Principal Account Executive, Enterprise Accounts

Autodesk Autodesk · Enterprise · United Kingdom · Remote

This role is a customer-facing sales position responsible for driving growth strategies for large enterprise customers. It involves leading sales engagements, managing complex negotiations, and acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders. The role focuses on revenue expansion through upsell, cross-sell, and managing enterprise agreements.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop and execute comprehensive growth strategies for assigned enterprise accounts, including senior stakeholder engagement and executive-level business reviews.
  2. Drive incremental revenue through upsell, cross-sell, and expansion motions across new, adjacent, and upgraded solutions.
  3. Lead the negotiation and closure of complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise agreements, including expansions aligned to renewal or long-term commercial frameworks.
  4. Own pipeline management and forecasting accuracy for enterprise expansion and growth opportunities.
  5. Act as a strategic advisor to executive-level customer stakeholders, aligning solutions to business priorities and outcomes.

Skills

Required

  • Demonstrated experience owning and growing large enterprise or strategic customer accounts within complex B2B environments.
  • Proven capability leading sophisticated, multi-stakeholder sales cycles from strategy through negotiation and closure.
  • Strong commercial acumen, including experience managing enterprise-scale agreements and expansion motions.
  • Ability to engage credibly and confidently with senior and executive-level customer stakeholders.
  • Experience operating in matrixed sales environments, collaborating with specialists, partners, and cross-functional teams.
  • Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to use data to inform decisions and forecasts.
  • Familiarity with UK enterprise customer buying behaviours and commercial practices.

Nice to have

  • Experience working with Enterprise Business Agreements (EBAs) or equivalent large-scale commercial frameworks.
  • Background in technology, SaaS, subscription, or consumption-based business models.
  • Experience leading co-sell motions with technical specialists and partner ecosystems.
  • Exposure to value-based selling, executive-level storytelling, and business outcome positioning.
  • Experience using CRM, forecasting, and pipeline management tools to support enterprise sales execution.
  • Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience.