Who we are:
Sardine is the leading agentic risk platform for fighting financial crime. Our integrated solution unifies data across risk teams to help organizations stop fraud in real time, prevent AI-driven attacks, and automate fraud and AML operations. Sardine’s platform is strengthened by one of the fastest-growing fraud consortiums in the market, spanning more than 6 billion profiled devices, 800 million consumers, and 3 million businesses worldwide. Leading companies including FIS, GoDaddy, Intuit, Edward Jones, ZoomInfo, and Checkout.com rely on Sardine to secure and grow trust in their products.
Our culture:
We have hubs in the Bay Area, NYC, Austin, Toronto, and São Paulo. However, we maintain a remote-first work culture. #WorkFromAnywhere
We hire talented, self-motivated individuals with extreme ownership and high growth orientation.
We value performance and not hours worked. We believe you shouldn't have to miss your family dinner, your kid's school play, friends get-together, or doctor's appointments for the sake of adhering to an arbitrary work schedule.
Location:
Remote - United Kingdom or EU
From Home / Beach / Mountain / Cafe / Anywhere!
We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed team. You can find your productive zone and work from there.
About the Role:
As an Account Executive, you will play a pivotal role in championing the Sardine value proposition. Your responsibilities include cultivating a qualified pipeline, formulating sales strategies, and securing deals within Fortune 1000 companies, large financial institutions, and other emerging Fintechs, Neo-banks and Digital Asset Exchanges. We’re looking for an accomplished sales professional with a proven track record and an established Fraud and Financial Services network.
What you'll be doing:
Cultivate relationships with executives in Business, Technology, Risk, and Compliance, elevating awareness of Sardine's brand and value proposition.
Conduct in-depth discovery sessions to comprehensively understand the challenges, initiatives, existing tech stack, and strategic priorities of potential clients.
Establish credibility, trust, and thought leadership in Digital Transformation, Digital Identity, Compliance, and Fraud domains.
Become an authority on Sardine's product offering, showcasing its composable nature and creatively providing solutions aligned with clients' business and technology challenges.
Manage end-to-end sales processes, collaborating with the Growth team and BDRs for targeted outbound strategies, qualifying sales opportunities, tailoring presentations and demos with the Solutions Engineering team, leading negotiations, and overseeing the contracting process to close deals successfully.
Collaborate cross-functionally within the Sardine team to provide market feedback from prospects and clients.
What you’ll need:
5 -8 years of B2B SaaS sales experience.
3+ years of proven success in selling to Tier 1 Financial Institutions, Fintechs, and neo-banks, with specific expertise in fraud and compliance is strongly preferred.
An extensive network of industry executives and leaders.
Demonstrated consultative sales experience and adeptness in conducting impactful discovery sessions.
Ability to translate risk, compliance, technical, and customer experience challenges into meaningful business value.
Exceptional research, planning, and detail-oriented skills.
Strong networking capabilities and adeptness in connecting with people.
Proficiency in managing complex, multi-threaded sales cycles.
Excellent communication, public speaking, and writing skills.
Proven experience in structuring complex deals, demonstrating strong financial acumen.
Willingness to travel across the UK/EU and internationally as needed as needed.
Proven ability to be effective working across a highly matrixed, global organisation, spanning multiple geographies and timezones.
Fluency in English is required; additional European languages (Spanish, French, German, etc) is a plus.
Knowledge of UK/EU financial regulations, including FCA, PSD2, AML directives, and UK APP fraud reimbursement rules, is a significant plus.
Benefits we offer:
Generous compensation in cash and equity
Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested
Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture
Flexible paid time off and Year-end break
Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - US and Canada specific
4% matching in 401k / RRSP - US and Canada specific
MacBook Pro delivered to your door
One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc.
Monthly meal stipend
Monthly social meet-up stipend
Annual health and wellness stipend
Annual Learning stipend
Join a fast-growing company with world-class professionals from around the world. If you are seeking a meaningful career, you found the right place, and we would love to hear from you.
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Skills Required
- 5-8 years of B2B SaaS sales experience
- 3+ years selling to fintechs and neo-banks (fraud and compliance experience)
- Established network of industry executives and leaders
- Demonstrated consultative sales experience and effective discovery skills
- Ability to translate risk, compliance, technical, and CX challenges into business value
- Proven ability managing complex, multi-threaded sales cycles
- Experience structuring complex deals and strong financial acumen
- Excellent communication, public speaking, and writing skills
- Willingness to travel across the UK/EU and internationally as needed
- Fluency in English
- Additional European languages (Spanish, French, German, etc.)
- Knowledge of UK/EU financial regulations (FCA, PSD2, AML directives, UK APP rules)
- Ability to work effectively across a matrixed, global organization and timezones
What We Do
We are a leader in fraud prevention and AML compliance. Our platform uses device intelligence, behavior biometrics, machine learning, and AI to stop fraud before it happens. Today, over 300 banks, retailers, and fintechs worldwide use Sardine to stop identity fraud, payment fraud, account takeovers, and social engineering scams. We have raised $145M from world-class investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Activant, Visa, Experian, FIS, and Google Ventures.
Why Work With Us
We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed team. We hire talented, self-motivated individuals with extreme ownership and high growth orientation. Join a fast-growing company with world-class professionals from around the world. If you are seeking a meaningful career, you found the right place, and we would love to hear from you.
