Vice President, Strategic Accounts- Software

• Build and lead Esko’s global Strategic Account Sales organization, establishing the operating model, performance expectations, and execution standards for the Tier 1 portfolio. • Recruit, lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Global Strategic Account Managers, with each SAM serving as the single commercial owner of assigned strategic customers and prospects. • Own the overall commercial performance of the Tier 1 portfolio, including bookings, recurring-revenue growth, new-customer acquisition, retention, expansion, profitability, pipeline development, and forecast accuracy. • Establish clear criteria and governance for identifying and managing strategic customers and high-potential prospects in partnership with Esko’s leadership team. • Develop and execute multiyear strategic account plans for existing customers and comprehensive pursuit plans for Tier 1 prospects. • Expand Esko’s presence within strategic customers by identifying new buying centers, business units, geographies, use cases, and enterprise-wide opportunities across Esko’s portfolio. • Shift customer engagement from transactional product selling to consultative, value-based selling through executive discovery, trusted-advisor workshops, business-value assessments, and outcome-based proposals. • Develop and execute strategic commercial models, including Enterprise License Agreements, multiyear agreements, and portfolio-based solutions that increase customer value and strengthen long-term relationships. • Build strong, multilevel relationships across customer organizations, including executive sponsors, business leaders, operational stakeholders, procurement, and technology teams. • Establish executive sponsorship, account governance, strategic customer workshops, and regular business reviews for Esko’s most important relationships. • Serve as executive sponsor and deal strategist for significant opportunities, ensuring disciplined qualification, competitive positioning, negotiation, pricing, discount governance, and deal closure. • Orchestrate Presales, Customer Success, Product, Services, Marketing, product specialists, partners, and Esko executives around a single account strategy with clear roles and rules of engagement. • Partner with Customer Success to protect retention, drive adoption and customer value, identify expansion opportunities, and address account risk proactively. • Implement consistent operating discipline across account planning, pipeline management, opportun

About the Role The Opportunity We are seeking a Vice President, Strategic Account Sales to build and lead Esko’s global Tier 1 Strategic Account organization. Reporting directly to the Chief Revenue Officer, this leader will be responsible for a defined portfolio of existing customers and prospective customers that meet Esko’s strategic-account criteria based on factors such as revenue potential, global complexity, portfolio fit, strategic relevance, and long-term partnership opportunity. This leader will own the overall commercial performance of the Tier 1 portfolio—including new-customer acquisition, retention, expansion, recurring-revenue growth, profitability, pipeline development, and forecast accuracy. The Vice President will lead a team of Global Strategic Account Managers who serve as the single commercial owners of their assigned accounts, managing the full relationship from strategy and executive alignment through opportunity development and commercial execution. The mandate is to transform how Esko engages its most important customers and prospects: moving from transactional, product-led selling to consultative, value-based partnerships. This includes establishing rigorous account and pursuit planning, building executive-level relationships, uncovering enterprise-wide opportunities, and developing strategic commercial models such as multiyear agreements and Enterprise License Agreements. The Vice President will bring together Sales, Customer Success, Presales, Product, Services, Marketing, partners, and Esko’s executive leadership around one coordinated strategy for each account. Success will be measured by sustainable portfolio growth, strong retention and expansion, new strategic customer acquisition, improved commercial discipline, deeper executive relationships, and customers who view Esko as a trusted strategic partner. What You'll Do In this role, you will: • Build and lead Esko’s global Strategic Account Sales organization, establishing the operating model, performance expectations, and execution standards for the Tier 1 portfolio. • Recruit, lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Global Strategic Account Managers, with each SAM serving as the single commercial owner of assigned strategic customers and prospects. • Own the overall commercial performance of the Tier 1 portfolio, including bookings, recurring-revenue growth, new-customer acquisition, retention, expansion, profitability, pipeline development, and forecast accuracy. • Establish clear criteria and governance for identifying and managing strategic customers and high-potential prospects in partnership with Esko’s leadership team. • Develop and execute multiyear strategic account plans for existing customers and comprehensive pursuit plans for Tier 1 prospects. • Expand Esko’s presence within strategic customers by identifying new buying centers, business units, geographies, use cases, and enterprise-wide opportunities across Esko’s portfolio. • Shift customer engagement from transactional product selling to consultative, value-based selling through executive discovery, trusted-advisor workshops, business-value assessments, and outcome-based proposals. • Develop and execute strategic commercial models, including Enterprise License Agreements, multiyear agreements, and portfolio-based solutions that increase customer value and strengthen long-term relationships. • Build strong, multilevel relationships across customer organizations, including executive sponsors, business leaders, operational stakeholders, procurement, and technology teams. • Establish executive sponsorship, account governance, strategic customer workshops, and regular business reviews for Esko’s most important relationships. • Serve as executive sponsor and deal strategist for significant opportunities, ensuring disciplined qualification, competitive positioning, negotiation, pricing, discount governance, and deal closure. • Orchestrate Presales, Customer Success, Product, Services, Marketing, product specialists, partners, and Esko executives around a single account strategy with clear roles and rules of engagement. • Partner with Customer Success to protect retention, drive adoption and customer value, identify expansion opportunities, and address account risk proactively. • Implement consistent operating discipline across account planning, pipeline management, opportunity progression, forecasting, CRM hygiene, and business reviews. • Represent the voice of strategic customers internally, using market and customer insight to inform product, packaging, services, and go-to-market priorities while balancing individual requests with Esko’s broader strategic direction. • Build the capabilities, methodologies, playbooks, and coaching practices required to scale a world-class strategic-account organization globally. What We're Looking For Minimum Qualifications These are the must-have requirements for the role: • Experience leading a global enterprise sales teams in a recurring revenue B2B software environment • Proven track record of building and scaling high-performing sales teams that have delivered measurable ARR growth through acquisition, expansion, and customer retention • Demonstrated ability to design and execute multi-year account strategies across complex, multinational customer • Experience leading teams through complex sales cycles, including contract negotiation and deal closure at the executive level • Experience with CRM tools and commercial reporting, with demonstrated ability to drive accurate team forecasting and pipeline management • Collaborative leadership skills with demonstrated ability to coordinate and influence cross-functional stakeholders across Product, Finance, and Customer Experience • Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field Preferred Qualifications These are nice-to-have skills that will set candidates apart: • Experience selling or managing accounts