Senior Account Executive

Little Journey

Senior Account Executive for Little Journey, expanding partnerships in Life Sciences. Selling enterprise SaaS solutions for clinical trial engagement and patient retention.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £70,000 - £80,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive new business acquisition, meeting or exceeding an annual revenue target of £1.5M+ in new sales, through structuring and negotiating multi-year, multi-trial contracts, ensuring long-term partnerships
Own the full sales cycle, from prospecting (with support from marketing) to contract negotiation and closure, ensuring seamless handoff to our delivery team for implementation.
Engage senior decision-makers in pharmaceutical and biotech companies through a thought-leadership approach, positioning our platform as a key solution for clinical trial engagement and patient retention.
Navigate complex, multi-stakeholder deals with R&D, clinical operations, and procurement teams in pharma and biotech.
Manage your pipeline within HubSpot, ensuring accuracy in forecasting and deal tracking.
Work closely with Product, Science, and Tech teams, ensuring client insights shape our product roadmap and evidence strategy.
Stay informed on industry trends, regulations, and competitor positioning, adapting sales strategies accordingly.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive and demonstrable enterprise sales experience, with a proven track record of selling complex solutions into pharmaceutical or biotech companies
Demonstrable track record of closing multiple £450K+ ACV deals
Established network of senior decision-makers and procurement stakeholders within pharmaceutical and biotech organisations, with the ability to leverage existing relationships to generate enterprise opportunities quickly
Extensive experience coordinating RFP responses, bid submission and bid defence processes
Experience managing complex sales cycles (engaging and influencing different multi-stakeholder buying groups with different objectives, formal procurement processes and senior decision-makers)
Strong commercial negotiation skills, able to craft strategic, high-impact deals
Understanding of the pharma R&D lifecycle, particularly clinical trials and digital health technologies
Proficiency in HubSpot (or equivalent CRM) and structured sales methodologies (eg. MEDDIC, SPIN, Challenger Sales)
Strong Power Point and presentation skills
Results driven – You take ownership and stay resilient through challenges
Consultative and credible – you build trust with clients, and can lead insightful conversations with them
Collaborative – You know that nothing great is done alone, build strong partnerships with internal teams
Low ego – You are professional, adaptable and understand the constraints and opportunities of working in a scale up

Benefits

Comp & perks

Gross salary: £70-80k base per year
Commission scheme
Up to 6% pension match (salary sacrifice)
EMI share options
28 days annual leave per year (plus public holidays)
£500 annual training budget
£200 home working budget (one-off)
Flexible working with core hours
Enhanced (family & parental) leave policies

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Hard Skills & Tools

enterprise sales experiencecomplex solutions sellingclosing ACV dealsRFP coordinationbid submissionbid defence processescommercial negotiation skillssales methodologiesPowerPoint skillsclinical trials knowledge

Soft Skills

results drivenconsultativecollaborativetrust buildingadaptabilityresilienceinsightful conversationownershipprofessionalismlow ego