Enterprise Account Manager - Retail

Location City of London
Job functions Account Management
Job type: Permanent
Salary: To £85,000 base salary DOE, plus opportunity to double base in commission
Job ref: 299577

Hybrid | ​Join a high-growth, mission-led SaaS scale-up where you will own and significantly expand a small portfolio of major enterprise retail customers.

About the company:
  • This international software business has developed a market-leading enterprise platform used by some of the world’s largest retailers.

  • The technology helps customers improve operational safety, connect complex data and make more informed decisions across their organisations. 

  • With an established UK presence, excellent customer retention (0% churn in last 10 years) and significant expansion opportunities within its existing client base, the company is entering its next phase of growth.

  • You will join a collaborative, ambitious team with a strong product reputation, attainable commercial targets and a culture that combines high performance with genuine flexibility.

About the role:
  • Manage an enterprise portfolio worth approximately up to £3m ARR 

  • Deliver an annual growth target of between 10-25% 

  • Identify opportunities to double or triple customer contract values over the next two years.

  • Create structured 12-to-24-month account growth plans.

  • Lead upsell, cross-sell and multi-year renewal opportunities from discovery through to negotiation and close.

  • Build relationships with senior executives, operational leaders and economic buyers.

  • Multi-thread across complex organisations and develop internal champions.

  • Translate customer challenges into quantified commercial value and compelling business cases.

  • Use MEDDICC or a similar enterprise sales methodology to progress opportunities.

  • Maintain accurate forecasting, opportunity management and pipeline discipline.

  • Work closely with Customer Success, Product, Marketing and new business teams.

  • Support complex deployments and remove barriers that could delay expansion.

Your previous experience:
  • 5+ years of enterprise sales or strategic account management experience.

  • Experience managing a small number of high-value, complex customers.

  • A proven record of growing inherited accounts through structured upselling and cross-selling.

  • Responsibility for six-figure annual growth or expansion targets.

  • Experience selling enterprise SaaS, complex technology or another recurring-revenue solution.

  • Strong examples of identifying an opportunity, building internal support and converting it into measurable revenue.

  • Experience engaging C-suite executives and navigating multiple stakeholder groups.

  • Managed long, complex sales cycles, ideally lasting six to twelve months or more.

  • Led multi-year contract negotiations and enterprise renewals.

  • Used MEDDICC, MEDDPICC, Challenger, SPIN or a comparable sales framework.

  • Strong commercial forecasting and CRM discipline.

  • The ability to tell a clear story around initial account value, growth achieved and how you delivered it.

Package:
  • to £85,000 base salary DOE

  • Opportunity to double base in commission 

  • Equity

  • Hybrid working from the London office.

  • Exceptional annual leave, wellbeing days and early finish Fridays 

  • Private medical insurance.

  • Paid parental leave.

  • Learning and development support.

  • Regular team events and a highly collaborative office culture.

  • Travel to customer meetings and industry events when required.