Full-Time

Senior Account Executive

Faire

Faire

1,001-5,000 employees

Wholesale marketplace linking brands and retailers

Compensation Overview

£89.5k - £123k/yr

+ Equity

London, UK

Hybrid

Hybrid role; 3 on-site days per week (Tue, Thu, plus one flex day). Remote work allowed up to 4 weeks per year.

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Market Research
Sales
Marketing
Requirements
  • Proven track record of exceeding quota at upmarket level — top 3 in your organization, President's Club / All-Stars qualifier
  • High-velocity pipeline engine: ability to run multiple complex Upmarket deals simultaneously without sacrificing quality
  • Sharp executive presence — comfortable operating from C-level to operational stakeholder
  • AI fluency: you use AI tools daily to prospect, prepare, and accelerate — not as a talking point but as a genuine lever
  • Intellectual curiosity — you ask better questions, dig deeper, and find the unlock others miss
  • Mission alignment: you believe in independent retail and can articulate why Faire matters
  • Fluency in English; additional European languages a strong plus
Responsibilities
  • Identify and win the right opportunities: Manage a high-value book of business across Central & Northern Europe with the goal of maximising the incremental GMV that new Upmarket brands bring to the Faire platform
  • Set your own sub-targets, hold yourself accountable, and know exactly what levers to pull when performance is under pressure
  • Use business data, category insights, AI-powered tooling, and your own market knowledge to build a pipeline that is both high volume and high quality
  • Support new brands through their first quarter on Faire — ensuring they understand the platform and are set up to receive orders and grow
  • Lead a best-in-class upmarket sales cycle: Lead every customer interaction with a personalised, insight-led approach — understanding each brand's unique business and shaping Faire's value proposition to their specific problems
  • Navigate multi-threaded deals with confidence: from C-suite vision conversations to operational onboarding with sales and marketing teams
  • Develop tailored onboarding plans that balance near-term activation with long-term platform success
  • Make independent, well-reasoned decisions on when to advance a deal and when to pass — and own the outcome either way
  • Stay resilient and input-focused when performance is challenging; model the standard for the team
  • Be the expert on your markets: Be solution-oriented to common objections and geo-specific blockers — size the opportunity, identify what's needed, and act on it with product and leadership
  • Understand how competitors and industry players operate and articulate Faire's key differentiators with precision
  • Research trends, industry events, and key account signals across Central & Northern Europe — and bring that intelligence back to sharpen team strategy
  • Represent Faire across the wholesale industry: Drive Faire's value props and messaging across the full sales surface: outreach, nurture, tradeshows, events, and in-person brand visits
  • Identify and pursue new business opportunities that drive incremental revenue for the platform
  • Develop content and host webinars to engage leads in your verticals and share onboarding best practices
  • Collaborate with marketing to shape top-of-funnel messaging across paid, web, and nurture channels
Desired Qualifications
  • DACH market experience or German Speaker
  • Any other European language skills
  • Background in wholesale, retail, or brand partnerships
  • Experience with Salesforce, Clay, or AI sales tooling

Faire is a B2B wholesale marketplace that connects independent brands with local retailers. Brands list products on the platform and retailers browse to discover unique items to stock in their stores. Faire earns revenue mainly through commissions on sales facilitated through the marketplace and offers services like inventory management and data analytics to help both sides optimize operations. The platform serves small to mid-sized businesses and focuses on strengthening local communities by enabling brands and retailers to grow together. Unlike general e-commerce platforms, Faire concentrates on wholesale relationships between brands and neighborhood retailers, providing tools that streamline ordering, payments, and analytics tailored to wholesale workflows.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Series G

Total Funding

$1.5B

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2017

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Revenue accelerated to 37% growth in H2 2025, reaching $550M run rate.
  • Lightspeed integration expands distribution to 100+ countries without platform friction.
  • Michael Fleisher appointment signals board-level scaling expertise and IPO readiness.

What critics are saying

  • Lightspeed integration enables retailers to bypass Faire marketplace, eroding transaction volume.
  • Amazon Business expands B2B independent brand sections with Prime logistics advantage.
  • Temu and Shein B2B wholesale undercut Faire pricing for cost-sensitive retailers.

What makes Faire unique

  • Net 60 payment terms and free returns reduce retailer risk versus traditional wholesale.
  • Commission structure incentivizes brands to drive demand via Faire Direct links.
  • 600,000 retailers and 85,000 brands create network effects favoring independent businesses.

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PR Newswire
Mar 31st, 2026
Lightspeed integrates Faire's 100K+ brands into unified retail platform

Lightspeed has launched an integration with Faire, a B2B wholesale marketplace, giving retailers access to over 100,000 brands directly within Lightspeed Retail. The integration allows merchants to link their Faire account and automatically sync product information, including images, descriptions, variants and cost data, into Lightspeed Retail. The feature aims to reduce operational complexity for independent retailers sourcing new products. Merchants can place orders through Faire and choose to import selected products or automatically create inventory items when orders are placed, minimising manual data entry. The integration expands Lightspeed's wholesale buying ecosystem, which also includes NuORDER by Lightspeed. The feature is now available to eligible Lightspeed Retail merchants across the company's platform, which serves retail, golf and hospitality businesses in over 100 countries.

CNBC
Mar 19th, 2026
Faire CEO: We took 'shortcuts' to grow—alarm bells went off before we lost the company

Faire, an online wholesale marketplace connecting artisans with retailers, saw its valuation drop from $12.59 billion to $5.2 billion after CEO Max Rhodes discovered troubling metrics in April 2022. The company had grown to 1,200 employees whilst chasing "vanity metrics" and using investor capital as a shortcut to growth. Rhodes found dropping retention rates, customer complaints and users exploiting short-term incentives before leaving. Instead of spending more to reignite growth, Faire cut staff by 20% and eliminated discounts. The strategy worked: revenue grew 32% in 2025 over 2024, retention rates improved and the company expects to break even soon. Rhodes attributes the near-failure to hubris during rapid growth. "Success can be dangerous," he says, advising entrepreneurs to stay grounded in core values.

The Associated Press
Mar 11th, 2026
Former Wayfair CFO joins Faire board as revenue hits $550M run rate

Faire, the wholesale technology platform, has appointed Michael Fleisher, former CFO of Wayfair, to its board of directors as chair of the audit committee. Fleisher led Wayfair through its IPO and helped scale the company from $1 billion to over $12 billion in annual revenue. He previously served as CFO of Warner Music Group and CEO of Gartner. The appointment comes as Faire reports strong growth, with revenue increasing 32% in 2025 and accelerating to 37% in the second half of the year, now annualising at approximately $550 million. The company has facilitated over 10 million connections between brands and retailers on its platform. Fleisher replaces Ellie Mertz and follows the recent appointment of Christopher Payne, former COO of DoorDash.

The Star
Nov 18th, 2025
Faire Employee Share Sale at $5.2B Valuation

Faire, an online marketplace, is allowing employees to sell shares at a $5.2 billion valuation, moving closer to an IPO. The $100 million tender offer is led by WCM Investment Management, with Baillie Gifford & Co and True North Fund participating. This marks the first public valuation since a $400 million funding round at $12.4 billion in 2021. Faire's CFO, Jason Lee, noted the company's strong cash position and potential for a future IPO.

BetaKit
May 19th, 2025
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