EMEA AE Lead, Beneficial Deployments

As the EMEA AE Lead, Beneficial Deployments at Anthropic, you'll build and lead a foundational sales team driving Claude adoption across mission-driven organisations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

You'll leverage your consultative sales expertise and passion for social impact to secure strategic partnerships with nonprofits, foundations, INGOs, educational institutions, and social enterprises across the EMEA market.

This is a player-coach role requiring someone who can personally close complex deals while building a high-performing regional team. You'll operate with significant autonomy across time zones while maintaining tight alignment with global strategy.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience in the EMEA nonprofit or social impact technology landscape, established relationships with mission-driven institutions, and a proven track record of building teams that drive revenue and mission impact simultaneously.

Responsibilities:

• Win new business and drive revenue for Anthropic within EMEA mission-driven organisations.
• Build and lead a regional team supporting EMEA customers, both inbound and outbound.
• Design and execute innovative sales strategies tailored to diverse EMEA contexts.
• Navigate complex stakeholder ecosystems including INGO executive teams, foundation programme officers, university leadership, trustees, executive directors, and IT departments.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key EMEA ecosystem players.
• Inform product roadmaps by gathering feedback from EMEA nonprofit and education users.
• Continuously refine the EMEA sales methodology by incorporating learnings into playbooks, templates, and best practices.

You May Be a Good Fit If You Have:

• 8+ years of B2B sales experience in nonprofit technology, EdTech, or social impact sectors, preferably in EMEA SaaS or emerging technologies.
• Track record of managing complex sales cycles within nonprofits, INGOs, foundations, or educational institutions.
• Experience building and scaling sales teams.
• Deep understanding of nonprofit or education sector operations.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate diverse stakeholder ecosystems.
• Scrappy mentality.
• Proven experience exceeding revenue targets.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Fluency in English required; proficiency in French valued given Francophone Africa coverage; additional European languages a plus.

Strong Candidates May Also Have:

• Active involvement in the EMEA nonprofit or education community.
• Existing relationships with major INGOs, foundations, or educational institutions.
• Familiarity with nonprofit data privacy requirements, AI ethics frameworks, and responsible technology deployment.
• Track record of building strategic partnerships with foundations or philanthropic advisors.
• Experience presenting at nonprofit conferences or education forums.
• Understanding of specific verticals: education technology, digital health, financial inclusion/economic mobility programmes.

Logistics:

• Location: London.
• Must be able to travel within EMEA (up to 30%) and to SF headquarters quarterly.
• Time Zone Coverage: Must maintain regular overlap with SF-based teams (typically 4-5 hours daily) while covering EMEA business hours.
• Travel: Regular travel within EMEA for customer meetings, conferences, and team gatherings; quarterly travel to SF for alignment and planning.

The annual compensation range for this role is €1-€1 EUR.