On-site
SaaS
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About this role
Office requirement: Hybrid 3 days a week (Monday/Tuesday/Thursday)
Employment type: Permanent
Seniority level: Mid
As our Account Executive, you’ll:
Be a part of our dynamic global Revenue team reporting to Senior Sales Manager, UK Mid-Market. You’ll be responsible for helping develop, drive and execute an account plan for generating new business revenue as well as year-on-year expansion and growth for your existing accounts within your remit, in line with GWI’s growth strategy across your book of business.
Working within your dedicated market segment, you will be focused on winning new customers and driving growth & expansion in existing customers in an assigned book of business. You will be responsible for:
- Own the development and execution of a GTM strategy for your assigned territory, including existing customers and net-new accounts, to build a pipeline to ensure you can meet and exceed your sales quota.
- Lead the entire sales cycle with your clients from initial opportunity creation to close.
- Establish and build credibility with prospects from the outset. You’ll form a unique understanding of business challenges and present needs-based solutions that meet their business objectives
- Partner closely with your Outbound SDR to craft and execute a winning outbound prospecting strategy that sparks conversations and generates high-quality opportunities
- Build strong collaborative relationships with CSMs for your assigned customer accounts to ensure you are collectively helping customers drive value using GWI's solutions and identifying further opportunities for expansion.
Commission Structure
Base Salary
Not disclosed — ask in interview
Commission
Structure not specified
Ramp Period
Not mentioned — clarify timeline
Quota
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Selling Motion
Sales Cycle
Mid-Market
1–6 month cycles, moderate deal complexity
Prospecting
Channel / Partner
Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances
Buyer Persona
C-Suite
Selling to executive decision-makers
Territory
Greenfield
Build territory from scratch — net-new logos
Requirements at a Glance
Typical Day — Account Executive
Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.
Role Signals
Green Flags
Inherit existing accounts
SaaS — Interview Intel
Typical Sales Cycle
30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)
Common Buyer Objections
- "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
- "We built something in-house already"
- "We don't have budget until next quarter"
- "Our team won't adopt another tool"
Key Industry Metrics
Hot Topics to Reference
- • AI-native product disruption
- • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
- • Vertical SaaS consolidation
- • Usage-based pricing models
Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.
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Template questionAs an Account Executive with Globalwebindex, you'll own the entire revenue pipeline and be measured on quota attainment.
Expect to work with recurring revenue models where customer retention is as important as acquisition.
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