Head of Sales

For over 11 years, Empat has been combining strong engineering fundamentals, product thinking, and a startup mindset to help businesses build digital products that make a real impact.

The company is particularly strong in Healthcare, FinTech, E-commerce, and Avionics, serving clients across North America (55%), Europe (20%), and the UK (15%), including through long-term product partnerships with scaling startups and established enterprises.

The team of 150+ professionals operates across offices in Kyiv, London, and San Francisco, with representatives in Switzerland and Houston.

Empat operates as an AI-native engineering company. AWS and Google Cloud partnership certifications are in progress (Q2-Q3 2026), with Azure partnership planned for H2 2026. The company delivers HIPAA-aware engineering, building toward certified deployments, and is a Forbes Business Council member. Empat is a four-time Clutch Top 100 Fastest Growing honoree (2023-2026) and maintains a 5.0 rating across 150+ client reviews on Clutch.

We are looking for a Head of Sales to scale a high-performing sales function. This is a senior leadership role for someone who combines strong enterprise sales expertise with hands-on team leadership experience.

You will work directly with the CEO, take ownership of the sales department, develop sales processes, create scalable playbooks, coach the team, improve sales execution, and help the company grow through a structured and predictable sales approach.

What You'll Own:

Sales Leadership & Strategy

• Own and develop Empat’s sales function, working closely with the CEO
• Define and implement sales processes, methodologies, and operating standards
• Build scalable sales playbooks, frameworks, and best practices for the team
• Establish sales KPIs, reporting routines, forecasting processes, and performance tracking
• Identify areas for improvement across the sales cycle and drive continuous optimization
• You'll inherit an internal AI agent pod and are expected to push it further

Team Management & Development:

• Lead and develop a sales team
• Coach sales managers and account executives through regular feedback, call reviews, and performance analysis
• Build a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous growth
• Participate in hiring, onboarding, and development of future sales talent
• Create structured approaches for improving sales skills and deal execution

Enterprise Sales & Deal Ownership

• Personally lead and close strategic, high-value deals
• Own the company's revenue targets and sales performance, ensuring consistent and predictable revenue growth
• Manage complex sales cycles with multiple stakeholders, including C-level executives
• Support the team in deal strategy, negotiations, and closing processes
• Validate sales calls, proposals, and client communication to improve conversion quality
• Work closely with delivery and engineering teams to ensure strong commercial solutions

Expectations about your experience:

• C1/C2 English
• 6+ years of experience in technology sales, IT services, or software development companies
• You've run an AI-augmented sales motion - using AI for prospecting, nurturing, and pipeline ops.
• Proven experience as Head of Sales, Sales Director, VP Sales, or similar leadership role
• Previous experience leading and developing a sales team of 3+ professionals
• Experience building and improving sales processes, playbooks, methodologies, and operational frameworks
• Proven track record of personally leading and closing strategic, high-value deals ($150K+)
• Strong understanding of enterprise B2B sales cycles and complex deal execution
• Experience working with international clients, especially US / UK / European markets
• Ability to operate both strategically and hands-on: building scalable sales systems while staying involved in key deals
• Strong leadership, coaching, and communication skills
• Entrepreneurial mindset and ability to create structure and drive improvements in a growing environment

What We Offer:

• Full ownership of the sales function and its development
• Direct access to the CEO and executive team
• Opportunity to build and scale a sales organisation and become a CBDO in a fast-growing IT company
• Competitive compensation with performance-based incentives and regular reviews
• Work at a Top-employer company
• Personal learning budget and access to top tools and platforms
• Medical insurance, paid vacation and sick leaves
• Flexible hybrid or remote work model
• A strong culture built on empathy, trust, and real care for people
• Team events, online and offline activities - wellness, sport, and more