Strategic Account Executive (uk)

Writer Writer · AI Frontier · London, United Kingdom · Sales

Strategic Account Executive for an enterprise generative AI platform, focusing on selling AI agent solutions to global enterprises. The role involves managing complex sales cycles, building relationships with C-level executives, and driving net-new revenue by positioning the company's AI platform to achieve business transformation goals.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the full enterprise sales cycle from prospecting through close, managing complex deals with 8-18 month sales cycles and navigating multi-stakeholder buying committees across procurement, legal, IT, and business units
  2. Drive net-new revenue by identifying, qualifying, and developing strategic opportunities within target verticals and named account lists, consistently building a robust pipeline that exceeds coverage targets
  3. Engage C-level executives and senior decision-makers in consultative discovery to understand their business priorities, uncover transformational use cases, and position WRITER as the strategic platform to achieve their AI vision
  4. Partner cross-functionally with solutions engineering, product, and customer success teams to architect tailored solutions, run successful pilots, and ensure seamless deployments that deliver measurable business outcomes
  5. Lead complex negotiations involving multi-year contracts, custom pricing structures, and enterprise terms, while maintaining deal momentum and driving consensus across diverse stakeholder groups

Skills

Required

  • 7-10+ years of quota-carrying strategic SaaS sales experience
  • Proven track record of meeting or exceeding annual quotas
  • Complex, value-based sales motions targeting Fortune 500 and Global 2000 accounts
  • Demonstrated expertise in managing sophisticated enterprise sales cycles with multiple stakeholders
  • Navigating procurement processes
  • Orchestrating cross-functional resources
  • Executive presence and communication skills
  • Ability to engage with C-suite buyers
  • Translate complex technical concepts into business value
  • Build authentic relationships
  • Strong consultative selling skills
  • Conduct discovery to uncover business challenges
  • Connect AI capabilities to measurable outcomes
  • Create urgency around transformation initiatives
  • Experience in outbound prospecting, account mapping, and territory planning
  • Hunter mentality
  • Comfort with ambiguity
  • Bias for ownership
  • Ability to make decisions with incomplete information
  • Drive own success with minimal oversight
  • Alignment with company values (Connect, Challenge, Own)

Nice to have

  • Experience selling AI agent platforms
  • Understanding of enterprise generative AI
  • Experience in London market

What the JD emphasized

  • quota-carrying strategic SaaS sales experience
  • proven track record of meeting or exceeding annual quotas
  • complex, value-based sales motions targeting Fortune 500 and Global 2000 accounts
  • managing sophisticated enterprise sales cycles with multiple stakeholders
  • navigating procurement processes
  • orchestrating cross-functional resources to drive deals through technical evaluations and executive approvals
  • executive presence and communication skills
  • credibly engage with C-suite buyers
  • translate complex technical concepts into business value
  • build authentic relationships based on trust and strategic insight
  • Strong consultative selling skills
  • conduct discovery that uncovers underlying business challenges
  • connects AI capabilities to measurable outcomes
  • creates urgency around transformation initiatives
  • outbound prospecting
  • account mapping
  • territory planning
  • hunter mentality
  • Comfort with ambiguity
  • bias for ownership
  • figure things out
  • make decisions with incomplete information
  • drive your own success with minimal oversight
  • Connect across functions
  • build collaborative relationships
  • Challenge the status quo
  • aren't afraid to have difficult conversations
  • Own your outcomes with accountability
  • commitment to long-term impact