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You’ll find, win and run new accounts across clients in legal, automotive, energy and media, using insight-led outbound that converts into multi-year, mid-six-to-seven-figure client relationships, and you’ll bring the discipline to keep growing those relationships once they’re won.\nYou’ll work with our existing team across the full commercial lifecycle: targeting, outbound, deal leadership, commercial negotiation and the ongoing growth and renewal of key accounts.\nThis is a hands-on, collaborative role where you’ll:\nConvert a target account list: turn insight-led outbound into real conversations and opportunities.\n\nLead deals: from qualification and discovery through bid strategy to proposal and pitch materials.\n\nLead key accounts: build and carry out a growth plan for each.\n\nNegotiate: commercial terms, pricing and scope, with margin in mind.\n\nDevelop our partnerships: technology and channel partners.\n\nForecast and govern: keep the pipeline and forecast for your accounts clear and honest.\n\nSkills & Requirements\nWe’d love to hear from you if you have experience in:\nComplex Account Leadership: A track record of leading and growing complex consulting, product engineering or digital transformation accounts in the UK, with deals in the mid-six to seven figures, sold over months and involving multiple stakeholders.\n\nNew Business Experience: You’ve built a new business machine, not just managed an inherited one, and you can show the pipeline numbers to prove it.\n\nGrowing Relationships: A demonstrated ability to expand a client relationship past its original scope, into new business units, new buyers and new service lines.\n\nTrusted Relationships: Strong, trusted relationships, built over time with previous clients you’ve worked with and grown.\n\nCommercial Discipline: A deep understanding of revenue forecasting, margin and pricing discipline, and pipeline tooling (Salesforce, HubSpot or equivalents).\n\nSenior Credibility: You’re credible in front of CIOs, CDOs, CMOs and their direct reports, pre- and post-sale.\n\nEmbrace AI: You use AI in how you work, for example to research accounts, prepare for meetings or shape proposals, and you can tell us how it has helped you.\n\nCuriosity over ego: You approach disagreement with empathy, learn from feedback, and care for your colleagues.\n\nDesirable: Sector depth experience in legal, energy, manufacturing, automotive, energy or media.\nWhat Futurice Offers You\nWe use a transparent salary model based on your skills, responsibilities, and impact. The salary band for this role is £86,000-£115,000, depending on experience.\nWe also believe in care, trust, transparency, and continuous improvement. Here’s what that looks like in practice:\n A supportive, values-driven team culture where individuality is celebrated.\n\nA personal learning budget (£1200/year), mentoring, and knowledge-sharing sessions.\n\nFlexible, remote-first working with colleagues across the UK and EU.\n\nPrivate health insurance (WPA), pension contributions (6%+), and wellbeing support (£50/month via Juno).\n\n25 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off - increasing by 1 day per year after 3 years’ service (capped at 30).\n\n A tiered parental leave policy (16 weeks maternity, 4 weeks partner, full pay depending on tenure).\n\nEV salary sacrifice scheme (depending on tenure).\n\nNext steps - who you’ll meet and for what\nWe aim to make the process clear, human, and respectful of your time:\nRecruiter screen (30m) - with someone from our People Team\n\nSkills-based interview (60m) - with 2 team members from our Futurice team\n\nWays of working & values interview (45m) - with a cross-functional duo.\n\nDiversity, Equity & Inclusion at Futurice \nAt Futurice, we celebrate individuality and believe our differences make us stronger. 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