EMEA Deal Strategy & Operations Lead
LangChain is hiring an EMEA Deal Strategy & Operations Lead for a remote role open to applicants in United Kingdom. It pays £110k-£140k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on LangChain.
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- Works on AI ●●●○ is how Level rates this role: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- The posting lists this role as remote.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include LangGraph, Clay and Cpq.
- Level classifies it as a lead role.
- Level lists 103 other open roles at LangChain.
AI in this role
Manage deal strategy, pricing operations, and contract execution for the EMEA sales organization at an AI agent platform company.
At LangChain, our mission is to make intelligent agents ubiquitous. We build the foundation for agent engineering in the real world, helping developers move from prototypes to production-ready AI agents that teams can rely on. We began as widely adopted open-source tools and have grown to also offer a platform for building, evaluating, deploying, and operating agents at scale.
With $125M raised at Series B from IVP, Sequoia, Benchmark, CapitalG, and Sapphire Ventures, we’re at a stage where we’re continuing to develop new products, growth is accelerating, and all team members have meaningful impact on what we build and how we work together. LangChain is a place where your contributions can shape how this technology shows up in the real world.
Today, our platform includes LangSmith (Observability, Evaluation, Deployment, Fleet, and Sandboxes), our open source frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, and Deep Agents), and the newly launched LangSmith Engine for autonomous agent improvement. We have 100M+ monthly open source downloads, 6,000+ active LangSmith customers, and 5 of the Fortune 10 use LangSmith in production (+ 35% of the Fortune 500 overall), including teams at Klarna, Clay, Coinbase, Workday, Lyft, Cloudflare, Harvey, Rippling, Vanta, LinkedIn, Monday.com, Nvidia, and Bridgewater.
About the role:We're looking for a Deal Strategy & Operations Lead to join our growing Deal Strategy & Operations team. This role serves as a critical partner to our EMEA sales organization, enabling efficient deal execution while maintaining pricing integrity and revenue quality. In this role, you'll review and structure non-standard SaaS contracts, evaluate pricing requests, and collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, and Legal to expedite deal approvals. You'll be responsible for ensuring all deals are accurately configured in our CPQ system, comply with revenue recognition standards, and align with company policies. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to balance business flexibility with financial discipline. This is an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to the full revenue lifecycle while directly impacting our ability to close deals quickly.
What You’ll Do:
Own the deal strategy across our EMEA sales team
Quarterback non-standard deals through the contracting cycle & internal approval processes in collaboration with the appropriate cross-functional teams (Sales Leadership, Legal, Accounting, Billing, Product, etc.) to ensure that all deals align with business strategies and guidelines
Master and help evolve deal policies, including contract terms, pricing & packaging, contractual requirements, etc.
Partner with Account Executives on forming deals, and help translate deal structures to Order Forms for complex deals in partnership with Commercial Legal
Create operational processes, process documentation, and enable Sales Teams on best practices, tools, and workflows to ensure effective deal execution
Monitor and ensure that internal requests are addressed thoughtfully and with urgency
How to be successful in this role:
8+ years of experience in Deal Operations, Deal Desk, or Sales Operations
A “roll up your sleeves” mentality, and an ability to collaborate effectively across internal functions (Sales, RevOps, Legal, Finance, etc.) to achieve common goals
Experience operating across EMEA markets, including fluency with multi-currency workflows, regional compliance considerations, and the varying enterprise sales cycles and procurement norms across EMEA geographies.
Experience working with consumption-based or usage-based pricing models, including structuring deals, managing overage conversations, and ensuring accurate configuration and compliance within CPQ and order form workflows.
Detail-oriented, excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to identify areas of improvement and propose necessary changes
Strong analytical skills, with a focus on data-driven decision-making to equip the business in a strategic manner and communicate big picture opportunities
Ability to work well under pressure, with a high degree of adaptability and flexibility in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment
You are skilled at prioritization, effectively balancing urgent support requests with long-term project work.
Has a demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal guidance, proactively manages tasks and priorities and executes work efficiently, collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams, and thrives in fast-paced, results-driven environments.
Compensation:
£110,000-£140,000 base salary + equity
Location:
UK, London
Compensation Philosophy:
We offer competitive compensation that includes base salary, variable compensation for relevant roles, meaningful equity, benefits, and perks.
We are hiring for this role across a range of scope, and the compensation band reflects that. Your offer depends on what we learn about your impact, craft, leadership, and communication during the interview process. We will tell you early where you’re tracking and talk comp with you before offer stage. Team members in the EU, UK, and APAC receive locally competitive benefits aligned with regional norms and regulations.
BenefitsBenefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, flexible vacation, a 401(k) plan, meals on in-office days in the US and more.
How we rate this
EMEA Deal Strategy & Operations Lead at LangChain rates 60 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
- Tell me about a project where deal structuring was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where saas pricing was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where revenue recognition was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where cross functional leadership was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: AI agents, Deal Structuring, Saas Pricing, Revenue Recognition, and Cross Functional Leadership. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.
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