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Shane Connolly

Observer · DISC type ci
GTM - EMEA at Anthropic
📍 Greater Dublin, Ireland

Shane specializes in go-to-market strategy for Anthropic in the EMEA region. His background includes helping innovative companies with pricing and billing at Stripe, climate reporting at Watershed, and enterprise sales at Slack. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Maynooth University and a certification as a Social Selling Black Belt.

Outside of work, Shane recently welcomed his second child. He has also taken on the ambitious personal challenge of training for a marathon, despite not being a seasoned runner. He has a self-professed coffee addiction that he jokes is likely to spike with his new challenges.

Unique fact: Despite not considering himself a runner, he recently signed up to run a 42km marathon and is actively training for it.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
GTM - EMEA
Location
Greater Dublin, Ireland
Personality Overview

How Shane shows up

Value Driven
Assertive
Curious

They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.

Priorities

Topics Shane cares about

Go-to-Market Strategy
His career focuses on GTM, helping innovative European companies build processes and define pricing strategies at firms like Anthropic and Stripe.
AI Adoption
Works at AI leader Anthropic and promotes discussions on conversational AI, showing a clear focus on the practical business application of artificial intelligence.
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Career

Work history

4-2026
GTM - EMEA
Anthropic
9-2024 - 4-2026
Stripe Billing - GTM
Stripe
6-2022 - 9-2024
Strategic Account Executive
Watershed
2-2022 - 6-2022
Large Enterprise Account Executive - CIS
Slack
2-2021 - 2-2022
Senior Enterprise Account Executive - Nordics & CEE
Slack
In the press

Media appearances

We're not looking to poach researchers from other labs, says Anthropic's European boss. Featured in Tech.eu
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Education
2009 - 2012
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Maynooth University
2014 - 2015
Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Marketing
Digital Marketing Institute
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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