Strategic Account Director

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NearformTechnology consulting
UK, RemoteFull-TimeDirector
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Required Skills
Business DevelopmentSoftware Engineering

Requirements

  • Demonstrable experience growing a strategic enterprise account, ideally involving both direct selling and partner or channel motions.
  • Track record of winning new business in a services or technology environment, beyond managing existing revenue.
  • Comfort owning a commercial target and forecasting against it.
  • Experience working with, in, or alongside consulting firms and understanding how they sell and buy.
  • Ability to navigate a sell-to and sell-with relationship and develop joint go-to-market strategies.
  • Strong working knowledge of modern technology delivery, including software engineering, cloud, data, and applied AI.
  • Ability to shape, qualify, and commercially frame technical propositions without needing to architect the solution.
  • Familiarity with enterprise AI, including agents, AI-native engineering, and the distinction between hype and production.
  • Strong account-planning discipline and confidence managing marketing for an account in partnership with central Marketing.
  • Ability to build trust with senior internal and external stakeholders and hold commercial and technical discussions with different audiences.
  • Existing management consulting relationships, experience refining an account management operating model, or an earlier delivery or technical role are nice to have.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain senior sponsor relationships across the client's consulting and technology leadership teams.
  • Create and execute a multi-year account plan with targets, named opportunities, and a growth path.
  • Lead new-business pursuits with the client and jointly with the client into its end-clients, from origination through close.
  • Partner with Technical Directors and Solutions leaders to shape technical propositions into compelling commercial cases.
  • Manage account marketing, including joint content, co-branded propositions, events, and case studies.
  • Define and maintain the account governance model, including meeting cadence, participants, and outcomes.
  • Own the account's commercial health and maintain senior stakeholder relationships.
  • Maintain pipeline accuracy, forecast, and run QBRs, pipeline reviews, and account standups.
  • Work with local GTM teams where appropriate to balance local intimacy with global consistency.
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