[Hiring] Senior Embedded Account Executive @Sovos Compliance

Role Description

At Sovos, we're building strategic partnerships that drive global compliance at scale. As a Senior Sales Executive in our Global Embedded ISV Sales team, you'll:

• Recruit and acquire new global ISV partners that can embed Sovos compliance products into their platforms and distribute them through their own go-to-market motions.
• Own the full sales cycle for strategic embedded ISV opportunities, from target identification and executive outreach through discovery, solution alignment, commercial negotiation, and contract close.
• Sell directly to senior ISV stakeholders, including C-suite, commercial, product, partnership, operations, and technical leaders across large software companies.
• Partner with embedded account management, solution architects, alliances, product management, sales engineering, professional services, finance, legal, and marketing to define the right solution, commercial model, and partner success plan.
• Drive pipeline creation and revenue growth across assigned ISV target accounts, maintaining accurate opportunity plans, forecasts, and close plans while leveraging AI tools to improve pipeline insights and deal velocity.
• Coordinate with Sales Engineering and Embedded Solution Architecture to ensure ISVs understand Sovos product capabilities, integration patterns, documentation, testing expectations, and implementation paths.
• Contribute to the development of Sovos' embedded partner selling motion, including repeatable sales plays, target segmentation, partner qualification criteria, and commercial best practices.

Qualifications

• Solid, successful experience in enterprise software, SaaS, embedded solutions, strategic partnerships, alliances, or partner-led revenue models.
• Demonstrated ability to sell directly to senior executives and cross-functional buyers.
• Experience selling to or working with ISVs, ERPs, procurement platforms, AP automation providers, eCommerce platforms, financial systems, or other software ecosystems is strongly preferred.
• Executive presence, with the ability to communicate clearly, influence stakeholders, and build trust with commercial, product, and technical leaders across complex organisations.
• Solid understanding of SaaS commercial models, partner ecosystems, embedded software models, API-led products, and software monetisation strategies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready presentations, opportunity plans, commercial proposals, and internal business cases.
• High ownership mindset, sense of urgency, sound judgement, and the ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment.
• Willingness to travel (less than 25%) for partner meetings, executive sessions, and industry events as needed.
• Due to client contractual obligations, the successful candidate will be asked to clear a background check upon hire.

Benefits

• Global Mentoring Programs
• AI Tools and Technology from Day 1
• Continuous Learning and Development
• Language Learning Support
• Global Employee Recognition Platform and Programs
• Global Parental Leave Policy
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Private Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Coverage
• Life Insurance
• Critical Illness Cover
• Income Protection
• Pension with employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme

Company Description

Sovos is transforming tax compliance from a business requirement to a force for growth. Our flagship product, the Sovos Compliance Cloud platform, enables businesses to identify, determine, and report on every tax obligation across the globe. Sovos processes nearly 20 billion transactions per year, helping companies scale their compliance strategy in 150+ countries.

• More than 100,000 customers – including half the Fortune 500 – trust Sovos’ tax and regulatory expertise and unparalleled integration with their business applications.
• Learn more at sovos.com.