Sales Director DACH

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Akur8 is a fast-growing InsurTech scale-up on a mission to modernize how insurers assess, price, and manage risk.

Our next-generation SaaS platform combines transparent machine learning, predictive analytics, and smart product design to turn complex insurance workflows into scalable, data-driven systems.

Powered by expert engineering, data, product, and actuarial teams, Akur8 enables insurers to model risk up to 10x faster while maintaining transparency, explainability, and regulatory trust.

As our product suite expands, we are building an end-to-end platform supporting pricing, reserving, and forward-looking risk decisions — helping insurers operate efficiently in a complex environment.

Recognized globally, Akur8 has been featured in:

- CB Insights’ Insurtech 50 (2025) - CNBC’s InsurTech Top 150 (2025) - InsurTech100 Global Insurtech Top 100 (2025) - Professional Equality Index 97/100 (2025)

With 40+ nationalities across 8 global offices, we serve 320+ clients across 4 continents while maintaining a strong engineering and product culture.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, fostering an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives help shape better products and decisions.

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As part of our growing international sales team, you will be focusing primarily in developing and scaling our business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Your key objective will be to identify potential customers and lead the sales process in order to build a network of leads, and sign contracts in your territory.

Both independently and with the aid of local sales partners, the Sales Executive will be capable of using their previous focused SaaS experience to close business.

This will include, but not be limited to, the following responsibilities :

- Define and implement, with your manager and the technical team, a sales strategy adapted to your territory - Develop high quality market research jointly with the rest of the Akur8 team - Network and promote Akur8 during local events related to insurance and technology - Identify, prospect, and engage decision makers for new opportunities - Lead discovery sessions with clients to understand their challenges and objectives, and prioritise opportunities - Prepare commercial proposals, pitch to and negotiate with C-Level executives - Build strong, long-lasting relationships with strategic prospects and clients - Think out of the box, suggest new ideas and approaches to improve our product, based on client expectations and feedback