Partner Account Executive (4046)

Gbg; Chester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

GBG is hiring a Partner Account Executive in the EMEA channel to support partner and end-user retention across a diverse SME partner portfolio. You will nurture relationships, drive engagement, and proactively manage accounts to maximize retention and growth.

The role offers exposure to sales, marketing, and customer success teams within a dynamic, growth-oriented environment. You will focus on reducing attrition, increasing partner activity, supporting renewals, and helping partners maximise

Qualifications

• Track record in achieving sales targets in a partner ecosystem.
• Interest in building a career in Partner sales with high energy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with IT/Enterprise software is advantageous but not mandatory.
• Channel sales experience is advantageous but not required.
• Detail-oriented with precise record-keeping.
• Self-motivated, reliable and driven by success and recognition.
• Demonstrates business and commercial awareness and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Define engagement and sales strategies with SME Partners and End User Accounts.
• Book and run meetings, QBRs, campaigns, and attrition reviews.
• Maintain daily contact with Partners to identify needs and align with Loqate products.
• Support meetings with Partners, Clients and Prospects to drive GET, KEEP and GROW.
• Identify renewal risks and help retain client business.
• Develop KEEP and GROW strategies with head of Partners for EMEA and marketing lead.
• Create and manage a personal development plan to accelerate progression.

Skills

Target driven

Partner sales

Strong communication

IT/Enterprise software

Channel sales experience

Detail oriented

Motivated and reliable

Entrepreneurial mindset

Job description

About GBG

Enabling safe and rewarding digital lives for genuine people, everywhere

We make it our mission to ensure more genuine people have digital access to opportunities, and businesses have access to more genuine people. Our technology draws on diverse and reliable data to create a single point of truth for identity and address verification.

With over 30 years of experience behind us our team and technology are focused on enabling safe and rewarding digital lives for everyone. Regardless of age, location or background, genuine people everywhere should be able to digitally prove who they are and where they live.

EMEA Channel

The GBG Loqate Channel Business works with over 800 Partners that serve over 7,000 end user customers, through a variation of Resellers and Integrated Introducers. As a hugely diversified business, our EMEA Channel Network has presence across all ranges of industries and sectors. This includes the traditional verticals such as Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Ecommerce and Retail, to new developing and emerging sectors such as Logistics and Rapid Delivery, AI, Marketplaces, Customer Data Platforms and ERP environments. With the breadth of variation across Partner types and Sectors, this provides a varied role with opportunity for Growth and Development.

Partner Account Executive

A Partner Account Executive plays a key role in supporting partner and customer retention across our portfolio of SME partners and end users. In this position, you'll manage a diverse base of reseller partners and customer accounts, building strong relationships through regular engagement and proactive account management.

Your focus will be on reducing attrition, increasing partner activity, supporting renewals, and helping partners and customers maximise the value of our products and services. Working closely with a broad portfolio of SME partners, you'll identify opportunities to increase engagement, drive adoption, and support business growth. Many of the partners within your portfolio are at different stages of their development journey, creating opportunities to strengthen relationships, uncover additional needs, and help partners expand their business with us. Collaborating with internal sales, marketing, customer success, finance, and support teams, you'll help deliver a consistent and positive experience that drives long-term loyalty and success.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a career in channel sales and partner management, combining relationship-building, commercial awareness, and customer-focused execution to deliver measurable retention and growth outcomes.

What you will do

• Work with SME Partners to define engagement and sales strategies to End User Accounts to upsell additional lines of business and generate opportunities for growth.
• Research and engage with a book of Partners, with the view to booking meetings to run QBRs, campaigns, business meetings and attrition reviews.
• Daily contact within the Partner base to identify additional needs and requirements, aligning with the relevant products within the Loqate product portfolio.
• Book and attend meetings with Partners, Clients and Prospects, to support GET, KEEP and GROW.
• Identifying risk in the aligned renewal accounts and helping to retain the clients business.
• Devise a KEEP and GROW strategy, working alongside the Head of Partners for EMEA and Head of Marketing for EMEA. You will create, own and manage this strategy working alongside the Retention Desk.
• Build out a Personal Development Plan to push personal and professional development to accelerate progression within the Partner Team.

Skills we’re looking for

• Experience of working within a target driven/performance-led business
• An individual who is interested in developing a career in Partner sales, who contributes to a high energy and activity environment
• A good communicator, both orally and written.
• Experience in IT/Enterprise software would be an advantage but not compulsory.
• Experience of working within a Channel Sales Structure would be an advantage but not compulsory.
• Detail conscious and committed to keeping accurate and up-to-date records.
• A motivated person, who is reliable and driven by success, reward and recognition.
• An individual who can show business and commercial awareness, entrepreneurial and a strong team player.

To find out more

As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. Please inform your GBG Talent Attraction Partner if you require any reasonable adjustments to the interview process.

Unleash your potential and be part of our mission to power safe and rewarding digital lives.