Strategic Account Director (Perm, UK, Remote)

Strategic Account Director (Perm, UK, Remote)

This is a permanent full time remote opportunity for those based in the UK. Please note there may be occasional travel required.

About Nearform

Nearform is an independent team of data and AI experts, engineers, and designers who build intelligent digital solutions and capabilities at pace. We create AI‑enabled solutions that enhance digital experiences, empower developers, and deliver measurable results. In these ways, we partner with ambitious enterprises to deliver enduring impact. Our deep expertise in solving complex digital problems, along with our collaborative, people‑first approach, enables enterprises to build breakthrough products and modernise legacy systems by unleashing the power of AI. Today, our team of 500 experts in 20+ countries is trusted by leading enterprises including Lululemon, Puma, Sun Life, Starbucks, Travelex, Virgin Media O2, and Walmart.

The role

Nearform has worked with this Client for over a decade. They are one of our most strategically important clients — a Client that we both sell to (as a direct client) and sell with (as a partner taking joint propositions to their end-clients).

We’re hiring a Strategic Account Director to own the commercial growth of this account. This is a senior, hands-on role: equal parts business developer, marketer, account strategist, and trusted operator inside one of Nearform’s most important relationships. You will be the commercial centre of gravity for everything Nearform does with this Client.

Primary responsibilities

• Own the executive relationship. Build and maintain a network of senior sponsors across the Client’s consulting and technology leadership teams, creating new advocates for Nearform and deepening executive engagement over time.
• Own the business development plan. Build, maintain, and execute a multi-year account plan with clear targets, named opportunities, and a credible path to growth.
• Win new business, across both sides of the relationship. Lead pursuit of new opportunities — directly into this Client and jointly into their end-clients — from origination through to close.
• Bring commercial framing to technical pursuits. Partner with Nearform’s Technical Directors and Solutions leaders to translate strong technical propositions into compelling commercial cases that win.
• Manage marketing for the account. Own how Nearform shows up in and around this Client — joint content, co-branded propositions, events, case studies, and the steady drumbeat of presence that keeps us front of mind.
• Define and align the account management model. Agree with the Client (and internally) how the relationship is governed — who meets whom, on what cadence, with what outcomes — and keep that model healthy as the account scales.
• Be a commercial face of the relationship. Build and maintain senior stakeholder relationships across this account, and act as the internal owner of the commercial health at Nearform.
• Forecast, report, and run the rhythm. Maintain accurate pipeline, forecast confidently, and run the operational cadence (QBRs, pipeline reviews, account standups) that keeps the account predictable.
• Work with local GTM teams where appropriate so we are bringing local intimacy with global consistency.

Experience guidelines

Commercial track record

• Demonstrable experience growing a strategic enterprise account, ideally one that combines direct selling and partner/channel motions
• Track record of winning new business in a services or technology environment — not just managing existing revenue
• Comfortable owning a number and forecasting against it

Consulting and Partner fluency

• Has worked with, in, or alongside consult…