Head of UK (Investment Manager) London
Posted 23 days 12 hours ago by Gilion
Our mission is clear: We are accelerating founders in their growth journey through our Gilion platform. As a growing product company leveraging AI, we are creating an innovative, technically challenging platform revolutionizing how businesses grow - with the key of the platform being analytics, unique AI forecasting, ultimately enabling access to financing and non-dillutive funding, - in a way never done before. Watch our platform here:
Our team is made up of experts who have been part of leading companies like Spotify, Google, King, Sinch, bringing a wealth of experience and a passion for pushing boundaries. At Gilion, you'll be part of a fast-moving, dynamic environment where your work will have a tangible impact on both our product and the industry as a whole. If you're excited about working with challenging technology and making a real difference, Gilion is the place for you.
About the job- Own Gilion's UK go-to-market end to end - from top-funnel strategy to signed deals and revenue.
- Map the market, define ICPs, work with AI-led outbound engine; run tight feedback loops to learn, iterate, and scale what works.
- Lead the full sales cycle: first meetings with founders, qualification, structuring and pricing, through to negotiation and close.
- Partner with Marketing to drive growth driven digital outbound marketing, events, conferences, PR, and ecosystem plays; build pipeline through VCs, angels, partners, and your network.
- Partner with Gilions Engineering organisation to help them build the tools for you to create a truly AI driven Go To Market machine. Gilion has built a proprietary platform called "Growth engine" leveraging data and AI to help our GoToMarket teams be more extremely effective
- Stay close to the portfolio - upsell existing customers (each Gilion customer on average grows with 50-80% within 12 months) understand performance, support founders, and spot expansion opportunities to grow UK revenue.
- Be Gilion's face in the UK: nurture relationships across the startup, VC, and fintech communities.
About you
- Hungry, ambitious, and scrappy - you take ownership and get things done in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
- 3-10+ years total experience, with experience across venture/growth lending, VC, fintech credit, or B2B SaaS sales (credit underwriting exposure is a plus).
- Full-cycle operator: comfortable prospecting, qualifying, structuring, and closing founder-led deals.
- Passionate about leveraging AI in your work
- Strong communicator who can build trust with founders and investors; confident networker at events and within the UK SaaS/VC ecosystem.
- Fintech/AI/startup-curious with an entrepreneurial mindset; sleeves-rolled, mid-level "unicorn potential" talent.
Nice to have: a live network of early-stage B2B SaaS companies (from operating, credit or VC) and a grounding in finance/economics - the lending playbook can be learned here.
What we offer:- Work-life balance, hybrid-remote model
- Diverse, inclusive and knowledge-sharing culture
- Experienced founders, backed by top investors
- A growth journey with tons of development opportunities
- AI product that impacts how companies grow, disrupting the industry