Enterprise Account Executive

Enterprise Business Development Lead / New Business Director (Custom Software & Digital Transformation)

Package Flexible: £60-150k base – uncapped commission scheme

Location:

UK-based HQ (customers across the UK — primarily London & Birmingham)

Hybrid / travel as required

About the Company:

A scaling software development and digital transformation consultancy delivering mission-critical technology to large UK organisations.

Founded by an experienced leadership team with backgrounds in financial services, data analytics and product management, the company was built on a simple principle: most software is designed without understanding how customers actually use it. By applying behavioural analytics and real user insight to software engineering, the business quickly secured major enterprise contracts early in its journey.

Since then, the business has grown from early-stage revenue to multi-million annual revenue within six years, entirely organically.

Key facts:

• ~45-person team with a strong engineering culture and reputation

• No external investors

• Highly profitable with strong cash reserves

• Debt-free and financially stable

• Several flagship enterprise clients

• Multiple long-term mission-critical contracts

• Strong brand credibility in engineering delivery

The company is now entering its next phase of growth with an ambition to scale significantly over the next 5 years.

Services:

• Custom software development

• Digital transformation programmes

• Cloud modernisation (AWS-first)

• Technical consulting

• Legacy platform modernisation

Core proposition:

Outcome-based delivery model:

• ~75% owned delivery responsibility

• ~25% augmentation / embedded teams

Typical projects involve modernising legacy monolithic systems into cloud-native architectures on AWS.

The Opportunity:

This is the first dedicated new business role in the company.

There is currently:

• No formal sales function

• No lead generation engine

• No structured marketing pipeline

• No enablement infrastructure

We are looking for a proven hunter to build pipeline, create market awareness, and win new enterprise clients.

Target Customers:

Large enterprises and upper mid-market organisations across the UK.

Typical buyers:

• VP / Head of Software Engineering

• Director of Engineering

• Occasionally CTO

Relevant sectors:

• Telecoms

• Sports

• Utilities

• Financial services

• Membership organisations

• Manufacturing

Deal Profile

• Initial engagements: £50k–£100k

• Typical contract value: £400k–£600k

• Annual wins expectation: 1–3 major deals

Responsibilities

• Identify and win new enterprise customers

• Build pipeline from scratch

• Own the full sales cycle end-to-end

• Engage technical stakeholders credibly

• Position outcome-based delivery models

• Negotiate commercial structures

• Work closely with engineering leadership and delivery teams

Candidate Profile

Essential:

Proven track record selling custom software development or technical consulting services

Experience selling to enterprise engineering leaders

Must be excellent at proactive outreach with minimal support

Demonstrated ability to generate pipeline independently

Experience closing £250k–£1m+ services deals

Technical credibility helpful:

• Java ecosystems

• AWS environments

• Kubernetes / cloud-native architectures

• Legacy modernisation programmes

Personal Characteristics:

• Self-starter and entrepreneurial

• High ownership mentality

• Credible with senior engineers

• Resilient hunter

Why Join:

• Profitable, stable, debt-free company – join early on at the most exciting part

• Strong engineering reputation

• Ambitious growth journey

• Opportunity to shape the commercial function

• High autonomy environment

Job Details

Company
ESP
Location
United Kingdom
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