Account Manager
Job Summary
- Manages and develops a portfolio of strategic recurring project customer accounts across the UAE region.
- Maintains strong customer relationships to protect and grow strategic accounts and support long-term customer engagement.
- Assumes ownership of qualified opportunities following formal handover from the Hunter Business Development Manager (BDM) and manages them through the remaining commercial sales cycle.
- Manages proposals commercial negotiations and deal closure across both new and existing account opportunities.
- Identifies and pursues account expansion opportunities and additional project opportunities within the existing customer base.
- Drives repeat project business and supports long-term customer relationship continuity to reduce customer attrition.
- Supports new business growth alongside the Hunter BDM function given the relatively small and strategic size of the assigned account portfolio.
- Coordinates commercial activity across assigned accounts including forecasting next-step management and commercial tracking.
- Records all opportunity handovers within CRM including clear ownership assignment customer notes and next actions ensuring visibility to management and finance.
- Maintains accurate daily CRM updates covering opportunity management forecasts and customer engagement records.
- Collaborates with delivery and technical teams to ensure customer requirements are met and projects are progressed successfully.
- Develops strategic partner and customer relationships attending networking and customer engagement activities to support market visibility.
- Maintains a minimum of 40 qualified customer meetings per month.
- Supports commercial governance processes including quarterly true-up reviews accurate forecasting and margin/scope tracking.
- Performs other tasks that may be required from time to time.
Strong commercial and negotiation skills with a proven ability to manage opportunities through proposal negotiation and closure.
Excellent relationship-management skills with the ability to develop protect and grow strategic long-term customer accounts.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills for proposal development customer engagement and stakeholder management.
Sound commercial judgement including pricing margin awareness and professional handling of negotiations.
High level of CRM and commercial discipline with accurate timely and consistent record-keeping.
Strong collaboration skills able to coordinate effectively across technical delivery and finance teams to progress opportunities.
Proactive target-driven approach with strong personal accountability for quota and commercial performance.
Time management and multitasking skills to manage a portfolio of strategic accounts and opportunities simultaneously.
Flexible and resilient able to operate effectively in a hybrid account management and business development role.
- Degree in Business Sales Marketing or a related field
- Proven experience in account management project sales or business development ideally within the technology/IT sector
- Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant commercial or account management experience
- Demonstrated track record of managing commercial sales cycles from qualification through to closure
Required Skills:
Required Skills Strong commercial and negotiation skills with a proven ability to manage opportunities through proposal negotiation and closure. Excellent relationship-management skills with the ability to develop protect and grow strategic long-term customer accounts. Excellent verbal and written communication skills for proposal development customer engagement and stakeholder management. Sound commercial judgement including pricing margin awareness and professional handling of negotiations. High level of CRM and commercial discipline with accurate timely and consistent record-keeping. Strong collaboration skills able to coordinate effectively across technical delivery and finance teams to progress opportunities. Proactive target-driven approach with strong personal accountability for quota and commercial performance. Time management and multitasking skills to manage a portfolio of strategic accounts and opportunities simultaneously. Flexible and resilient able to operate effectively in a hybrid account management and business development role. Qualifications and Education Requirements Degree in Business Sales Marketing or a related field Proven experience in account management project sales or business development ideally within the technology/IT sector Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant commercial or account management experience Demonstrated track record of managing commercial sales cycles from qualification through to closure