Strategist, EMEA

Scale’s rapidly growing International Public Sector team is focused on using AI to address critical challenges facing the public sector around the world.

As a Strategist, you’ll be responsible for growing the International Public Sector business unit and partnering with technical stakeholders to identify and win major opportunities in the public sector and selected  accounts across the GCC. This is a technical role that requires the following:

• A deep interest in AI and data and the ability to articulate technical concepts in simple, precise language
• Experience successfully navigating and partnering with governments and senior stakeholders across the GCC (in near term Qatar, mid-term UAE & KSA)
• Working cross-functionally with Scale Leadership, Product, Marketing, Legal, Finance, Operations, and Compliance to ensure customer success
• An ability to earn trust and develop close relationships with key decision-makers and influencers within accounts
• An ability to uncover business challenges, shape and scope how AI can address these challenges, and build business cases to show the impact and value of Scale’s offerings

You will:

• Work closely with Scale Leadership, Head of EMEA, Engagement Management, Account Executives and the EMEA Strategy team on overall GTM strategy across the region

• Work with potential clients to identify impactful AI solutions and shape and scope their high level vision for AI

• Demonstrate the value and impact associated with each AI application

• Navigate complicated organizations, developing relationships, and answering client questions to qualify an identified opportunity to a signed deal

• Build trust and credibility with clients, acting as a reliable AI advisor beyond the core operating capacity of projects

• Specific responsibilities include:

• Customer Communications

• Relationship Management

• AI analysis and thought leadership

• Financial modeling and commercial literacy

• Pitch deck and proposal development

• AI workshop design and execution

• Creating demos of potential AI solutions  using tools like Replit or Lovable

• Measuring and communicating the impact and value of AI applications

Ideally, you’d have:

• 5+ years of public sector sales or consulting experience, and/or sales experience in complex environments
• A track record of personally shaping and closing $500K to $5M+ deals for complex solutions for public sector accounts
• Experience in building GTM strategies to effectively scale growth
• Experience in partnering with both business and technical stakeholders to identify challenges and formulating solutions to address them
• Demonstrated ability to develop strong consultative relationships with external partners and internal cross-functional teams at all levels
• Experience creating, developing, and communicating executive-level materials
• Written and spoken fluency in Arabic required

Nice to haves:

• Experience selling AI products or services