Enterprise Account Executive

Twilio Twilio · Enterprise · United Kingdom · Remote · Sales

Enterprise Account Executive role at Twilio focused on selling communication solutions, including APIs, Conversational AI, and enterprise software, to high-value enterprise prospects and existing customers in the UK/I/Northern Europe region. The role involves new customer acquisition, driving Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), managing the sales process from lead qualification to deal closure, and building relationships with C-level executives. Requires significant experience in enterprise sales, solution-based selling, negotiation, and account management.

What you'd actually do

  1. Be responsible for new customer acquisition and driving ACV for a specific set of accounts while maintaining the highest levels of customer satisfaction.
  2. Master creating pricing proposals, negotiating terms and managing the contract process.
  3. Are passionate about what you do and you are able to think outside of the box and have extraordinary interpersonal and communication skills to make complex contractual, technical, and financial details sound simple.
  4. Able to balance challenging priorities and handle multiple projects/deals at the same time.

Skills

Required

  • 8+ years of Enterprise Sales experience
  • track record of personally selling and closing complex solutions to enterprise and software companies
  • Strong experience identifying, mapping and prospecting enterprise accounts
  • Proven success in selling complex, technical solutions such as cloud communications platforms, APIs, Conversational AI and/or enterprise software
  • Experience in account management, developing large enterprise clients, and a history of meeting or exceeding sales targets
  • Experience working with Fortune 500 or similarly large enterprises
  • Background in working within a quota-driven environment with proven ability to close high-value deals (e.g., six to seven figures)
  • Expertise in solution-based selling or consultative selling
  • Strong negotiation and contract management skills, including handling complex deals with long sales cycles.
  • Prospecting and lead generation skills—ability to develop a pipeline through multiple channels, including direct sales, partnerships, and networking.
  • Ability to build and nurture relationships with C-level executives, decision-makers, cross-functional partners and key stakeholders in large enterprises
  • Strong presentation and negotiation skills
  • Comfortable working in a dynamic / environment.
  • Familiar working with MEDDPICC sales qualification methodology and other Sales methodologies

Nice to have

  • Ideally, you also have experience selling both to a business and technical audience
  • Understanding of the CPaaS & Customer Engagement ecosystem and familiarity with: Cloud communications (voice, SMS, chat, video, etc.).
  • Contact centre agent productivity and Conversational AI
  • APIs and integrations for communication services.
  • Telecommunications industry dynamics.
  • Knowledge of enterprise technology architecture and the technical needs of large organizations, including how CPaaS solutions integrate with existing systems.

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years of Enterprise Sales experience
  • Proven success in selling complex, technical solutions
  • history of meeting or exceeding sales targets
  • quota-driven environment
  • high-value deals (e.g., six to seven figures)
  • long sales cycles