Business Development Executive, LE – Gartner for Finance Leaders

Company: Gartner
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you drive new business within Large Enterprise across a global territory, converting prospects into Gartner clients and guiding them through the full sales cycle. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver value by aligning Gartner insights with client priorities. You’ll manage complex, high-revenue deals and forecast/account plan to meet ambitious KPIs. This position offers clear progression within Gartner’s growth-focused culture and rewards top performers. You play a pivotal part in expanding Gartner’s impact with large organizations.

Pay / Benefits

  • competitive salary
  • generous paid time off
  • charity match program
  • uncapped commission structure
  • world-class sales training
  • annual Winners Circle event

Responsibilities

  • Identify and pursue new-to-Gartner opportunities within Large Enterprise accounts
  • Own the full sales conversation from outreach to close and transition to account management
  • Maintain a high-quality pipeline and meet sales KPIs
  • Provide insight-based guidance and practical tools to customers to drive value
  • Manage complex, high-revenue deals within matrixed organizations
  • Forecast and develop account plans on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis

Key requirements

  • 5+ years of B2B sales experience in complex, intangible environments
  • Experience in new-client acquisition or business development in a selling role (highly desired)
  • Proven track record of meeting/exceeding sales targets
  • Experience influencing or selling to C-level executives
  • Strong forecasting and pipeline management abilities
  • Willingness to travel
  • Bachelor’s degree desirable
  • results-driven
  • trust-based relationship building
  • collaboration
  • complex sales handling
  • forecasting
  • account planning

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Posted: October 1st, 2026