Enterprise Account Executive

Diligent Corporation; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS company is seeking an experienced Enterprise Account Executive to join their sales team in London. The successful candidate will drive new business growth, build long-lasting customer relationships, and manage the entire sales cycle. Ideal candidates have over 7 years of proven sales experience and a strong ability to understand customer needs. This role offers a hybrid work model, requiring onsite presence at least 50% of the time.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Comprehensive health benefits

Generous time-off policy

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience with a strong track record of exceeding sales targets.
• Proven success in new business acquisition and managing complex sales cycles.
• Ability to communicate, influence and build rapport with senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Drive new business development within your designated territory.
• Take a consultative approach, understanding customer challenges.
• Build trusted long-term relationships with prospects and stakeholders.

Skills

Customer Service

Salesforce

Account Management

Sales Goals

CRM

New Customers

Job description

About Us

Diligent is the AI leader in governance risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions helping more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members to clarify risk and elevate governance. The Diligent One Platform gives practitioners the C‑Suite and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can more effectively manage risk, build greater resilience and make better decisions faster.

At Diligent we’re building the future with people who think boldly and move fast. Whether you’re designing systems that leverage large language models or part of a team reimaging workflows with AI, you’ll help us unlock entirely new ways of working and thinking. Curiosity is in our DNA; we look for individuals willing to ask the big questions and experiment fearlessly – those who embrace change not as a challenge but as an opportunity. The future belongs to those who keep learning and we are building it together. At Diligent you’re not just building the future – you’re an agent of positive change joining a global community on a mission to make an impact.

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Position Overview

We’re looking for an Enterprise Account Executive to join our high‑performing sales team and play a key role in driving new business growth across our portfolio. This is an exciting opportunity for a results‑driven sales professional who thrives on building meaningful customer relationships, identifying opportunities and delivering transformative solutions.

As an Account Executive II you’ll lead with curiosity, empathy and commercial acumen, understanding customer pain points and connecting them to the value of our platform. Success in this role will be defined by your ability to acquire new customers, expand relationships within your territory and contribute to our ongoing mission of empowering organisations to achieve stronger governance, risk and compliance outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive new business development within your designated territory, identifying and engaging potential customers through proactive outreach and strategic prospecting.
• Take a consultative, solutions‑oriented approach, understanding each customer’s challenges and mapping how our platform solves them.
• Build trusted long‑term relationships with prospects and stakeholders by consistently demonstrating product knowledge, reliability and genuine customer focus.
• Develop and execute account and territory plans to achieve or exceed revenue targets, working closely with internal partners to drive cross‑functional collaboration.
• Effectively manage the entire sales cycle from lead generation and discovery to negotiation and close, leveraging our approved sales methodology.
• Maintain a deep understanding of our products, market trends and competitive landscape to position our solutions effectively.
• Partner with product management and marketing to relay customer insights, helping shape the future of our offerings.
• Accurately manage your pipeline, forecasting and CRM data to ensure visibility and accountability across the sales organisation.

Required Experience / Skills

• 7-10+ years of experience with a strong track record of exceeding sales targets, ideally in SaaS technology or GRC‑related industries.
• Proven success in new business acquisition and managing complex sales cycles with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate, influence and build rapport with senior leaders and decision‑makers across functions.
• High level of curiosity and customer empathy, able to listen, diagnose and translate customer challenges into clear solutions.
• Strong strategic thinking, organisational and presentation skills.
• Self‑motivated, proactive and comfortable working in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• Experience managing opportunities and forecasting in Salesforce or equivalent CRM tools.

What Diligent Offers You

• Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature, thriving in exploring how things can be done differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients.
• We care about our people. Diligent offers a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meetings free days, generous time‑off policy and wellness programmes to name a few.
• We have teams all over the world. We may be headquartered in New York City but we have office hubs in Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore and Sydney.
• Diversity is important to us. Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team, facilitate dialogue and foster understanding.

Diligent created the modern governance movement. Our world‑changing idea is to empower leaders with the technology, insights and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability to lead with purpose. Our employees are passionate, smart and creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future but also want to make the world a more sustainable, equitable and better place.

Headquartered in New York Diligent has offices in Washington D.C., London, Galway, Budapest, Vancouver, Bengaluru, Munich, Singapore and Sydney. To foster strong collaboration and connection this role will follow a hybrid work model. If you are within a commuting distance to one of our Diligent office locations you will be expected to work onsite at least 50% of the time. We believe that in‑person engagement helps drive innovation, teamwork and a strong sense of community.

We are a drug‑free workplace. Diligent is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status, protected veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including but not limited to cancer‑related or HIV/AIDS‑related), genetic information or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Diligent also considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements. See Diligent’s EEO Policy and Know Your… (link omitted).

We are a drug‑free workplace. Diligent is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

To all recruitment agencies: Diligent does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Diligent employees or any other organization location. Diligent is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Required Experience:

IC

Key Skills

SAAS, Customer Service, Cloud, Healthcare, Account Management, CRM, Salesforce, Infrastructure, Client Relationships, New Customers, Territory, Trade shows, Sales Goals, Sales Process, Analytics

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1