Commercial Lead - Culture Test

FlightStory

$60K — $110K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in B2B SaaS or marketplace sales
  • Proven track record of full-cycle closing
  • Experience selling to senior-level buyers like founders and Heads of People
  • Previous startup or early-stage experience preferred
  • Strong ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-paced environments
  • Desire for commercial ownership and influence over decisions
  • Dynamic and proactive attitude towards business development

Responsibilities

  • Own the entire sales cycle from sourcing to closing deals
  • Build and maintain a network of founders and senior leaders
  • Convert existing marquee prospects into long-term customers
  • Conduct meetings and represent the company at events
  • Develop the sales playbook and reporting structures from the ground up
  • Provide feedback on market needs directly to product and pricing teams
  • Drive the sales strategy with minimal existing process

Benefits

  • Flexible working conditions
  • Access to in-person Shoreditch HQ amenities including gym and roof terrace
  • Team retreats and co-working opportunities
  • £2,500 budget for necessary equipment
  • Unlimited vacation policy
  • Direct influence on sales strategy from day one
Full Job Description
Commercial Lead

Culture Test

Package: Up to £60k base with uncapped commission (Y1 OTE £110k + performance bonus)

Location: London, Hybrid

First one in

You'll be our first commercial hire. There's no playbook here yet, no warm handovers, no sales ops safety net. The foundations you set become what good looks like for every commercial hire that follows you. If that excites you more than it scares you, then you're in the right place.

The Role

You'll own the sales motion end to end: source, warm, pitch, close, expand. You won't wait for leads. You'll build the network that produces them. That means getting embedded in the rooms where founders, CEOs and People leaders are. You'll carry deals through, run the meetings and get contracts signed. There's no SDR team feeding you, so you'll also build the machine that keeps you closing: embedding yourself in the right rooms and communities.

Day to day that means booking and running meetings with founders and People leaders, converting founding-cohort members into fully paid customers, representing us at events and feeding what you hear on the ground back into product and pricing.

Stage & Team
  • Early-stage product with active development, real users and early revenue.
  • Small team, high ownership, minimal process.
  • Work closely with the founders to shape the sales playbook, pricing conversations and go-to-market strategy.

What you'll do
  • Own the full cycle from end to end, selling platform access to startups and scale-ups.
  • Build a network of founders, CEOs and Heads of People, and turn it into pipeline.
  • Take ownership of an existing pipeline of marquee prospects and convert founding-cohort members into fully paid, long-term accounts.
  • Run face-to-face meetings, in London and where travel requires, and represent us at relevant hosted and sponsored events.
  • Define the sales playbook, tooling and reporting from scratch, and feed what you hear on the ground straight into product and pricing.
  • You will have a high level of autonomy and influence over decisions that shape both the sales motion and the company's growth trajectory.

Who you'll sell to
  • Startups and scale-ups, roughly 50 to 250 people is our sweet spot, typically 6 to 18 months post Series A/B.
  • Hiring at pace across sales, marketing, growth, finance and ops.
  • Buyers are founders or a first Head of People: one signature, no procurement.
  • Why they buy: at their stage every hire is make-or-break, and leadership is in every interview. We win on signal quality against job boards and AI recruiters, and on price against agencies.

Who you are
  • A proven full-cycle closer with real B2B SaaS or marketplace deals behind you.
  • Experienced selling to founders, CEOs, Head of People or similarly senior buyers.
  • Someone who treats the business like it's theirs, because here, it partly is: you'll go beyond the brief, chase the conversation nobody asked you to, and care how we show up in every room.
  • Energised by ambiguity and a fast paced environment.
  • A playbook thinker: you want what you learn on deal one to make deal ten easier.
  • Hungry for broader commercial ownership as we scale.
  • You've worked in a startup or early-stage environment before. If you haven't, you'll need to convince us you know what you're walking into.

The perks
  • Flexible working
  • In-person, Shoreditch HQ (24-hour gym access, barista on site, roof terrace, part of the Steven.com ecosystem working alongside his private office)
  • Hybrid options available
  • Team trips / co-working at The Shire Retreat in Northamptonshire (the team works from there a few days a month)
  • £2,500 equipment budget
  • Unlimited holiday
  • Direct influence over sales strategy and commercial decisions from day one


Department Steven.com Locations Los Angeles, US

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