Key Account Manager - Airlines

Cirium; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in aviation analytics is seeking a Key Account Manager to strengthen relationships with airline clients, guide sales strategies, and drive revenue growth. Your role will be pivotal in delivering exceptional value and fostering collaboration across teams. The ideal candidate will possess a strong sales background with a focus on the aviation industry, demonstrating exceptional communication and strategic thinking skills.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening and medical benefits

Wellbeing programs

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Outstanding track record in enterprise sales.
• Experience with senior stakeholders in aviation.
• Self-motivated with creative problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with leading airline clients.
• Devise account engagement plans for revenue growth.
• Negotiate high-value agreements for Cirium.

Skills

Negotiation

Sales

Client Relationship Management

Communication

Strategic Thinking

Education

Experience in enterprise sales

Aviation background preferred

Job description

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About The Company

At Cirium, our goal is to keep the world connected. We are the industry leader in aviation analytics; helping our customers understand the past, present, and predicting what will happen tomorrow. Our mission is to transform the aviation industry by enabling airlines, airports, travel companies, tech giants, aircraft manufacturers, financial institutions and many more accelerate their own digital transformation. You can learn more about Cirium at the link below. https://www.cirium.com/

About The Company

At Cirium, our goal is to keep the world connected. We are the industry leader in aviation analytics; helping our customers understand the past, present, and predicting what will happen tomorrow. Our mission is to transform the aviation industry by enabling airlines, airports, travel companies, tech giants, aircraft manufacturers, financial institutions and many more accelerate their own digital transformation. You can learn more about Cirium at the link below. https://www.cirium.com/

About Our Team

The European Airports and Airline Team (A&A) is key to accelerating the continued growth of Cirium. Our high performing team is continuously evolving and striving for greater commercial impact. Our sales methodology focuses on helping clients understand the value we provide to their business and help them navigate the buying process.

The A&A team is based in our central London office, part of the wider EMEA sales team. The EMEA sales team includes sectors across travel, technology providers, aircraft manufacturers and financial institutions.

Cirium is one of four companies that comprise LexisNexis Risk Data Services, all of whom are closely aligned in sales methodology, recognising the importance of collaboration and sharing best practice to deliver mutual success.

About The Role

As the Key Account Manager (Airlines), you will play a crucial role in ensuring every aviation decision is powered by Cirium. Your success will be driven by providing clients with the best experience and value. You will lead the commercial relationship with Europe’s leading airlines, influencing and collaborating with senior stakeholders. Through multi-channel engagement, you will develop and strengthen relationships, execute sales strategies to drive revenue growth, and increase market share. High performance is part of our DNA, and you will be pivotal in aligning with global cross-functional teams to support aviation industry transformation.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with leading airline clients, including key influencers and decision makers like the C-suite, to drive Cirium's commercial advantage
• Devise account engagement plans to facilitate higher revenue growth through broader and deeper relationships
• Conduct quarterly client business reviews and co-collaborate to align for account growth
• Negotiate and close high-value agreements, ensuring value-based price discovery and scoping terms
• Lead by example, promoting a high-performance culture, internal and external collaboration, innovation, and a customer-centric approach
• Define and execute airline enterprise sales strategy aligned with Cirium’s goals to renew, upsell, and cross-sell opportunities
• Identify new business opportunities, market trends, and growth areas to expand Cirium’s reach
• Represent Cirium at conferences, forums, panels, webinars, and speaking engagements
  
  

Skills Required

• Outstanding track record in enterprise sales, commercial success, and client relationship management at all levels of an organization, ideally with an aviation background
• Highly developed communication, negotiation, sales, and presentation skills
• Ability to understand complexity and how capabilities can benefit clients
• Strategic thinking with an understanding of business economics drivers and creativity to drive win-win relationships for commercial improvement
• Self-motivated, comfortable working autonomously, and embracing a growth mindset to continuously seek opportunities for improvement and innovation
• Creative problem-solving skills and the ability to diagnose issues and develop solutions/use cases
• Ability to set a vision for enterprise accounts and translate complex business goals into actionable sales strategies
• Strong focus on understanding client
  
  

Working For You

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Wellbeing programs
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Optional Dental Insurance
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Business Development

• Industries

  Airlines and Aviation

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