Enterprise Account Executive

Greenhouse
London, United Kingdom
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in enterprise SaaS sales with a focus on HR tech.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a history of closing complex enterprise deals and leading sales methodologies
    — “A bold closer – you’re confident running complex, six-figure deals from first meeting to signature”
  • Individuals who build relationships through in-person meetings and industry events
    — “A face in the market – you’d rather meet a customer in person than send another email”

Things to consider

  • Must be legally eligible to work in the UK as of the start date
    — “Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United Kingdom as of the start date chosen by the Company.”
  • The role demands multi-month, multi-stakeholder deal cycles with clear qualification
    — “Run multi-stakeholder, multi-month deals with clear qualification and mutual close plans”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience with enterprise SaaS sales and six-figure deal closures
    — “A track record of closing six-figure deals and hitting or beating quota in complex enterprise sales”
  • Emphasize your ability to lead with a consultative approach and sales methodologies
    — “A consultative seller – you lead with a clear methodology (MEDDICC, Command of the Message, Challenger or similar)”
  • Showcase your strategic prospecting skills and pipeline-building capabilities
    — “A strategic hunter – you don’t wait for inbound; you build your own pipeline and love opening new logos”
  • Demonstrate your comfort with cross-functional collaboration in enterprise sales
    — “Build consensus across HR, Talent, IT, Finance and Procurement”
  • Demonstrate experience with Salesforce and other modern sales tools
    — “Proficiency with Salesforce and a modern sales stack such as Gong, Outreach or Clari”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • closing six-figure deals
  • building relationships with enterprise clients
Typical background
enterprise salesbusiness development

Skills & requirements

Required

Enterprise SalesNew Business DevelopmentMulti-threading

Preferred

Strategic ProspectingMarket Engagement

About the role

Original posting from Greenhouse via Greenhouse

Our mission at Greenhouse is to make hiring work for everyone – so we go to great lengths to hire great people because we believe that they’re the foundation of our success. At Greenhouse, you’ll join a team that collaborates purposefully, fosters inclusivity, and communicates with transparency and accountability so we can achieve our mission.

Join us to do the best work of your career, solving meaningful problems with remarkable teams.

Greenhouse is looking for an Enterprise Account Executive to join our UK Enterprise Sales team! You’ll be a new business hunter selling to some of the UK’s largest organisations (1,000+ employees). You’ll work leads from a mature Sales Development team and build your own pipeline through strategic prospecting and showing up in the market.

Who will love this job

A bold closer – you’re confident running complex, six-figure deals from first meeting to signature

A consultative seller – you lead with a clear methodology (MEDDICC, Command of the Message, Challenger or similar) and you’re comfortable having hard commercial conversations

A strategic hunter – you don’t wait for inbound; you build your own pipeline and love opening new logos

A multi-threader – you build consensus across HR, Talent, IT, Finance and Procurement

A face in the market – you’d rather meet a customer in person than send another email, and you enjoy representing Greenhouse at events and in the London sales community

A builder – you like improving how things work and sharing what wins with your team

What you’ll do

Own the full new business sales cycle for UK enterprise prospects, from discovery to close

Prospect strategically into target accounts alongside your SDR partners

Run multi-stakeholder, multi-month deals with clear qualification and mutual close plans

Position Greenhouse against suite and specialist competitors, and build the business case for a best-in-class hiring platform

Build relationships through in-person meetings, events and industry engagement to grow Greenhouse’s UK presence

Forecast accurately and keep Salesforce up to date

Share best practices across the Enterprise Sales team

Additional projects and responsibilities as business needs require

You should have

5+ years of closing experience in SaaS, including 2+ years selling new business into enterprise organisations (1000+)

A track record of closing six-figure deals and hitting or beating quota in complex enterprise sales 

Proven strategic prospecting experience, not only inbound 

Experience selling HR tech, HCM, ATS or other enterprise platforms to HR and TA buyers, a plus

Proficiency with Salesforce and a modern sales stack such as Gong, Outreach or Clari 

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United Kingdom as of the start date chosen by the Company.

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Who we are

At Greenhouse, we live by our mission through using our own product to help us hire the right person for the job, every time. We’re committed to designing and responsibly using AI tools to transform how we work while keeping people at the center. We are a remote-first company and have shared office spaces in New York City and Ireland, and optional co-working spaces that give us flexibility to do our best work anywhere. We take an active role in our growth through a performance review program that’s committed to providing actionable feedback, and a bonus structure that rewards great performance. We believe that bringing together a variety of perspectives makes us a stronger company – and we nurture leaders who create an inclusive culture and invest into employee resource groups that celebrate our differences and life experiences. We’re proud to have built an award-winning culture that’s been recognized as Fortune’s Best Places to Work and Inc.’s Best Workplaces multiple years in a row. 

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Greenhouse Software is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, reach out to accommodations@greenhouse.io.

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