Account Executive
The Account Executive will drive new business across UK mid-market and enterprise organizations, owning complex sales cycles and engaging senior stakeholders. The role requires 8+ years of customer-facing experience, 5+ years carrying a quota, and a proven record of closing large SaaS, AI, automation, or enterprise software deals.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own the full sales cycle: pipeline generation, discovery, solution mapping, negotiation, and closing.
- Engage senior stakeholders, including C-suite, VP, and Director-level contacts, across operations, finance, GTM, and innovation functions.
- Build and manage a robust pipeline, balancing velocity with complex, high-value enterprise deals.
- Collaborate with Sales Engineering, Customer Success, and Product to craft compelling solutions that demonstrate tangible ROI.
- Conduct rigorous discovery to understand workflows, quantify value, and tailor AI-driven solutions.
- Partner with Marketing and GTM leadership to refine messaging, GTM motions, competitive positioning, and regional strategy.
- Represent 11x in the UK market through industry events, executive meetings, and strategic introductions.
- Create repeatable patterns to inform the scaling of 11x's European sales organization.
Requirements
- 8+ years in customer-facing roles, including sales, account management, business development, or related experience.
- 5+ years carrying a direct quota in SaaS, AI, automation, or enterprise software.
- Proven track record closing large, complex, multi-stakeholder deals.
- Experience selling to mid-market and enterprise organizations, including companies with 1,000–10,000+ employees.
- Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to build business cases, quantify value, and drive urgency.
- Ability to partner deeply with technical and product teams to translate customer needs into actionable solutions.
- Entrepreneurial, resourceful, adaptable, and motivated by building in a fast-moving environment.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, especially with senior executives.
- UK-based, with the ability to travel to customer sites and collaborate with the US team across time zones.
Skills
SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Enterprise Software, Pipeline Generation, Discovery, Solution Mapping, Negotiation, Business Case Development, Value Quantification, Competitive Positioning, Sales Engineering, Customer Success, Product Collaboration, Go-to-Market Strategy
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