Account Executive - Public Sector

Gartner; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 88,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Uncapped commission

World-class sales training

Winners Circle event

Collaborative culture

Career development

Job summary

Gartner, Inc. is seeking an Account Executive for Global Tech Sales in the Public Sector to drive value for large Northern Ireland clients. This remote role covers the NI territory with occasional travel to Dublin.

You will build trusted relationships with C-level executives, identify expansion opportunities, and manage a robust sales pipeline to meet ambitious quotas. A bachelor’s degree is preferred and travel is required.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of B2B sales experience in complex environments.
• Proven ability to influence C‑level executives and close deals.
• Demonstrated forecast accuracy and pipeline management.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage a territory of Large Enterprise clients with +$1B revenue focus.
• Build trust-based relationships with C‑suite and teams.
• Develop and close cross-sell and upsell opportunities.
• Maintain a high-quality pipeline and meet KPIs.
• Own forecasting and account planning monthly, quarterly, and yearly.

Skills

B2B sales experience

C-Level engagement

Forecasting

Pipeline management

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Account Executive - Global Tech Sales - Public Sector - Northern Ireland

(Based remotely - Northern Ireland Territory - 1-2 times a month in Dublin office)

About Gartner - Public Sector:

Our Public Sector sales division provides research insights and guidance to CIOs and CTOs within various public sector verticals such as Central/Local Government, Security & Defence, Tax, Healthcare and Housing. Gartner delivers actionable, objective insight to executives and their teams by leveraging Gartner’s objective research & expertise, clients are able to make quicker decisions in order to achieve their mission critical priorities.

About this role:

The Account Executive is a field sales role responsible for client retention and growth. Account Executives build trust-based relationships with C-Level Executives and their teams. They understand the mission-critical priorities of their clients and ensure clients receive the value from the Gartner relationship that they expect, while also identifying opportunities for stronger value delivery with alternative product offerings.

Account Executives will be given a territory of Large Enterprise clients.

In our End-User Large Enterprise segment, Account Executives work with clients who have +$1bil in annual revenue.

What you will do:

• Drive value delivery with current Gartner clients, ensuring clients maximize the value they receive from their Gartner services
• Identify, cultivate, qualify and close client growth opportunities through cross-sell and upsell
• Continually build a pipeline of high-quality opportunities to deliver against your sales metrics, ensuring KPI’s are met.
• Quota responsibility for your assigned territory.
• Manage complex high-revenue sales across matrix and diverse business environments.
• Own forecasting and account planning on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis.

What you will need:

• 5-8+ years' B2B sales experience, preferably within complex, intangible sales environments
• Experience selling to and/or influencing C-Level Executives
• Proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales targets.
• Proven ability to own, manage, and forecast a complex sales process.
• Willingness to conduct travel as needed.
• Bachelor's degree preferred

What you will get:

• Competitive salary, generous paid time off policy, charity match program, and more!
• Uncapped commission structure
• World-class sales training programs and skill development programs
• Annual "Winners Circle" event attendance at exclusive destinations for top performers
• Collaborative, team-oriented culture that embraces inclusion
• Professional development and career growth opportunities

Our awards and accolades:

• Fortune World's Most Admired Companies 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025
• Forbes America's Best Employers 2018, 2019 & 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025
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• Human Rights Campaign - Score of 100% for Corporate Equality Index & Best Places to Work for LBGTQ Equality 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Disability Equality Index Award for Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
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Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities - opportunities that may not even exist right now - for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

Gartner is the world authority on AI

At Gartner, you’ll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution. Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients’ AI journeys. We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact. You’ll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes.

It’s an exciting time to be at Gartner, with limitless opportunities to make a real impact, grow your skills, and build a lasting, meaningful career in a field that’s reshaping the way we operate. If you’re passionate about AI and want to be part of a team that’s guiding the leaders who shape the world, Gartner is the place for you.

What do we offer?

• Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.
• In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive - working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

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