Lead Account Executive, Central Gov & Blue Light

About the role

The Lead Account Executive will manage a book of existing key customers in the Central Government and Blue Light sectors while hunting for new enterprise logo acquisitions. This role involves driving sales execution, building pipeline, and developing territory strategy in collaboration with internal specialist teams. The position reports to the Director of Enterprise for UK & Ireland.

Responsibilities

• Set the vision for your UK & Ireland Enterprise Territory
• Coordinate virtual, geographically distributed teams
• Drive disciplined sales execution across the full Veeam portfolio
• Accelerate growth in hybrid cloud and cloud-native environments
• Build executive-level relationships with senior stakeholders
• Challenge the status quo with bold, innovative ideas
• Partner with Channel, Hyperscalers, and System Integrators

Required skills

• Enterprise Sales
• SaaS
• Cloud computing
• Data resilience
• Sales management

Qualifications

• Degree in business or technical discipline
• Equivalent practical experience

Benefits

• 25 days paid vacation
• 4 global VeeaMe Days
• 24 paid volunteer hours
• Private medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Income protection
• Pension plan
• Worldwide travel insurance

About the Company

Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide.