Strategic Account Director

About us

At Environment Bank, we’re working together to help restore natural habitats across England. With thousands of acres of new habitat creation already underway, our projects are delivering biodiversity gains and helping vital ecosystems to recover and flourish. 

Our diverse team includes ecologists, land managers, habitat specialists, geospatial analysts, planning advisors, account managers, digital creatives, legal experts, and more. 

From our habitat specialists to our sales and marketing teams, everyone at Environment Bank is a champion for our values, working towards our goal of reversing biodiversity loss. 

Environment Bank is a market-leading organisation in a sector that’s experiencing rapid growth. We’ve already built a highly skilled team of experts and we’re actively looking to expand our team in the coming months. 

We’re incredibly proud of all we achieved so far and we’re still growing. If you'd like to be part of a driven organisation that's making a real difference, find your next role with the team at Environment Bank. 

About the role

We’re looking for a driven and strategic individual to grow, nurture, and expand sales of BNG Units and other nature solutions for Environment Bank, focusing on a defined portfolio of Strategically Important Accounts (Developers).

You’ll build a strong business pipeline and play a key role in delivering Environment Bank’s growth strategy by meeting ambitious sales targets. This is an exciting opportunity to work with some of the UK’s most influential land developers on nationally significant projects.

High performers will have the chance to shape our sales strategy and may progress into a leadership role following a period of trust-building and consistent, high-quality delivery.

 Key responsibilities

• Provide expert consultation to help prospective customers meet their BNG requirements at both project and organisational levels.
• Own the full sales cycle—from initiating relationships and qualifying opportunities to scoping, commercial negotiations and account development.
• Use a consultative sales approach to build strategic, long-term relationships with new and existing clients.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities within your account portfolio over the short and medium term.
• Drive growth within each account through a proactive, multi-threaded engagement strategy.
• Collaborate closely with the Partnerships team, Business Development team, Senior Leadership, and other Sales functions to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and Environment Bank.
• Demonstrate through your approach to strategy and interactions with the wider team and business that you can step into a leadership role

About you

You are passionate and motivated by delivering meaningful biodiversity outcomes through practical, evidence-based work. To be successful in this role, you will bring the following skills and experience:

Your Mindset

·        Open, growth mindset

·        Ethical and professional

·        Accountable

·        Curious and collaborative

·        Ambitious to succeed in high growth environment

·        Natural work ethic and can-do attitude

·        Team before self

·        Enthusiasm for B2B selling

Your Skills

·        Exceptional sales skills with a demonstrable track record of consistent performance at Enterprise level.

·        Strong communicator as comfortable sharing a coffee with one decision-maker as presenting to a full executive team of a prospective client.

·        Able to pivot between strategic deal-making and tactical application of skills as suits the opportunity.

·        Organised and self-sufficient.

·        Leading a team and taking full responsibility for their progression and performance

EDI & Belonging

At the heart of Environment Bank are the people, who make it all possible. We employ individuals, who share the same passion to live our Environment Bank mission and values.

At Environment Bank we believe that fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace makes us more innovative, dynamic, and competitive. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone is valued and respected, free from discrimination based on race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status.

Proven strong sales operator in any of the following fields:

• Enterprise B2B Sales
• Planning or Ecological Consultancy
• Multi-Disciplinary Consultancy
• Leadership

Competent with:

• Managing complex, longer term deal cycles with multiple stakeholders
• Sales forecasting
• Working across verticals
• Business networking
• Knowledge of the development sector
• Working knowledge of energy, utilities or infrastructure sectors (desirable not essential)
• Differentiating in compliance markets (desirable not essential)
• Knowledge of Land markets (desirable not essential) 

Essential:

• Evidence based track record
• References that support it

As an organisation, we believe that work should be fulfilling, inspiring, and balanced, so we’re creating a space where our team can thrive, both personally and professionally – providing flexible working arrangements, mental wellbeing support, and more.  

We offer... 

🎁 Performance-based annual bonus up to 10% of salary 
💸 Pension scheme with employer-matched contributions at 6% of salary 

🏖️ 30 days of annual leave, plus paid bank holidays, birthday, and wellbeing day 
➕ Option to purchase 5 additional days of annual leave after probation

🏡 Remote and hybrid flexible working options 
💼 Regional and departmental team co-working days 

🌞 Expenses-paid whole company meet twice a year 
🎗️ Team fundraising and charity events 
🎓 Ongoing career development with training and mentoring 

🩺 Medical cash back scheme to cover everyday healthcare costs 
‍🧠 Employee assistance mental wellbeing support 
❤️‍🩹️ Enhanced sickness pay allowance