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Account Director – Aviation (EMEA)

Comply365 - Bristol, South Gloucestershire, United Kingdom - Hybrid - posted 2026-10-06

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Comply365 is a global provider of compliance, safety, training, and data intelligence technologies serving the aviation, defence, and rail industries with 500+ customers across 80+ countries. The company delivers enterprise SaaS and mobile solutions enabling operational management, safety, and compliance for highly regulated industries. The Account Director will manage and grow a portfolio of enterprise aviation customers within the European region, reporting to the Head of Sales and Accounts - Europe. This role focuses on expanding existing customer relationships, identifying new commercial opportunities, driving complex enterprise deals, and ensuring long-term customer value and retention. As a trusted advisor to airline customers, you will develop strong relationships across operational and executive stakeholders while collaborating cross-functionally with Solution Consultants, Product, Customer Success, and Marketing teams. You will play a critical part in executing regional growth strategy by identifying upsell, cross-sell, and expansion opportunities. Key responsibilities include: - Owning commercial performance of assigned customer accounts, including expansion, renewals, and revenue growth - Identifying, developing, and closing upsell and cross-sell opportunities across the platform - Building and maintaining a strong pipeline of opportunities within existing customers - Developing and executing strategic account plans aligned with regional growth objectives - Leading end-to-end sales cycles for expansion opportunities, from identification through negotiation and close - Managing commercial discussions, pricing, and contract negotiations - Building multi-level relationships across customer organizations, including operational leaders, technical stakeholders, and executives - Developing deep understanding of customers' operational challenges, regulatory environment, and strategic priorities - Ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction, retention, and long-term partnership - Working closely with Customer Success teams to ensure successful product adoption and value realization - Collaborating with internal teams to develop solutions addressing customer needs - Providing customer insights and market feedback to support product development and strategy - Maintaining accurate pipeline, forecasting, and account activity tracking in Salesforce - Providing regular updates on account performance, pipeline health, and expansion opportunities Requirements: - 5+ years of enterprise B2B SaaS account management or enterprise sales experience - Proven experience managing large enterprise customers and complex software relationships - Demonstrated success growing ARR through upsell, cross-sell, and expansion within existing accounts - Strong commercial skills including value-based selling, pricing discussions, and contract negotiations - Ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder customer relationships - Strong consultative selling and account planning capabilities - Experience working in aviation, aerospace, or other highly regulated industries (preferred) - Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills - German language fluency (preferred) - Experience working in global, cross-functional teams - CRM proficiency (Salesforce preferred) - Willingness to travel within the region as required

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