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Type of contract for this position: Permanent contract
The position
Job description
We’re hiring a Strategic Account Director to win and grow new strategic accounts across EMEA. You’ll target $1bn+ revenue enterprise brands and lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles from first conversation to signature. You’ll then own each new relationship through its first 12 months, expanding Cloudinary’s footprint as the customer scales
We specialise in commerce, particularly fashion and apparel, retail and luxury, so experience in these verticals is highly valued. Your territory won’t be limited to them
This is a hunting and early-growth role for someone who knows large enterprise brands, the people who run their digital, e-commerce, creative and technology functions, and how they buy. You’ll be the senior face of Cloudinary in those accounts, bringing in the right internal experts to build business cases that land at board level
London-based (hybrid), covering EMEA, reporting to the VP Global Sales
Win new logos across a named list of $1bn+ revenue enterprise brands in EMEA, with a focus on commerce, consistently delivering against an annual new-business quota
Build pipeline through your own network, executive outreach, events and partners, rather than waiting for inbound
Run complex enterprise sales cycles with rigour, using MEDDPICC to qualify, map decision-making and forecast accurately
Engage and align senior stakeholders across Digital, E-commerce, Brand and Creative, Marketing, IT and Procurement, up to CxO level
Build compelling, value-led business cases that tie Cloudinary to the brand’s commercial priorities, such as conversion, speed to market, content velocity and total cost of ownership
Orchestrate the wider Cloudinary team, including Solutions Engineering, Product, Customer Success, Marketing and partners (SIs, agencies and commerce platforms), to win and land deals
Negotiate and close multi-year, multi-product enterprise agreements, working through MSAs, security reviews and procurement
Grow each new strategic account through its first 12 months, working with Customer Success to drive adoption, expand into new teams, brands and regions, and land upsell and cross-sell across our full product suite
Write and execute strategic account plans for your top targets and new customers, and keep Salesforce pipeline and forecasts accurate
Represent Cloudinary at industry events and bring market insight back into product and marketing
Benefits
Comprehensive health benefits program for employees and dependents (plans vary by location)
Family-friendly policies include parental leave and flexible work arrangements
Numerous fitness and therapy options to support your total well-being
Four global days off so you can take the needed break
Hybrid work model encourages flexibility and autonomy, and is balanced with in-office collaboration
Company-wide DEI initiatives to enrich our team, technologies and communities
Preferred experience
A collaborative style: you lead the deal team, not just the deal
Mastery of a structured sales methodology (MEDDPICC or similar) and disciplined forecasting
Experience selling into large enterprises across EMEA, ideally in commerce, such as fashion and apparel, retail or luxury
Strong commercial and negotiation skills, including multi-year agreements and global procurement processes
An established network of senior relationships in enterprise brands, in digital, e-commerce, creative, marketing or technology leadership
10+ years of quota-carrying enterprise software sales, with at least 5 in new business or strategic hunting roles
The credibility to talk business value with a CDO or CMO and technical fit with an architect, translating between the two
A track record of winning large, complex deals with $1bn+ revenue enterprise brands, growing them after signature, and consistently over-achieving quota
Willingness to travel across EMEA
A strong grasp of how commerce brands operate: omnichannel, product content, seasonal launch cycles, brand governance and the digital commerce tech stack
Relationships with the SIs, digital agencies and commerce platform partners these brands work with
Experience selling DAM, PIM, CMS, e-commerce platforms, digital experience or media and content technology
A second European language, such as French, Italian or German
Experience in a high-growth SaaS company, helping shape a new vertical or territory
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