address, and all open roles are listed at linear.app/careers http://linear.app/careers. We never ask candidates for payment or financial information. Suspicious messages can be reported to security@linear.app. Linear is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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