Enterprise Account Executive - Defence Partner Sales

Own Company

Own Company

Sales & Business Development

London, UK

Posted on May 20, 2026

Description

Overview of the Role:

The OSP (Outsource Service Providers) Account Executive manages a defined territory of current and prospective OSP customers within the Defence sector across the UK and Ireland. This quota-carrying role sits within the Channels & Offerings function of UKI Ecosystems, reporting to the Channels & Offerings Regional Vice President, and offers the opportunity to lead Salesforce's Agentic AI revolution while driving meaningful year-on-year revenue growth.

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with existing and new OSPs to design, build and scale industry-specific solutions with a focus on Agentic AI and market penetration, driving flawless collaboration across sales, marketing, enablement, alliances, partners and customers

  • Identify and develop new business opportunities across the territory, growing existing accounts and executing marketing initiatives to accelerate Salesforce's market-leading position in Agentic AI and Digital Labour across front, middle and back office

  • Build and maintain strategic customer relationships, partnering with OSP Customer and End-Client Account Executives to deliver the customer engagement strategy, and create compelling customer success stories with the OSP business development function and wider ecosystem

  • Operate within a robust operational framework, providing accurate sales forecasts, managing targets and reporting, and driving continuous improvement to the OSP channel and go-to-market strategy through win/loss analysis and customer feedback

Required Qualifications:

  • Extensive sales experience, ideally combining software sales (B2B SaaS) and services sales (BPO, Managed Services or Consulting), with a track record of revenue achievement across multiple enterprise software offerings

  • Proven experience working within a matrixed organisation, building effective relationships across functions including Marketing, Sales Strategy, Finance and Recruiting to achieve results

  • Advanced strategic, operational and analytical capabilities with experience managing complex enterprise sales cycles

  • Ability to collaborate effectively in virtual and in-person teams to solve problems with colleagues, partners and customers

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Direct experience with Salesforce and the Salesforce Ecosystem, including Salesforce Certifications

  • Consultative or challenger sales skills, with the ability to construct and present a clear business case, return on investment analysis and strategic account plan

  • Knowledge of BPO, BPaaS or Managed Service Provider models in a professional services or commercial sales capacity

  • Comfortable managing a varied and fast-paced workload with a high degree of autonomy