Account Executive

About the Position

Account Executive

London

We Are Sparta

Sparta is the AI leader for commodity trading, home to Leonidas AI, the first operating system for oil and commodity traders.

Backed by $42 million in Series B funding led by One Peak, with participation from returning investors FirstMark and Singular, the same investors behind AI leaders like Legora, Dataiku, and Synthesia. Most companies are building a chatbot on top of data. We've built an agent with an actual reasoning layer, grounded in years of proprietary market data and in-house trading expertise nobody else has.

We're scaling fast, and it's an exciting time to join. From independents to multinationals, the world's leading commodity teams use Sparta and Leonidas AI to move faster, trade smarter, and stay ahead of the market.

At Sparta, you'll be trusted to take ownership, backed by a team who wants you to succeed. AI is how we build here, not just what we sell. Good ideas move fast, and yours could go from staging to production in a couple of hours, whatever department you're in. You'll be challenged, supported, and given room to grow, building the AI that's changing how commodity trading gets done.

Your work has reach. From shaping Leonidas AI, to powering smarter decisions for traders around the world, to changing how commodity trading is done. And because we're growing fast, you'll accelerate your career with a level of ownership and impact you simply won't get at bigger, slower-moving companies.

Responsibilities

New Business

• This is a new client acquisition sales role, requiring you to research opportunities, initiate discussions, build prospect relationships, conduct demos, manage product trials, and close sales.
• Develop a pipeline of high-value opportunities through networking, events, and in-person interactions with energy commodity traders and decision-makers.
• Sell to C-suite, VP-level, and trading desks, articulating a clear business case and ROI for our SaaS solutions.

Enterprise Sales Execution

• Lead a virtual account team, coordinating with internal resources (pre-sales, customer success, marketing) to drive deals forward.
• Use value-selling methodologies (MEDDPICC, Challenger, SPIN) to align solutions with customer pain points and strategic initiatives.
• Structure and negotiate complex, multi-product deals tailored to customer needs.

Forecasting & Pipeline Management

• Maintain accurate sales forecasts, using HubSpot and sales analytics tools to manage deal progression and pipeline health.
• Track sales KPIs and continually refine sales tactics to optimise conversion rates and shorten deal cycles.

Requirements

• 5+ years of enterprise B2B SaaS sales experience, selling into financial services, commodities, or energy markets.
• Proven track record of hunting and closing complex, high-value deals, and hitting six- or seven-figure annual revenue targets.
• Able to build pipeline across a set territory from scratch identifying the right opportunities, getting access to senior decision-makers, and building the internal advocacy that enterprise deals need.
• Comfortable running product demonstrations and navigating long sales cycles with multiple business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of value-based selling frameworks (MEDDPICC, Challenger, SPIN) and able to run a consultative sales motion.
• Experience orchestrating a cross-functional virtual team – pre-sales, customer success, marketing and exec sponsors.
• Based in London or Geneva, in the office 3-4 days a week, and happy to travel frequently for customer meetings and industry events. This is a face-to-face, relationship-driven role.

Nice to Have

• Prior exposure to energy and commodity markets.
• Experience selling financial data platforms, analytics software, or SaaS solutions directly to traders, analysts, quants or risk managers.
• Experience selling for a scale-up or challenger brand, where the name doesn’t open the door for you.
• Familiarity with HubSpot and Claude.
• An additional European language.

We Offer

• Equity in a high-growth, VC-backed company
• $42M in Series B funding - strong market traction and investment
• Early-stage growth - build your career as we scale
• Market-leading product - we are redefining commodity trading intelligence
• Top-tier tools and technology to support your success

About the Company

At Sparta, our culture is built on innovation, collaboration, and high performance. We thrive in a fast-paced environment where initiative is celebrated, challenges are embraced, and impact is rewarded.

The Sparta Code

• Understanding is non-negotiable
  Understanding leads to believing. Believing leads to winning.

• Ask for forgiveness, not for permission
  Most decisions are reversible. Most fears are not.

• Fall in love with the problem
  The mission wins. Your idea doesn't have to.

• It's your fault. Lucky you.
  If it's on you, it's in your control.

• Conflict is a gift
  Honesty is an expression of care.

Sparta Commodities is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and promotes diversity within its workforce. We are determined that no-one will ever receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, race, veteran status or any basis covered by appropriate law.