Ben Watkins

Intrinsic Executive Search

Co-founded Intrinsic in 2006, to support B2B SaaS and tech firms by finding them new senior leaders and Senior Sales executives who drive growth. 

→ Assisting Hiring Managers in sourcing exceptional commercial talent, particularly in regions where they may have a limited network or need confidential replacements. 

→ Providing high-quality candidate shortlists within 3-4 weeks

→ Supporting clients who have tried advertising or contingency searches without success.

→ Closed more than 1,000 placements across 10+ European countries with a network of over 30,000 tech executives, in regions like the UKI, Germany/DACH, Nordics, Benelux, Spain and France.

→ Become a go-to headhunting partner for startups, scale-ups, turnaround, and corporates.

→ Expertise covers B2B software areas from Customer Experience, Business Analytics, Big Data, Compliance, ESG, Retail/CPG Software to Market Research, Open Source, Fraud/AML, and more.

SaaS Executive Recruiter

Salt - Previously Enigma Resources International

Hired to sell retained searches across new territories like Germany, France and  Benelux. 

→ Sourced and placed VP and Senior level Executives for B2B Tech firms.

→ Clients including FAST (Microsoft), Spotfire TIBCO, Human Inference, Lycos Europe, MicroStrategy, Watchfire, Vitria, Truition, FICO & Skype.

→ Grew revenue in mainland Europe from zero to 1 Million Euro +

Executive Recruiter Europe

eBay

FairMarket, Boston (NASDAQ - FAIM) Selling B2B and B2B2C, SaaS based Pricing Software into Travel, Telco, High-Tech and Manufacturing market spaces.   Acquired by eBay in 2003.

→ New Logos included: Mitel Networks, De Vere Hotels and Starwood Group Inc.

Senior Sales Executive

HALL KINION & ASSOCIATES INC

(NASDAQ - HAKI) Senior Recruiter, UK / Germany, France, Benelux, Nordics

→ Hall Kinion were one of the largest High-Tech Recruitment companies with 56 offices worldwide and a turnover of approximately $400 million.

→ Qualified for 3 x Club Trips, Won the Largest Company Deal and Top Recruiter in Europe Awards

→ Customers included: BroadVision, ATG, Commerceone, Ariba, Zygon, Interwoven, OpenMarket, JCP, Intershop, Misys

Headhunter, Enterprise Software

SaaS Recruiter / Helping SaaS firms hire senior talent from a network of 30k+ SaaS Execs

Are you struggling to hire great SaaS talent in Europe? Let’s change that.
► UK - Germany - Nordics - Benelux - France.
► A-Players from £90k to £250k base salaries.   
► CEO, CRO, COO, VP Sales, Director, Senior Sales, Marketing, Customer Success.
► Retained Executive Search.

FOR JOB SEEKERS:

► Receive CV feedback and a high-quality CV and LinkedIn Profile.  
► Check out my offers >>> bit.ly/executivesupport

SaaS Sales Executive Recruitment business.

We help SaaS firms attract and hire the Best Senior Commercial Talent into their businesses!  

UKI, DACH, NORDICS, BENELUX, FRANCE, USA

Intrinsic is a leading Global Boutique Enterprise Software Headhunting company which helps scale emerging High Growth Software / SaaS firms.

We cover Software areas such as Customer Experience, Voice of the Customer, Business Analytics, Big Data, Retail / CPG Software, Market Research, Surveys, Procurement, Open source, Fraud/AML, Integration, Trade & Risk Management, Content Management, Business Process Management and eCommerce market places

HubSpot

Account Executive

Navan

December - January: 100% 
Q1: 100%
Q2: 160% = Top performing DACH Commercial AE 
Q3: (Ongoing) 🚀

hyrise

Participated in the company's 300% revenue growth

- 1st SDR Hire ✓
Key responsibilities:
• Utilizing prospecting and research tools to identify, target, and qualify relevant prospective clients
• Engaging with new customers by executing outbound prospecting campaigns (cold emails, cold calls, social selling) to generate leads in well-identified markets.
• Developing new customers by understanding customer needs and buying cycle to gather key prospect information, generate interest and bring high-quality prospects into the sales pipeline.
• Sharpened my sales skill-set by going through the Academy together with my Squad
• Working closely with the Co Founder optimizing outreach processes on a weekly basis

Sales Development Representative

Aspria

- Personal Trainer specialized in core and mobility training
- Customer acquisition
- Managing and maintaining client relationships
- Long term and sustainable goal setting
- Leading courses (Pilates, HIIT etc.)

Balle Instructor/Personal Trainer

- Ballet Teacher for children aged 3 and 12
- Class planning and structuring
- Inspirational mentoring and guidance

Ballet Instructor

Lux Associates

- Co-founded London based talent agency Lux Associates
- Connecting musical theatre performers with top tier industry jobs on; 
    • Cruises (Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises, TUI, Aida) 
    • West-end musicals 
    • TV and Film opportunities
- Client coaching and mentoring
- Managing and maintaining Lux's social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook)
- Company was profitable up until 2021 (Discontinued due to the Pandemic)

Co-Founder

MR Management

Musical Theatre Performer

SILVERLINE EVENTS LTD

- Assisting in administrative work (Payments etc.) and staff management
- Event manager for clients such as Twickenham Stadium, Lords Cricket Grounds and Private Weddings
- Overseeing daily operations for specific time periods

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