Account Director (Business Growth)
At a glance
Leadership Account Management role at Weekday AI. Dubai · full-time.
Pay not stated Account Director salary
Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Create enterprise sales plans, then own targets, revenue, profitability, and expansion across Dubai accounts
- Find whitespace in strategic accounts and grow relationships through outbound prospecting and qualified pipeline building
- Meet CXOs and senior decision-makers for discovery, presentations, solution demonstrations, and commercial discussions
- Sell cloud consulting and transformation services, especially AWS solutions, while shaping proposals and Statements of Work
- Coordinate with AWS, technology partners, and Marketing on joint campaigns, workshops, events, and customer adoption
What you bring
- At least seven years in enterprise software, technology, or cloud sales with a record of beating targets
- Direct enterprise selling and strategic account management experience across complex, multi-stakeholder deals
- A strong track record selling cloud computing or cloud consulting services, with AWS sales experience preferred
- You can explain cloud solutions independently in early customer discussions without relying heavily on pre-sales teams
- Strong English communication, commercial negotiation, analytical skills, and relationships with CXO-level stakeholders
Who this fits
This suits a senior enterprise seller who can create opportunities, manage strategic accounts, and discuss both commercial and cloud topics. You’ll work onsite in Dubai and need to operate independently in a fast-moving environment. The role emphasizes AWS, partner engagement, outbound pipeline creation, and executive-level customer access.
From the employer
This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Salary range: Rs 100000 - Rs 9000000 (ie INR 1 - 90 LPA)
Min Experience: 7+ years
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
JobType: full-time
We are looking for an experienced Account Director – Enterprise to drive direct sales and business growth across enterprise accounts in the Dubai, UAE market. This is a strategic, customer-facing role focused on expanding adoption of cloud consulting and transformation services, with strong emphasis on AWS.
The ideal candidate will combine enterprise sales expertise, cloud technology understanding, strategic account management, and strong CXO relationships. You will be responsible for identifying strategic opportunities, building qualified pipelines, developing commercial relationships, and driving revenue growth across enterprise accounts.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute short- and long-term enterprise sales and business development strategies.
- Own enterprise sales targets, revenue growth, profitability, and market expansion objectives.
- Identify, structure, and manage strategic enterprise accounts and commercial opportunities.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with CXOs and senior decision-makers across key accounts.
- Drive adoption of cloud consulting and transformation services, particularly AWS solutions.
- Develop account-specific strategies to identify whitespace opportunities and expand existing relationships.
- Lead outbound prospecting and pipeline development across large enterprise accounts.
- Conduct initial customer conversations, presentations, solution demonstrations, and business discussions independently.
- Develop and contribute to proposals, Statements of Work (SOWs), and pre-sales documentation.
- Work closely with AWS and other technology partners to develop joint go-to-market strategies and drive customer adoption.
- Establish regular engagement cadences with cloud partners, OEMs, ISVs, and business development teams.
- Collaborate with Marketing to develop account-based campaigns, workshops, events, and customer engagement programs.
- Build account intelligence through market research, social platforms, industry analysis, and customer data.
- Track customer buying behavior, technology trends, industry developments, and relevant regulatory or policy changes.
- Build a high-performing, collaborative sales organization and leverage team capabilities to develop winning proposals and business opportunities.
- Provide strategic market insights and sales updates to leadership.
What We're Looking For
- 7+ years of experience in enterprise software, technology, or cloud sales with a strong record of exceeding targets.
- Proven experience in direct enterprise sales and strategic account management.
- Strong background selling cloud computing or cloud consulting services.
- AWS cloud sales experience is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to build enterprise pipelines through outbound prospecting and account development.
- Experience managing large, complex enterprise sales cycles and multi-stakeholder deals.
- Strong CXO-level relationship-building and consultative selling capabilities.
- Ability to conduct first-level discovery conversations, presentations, and cloud solution discussions without heavy dependence on pre-sales teams.
- Experience working with technology partners, OEMs, ISVs, and cloud provider teams.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to structure and negotiate enterprise deals.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret sales data, identify market trends, and uncover new opportunities.
- Ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
- Strong ownership, responsiveness, and execution orientation.
Technical & Domain Knowledge
Candidates should have a practical understanding of:
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft Azure
- Cloud consulting and transformation
- SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS architectures
- Enterprise cloud adoption and modernization
- Cloud migration and managed services
Experience with Snowflake, Commvault, or Databricks is an added advantage.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a results-driven enterprise sales professional who understands both the commercial and technical aspects of cloud solutions. You should be comfortable engaging senior stakeholders, developing strategic accounts, creating opportunities from the ground up, and working closely with cloud partners to deliver measurable revenue growth.
Must-Have Skills
- Cloud Sales
- Direct Sales
- Enterprise Sales
- Strategic Account Management
- AWS / Cloud Solutions
Good-to-Have Skills
- Snowflake
- Commvault
- Databricks
- Cloud Consulting
- Partner / Alliance Management
- CXO Relationships
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