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United Kingdom · Sales · Mid-Level (2-5 years)

Enterprise Sales Specialist

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  • Experience bandMid-Level (2-5 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toEnterprise Account Executive (L3) or Sales Manager (L5)
  • UK framework levelUsually a coordinator, or early in a professional job

Also advertised as Enterprise Business Development Representative · Mid-Market Account Executive (New Business) · Senior Sales Development Representative

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2AI and this work

Will AI change your work as an Enterprise Sales Specialist?

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The new skills this role is being asked for

  • Advanced Personalisation & Hyper-relevance
  • Data-Driven Outreach Optimisation
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3What this role really is

Finding new opportunities in enterprise sales, reaching out to large, complex companies and identifying who to talk to. This means targeted research and outreach, opening doors for account executives to take deals further.

4What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Salesforce (CRM) Intermediate

Logging all your activities, updating lead and opportunity statuses, running basic reports to track your own performance, and maintaining clean data. You'll live in Salesforce.

LinkedIn Sales Navigator Intermediate

Building targeted lead lists, mapping out organisational structures, identifying key decision-makers, and sending personalised InMails for outreach. This is your primary research tool.

Outreach / Salesloft Intermediate

Executing multi-step email and call sequences for outbound prospecting, managing your daily tasks, and personalising templates effectively. This is where your outreach happens.

Gong / Chorus.ai Basic

Reviewing your own calls for self-coaching, listening to top performers' calls to learn best practices, and occasionally clipping key moments to share with your AE.

ZoomInfo / Seamless.AI Intermediate

Efficiently pulling accurate contact and company data for targeted outreach, ensuring you have the right phone numbers and email addresses. You'll manage your credit usage responsibly.

Clari / BoostUp.ai Basic

Accurately updating deal status and forecast numbers (for your sourced pipeline) within the platform. You'll see how your leads contribute to the bigger picture.

Seismic / Highspot Basic

Finding and sharing approved marketing collateral, sales decks, and case studies with prospects. You'll make sure you're using the latest and greatest content.

5What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing in Where you are nowThe step above
Daily Outreach Strategy Follows prescribed sequences and scripts, minimal deviation. Chooses which accounts to prioritise, tailors messaging, and decides on channels (email, call, LinkedIn) based on research. Proposes new approaches. Develops and tests new outreach frameworks, coaches others on strategy, influences team-wide best practices.
Lead Qualification Qualifies against a strict checklist, escalates any deviation. Independently qualifies prospects using MEDDPICC, makes judgment calls on borderline cases, escalates only complex, novel qualification challenges. Defines and refines qualification criteria, trains AEs on advanced qualification techniques, identifies systemic issues in lead quality.
Internal Resource Allocation (e.g., Solutions Consultant time) Requests resources through manager, no direct coordination. Coordinates directly with Solutions Consultants for initial demos, manages their calendar for your meetings, escalates if there's a conflict or scarcity. Manages resource allocation across a team, resolves conflicts, influences overall resource planning.

6How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, and what is not on it. The hard targets, how often each is actually looked at, and the quiet signals that never reach a dashboard.

Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs) Generated
The number of genuinely qualified opportunities you create each month that meet our MEDDPICC criteria and are accepted by an AE.
Target · 12-15 per month

If you set up 18 meetings in a month, and 14 of those were accepted by an AE as a valid SQL, you're hitting your target. We're looking for quality over quantity here, honestly.

Pipeline Contribution
The total estimated value of the opportunities you've sourced and added to the sales pipeline.
Target · ~£1.5M in sourced pipeline per quarter

You sourced 10 deals this quarter, each with an average potential value of £150K. That's £1.5M in pipeline, putting you right on track.

Meeting-to-SQL Conversion Rate
The percentage of initial meetings you set that actually convert into a Sales Qualified Lead (SQL).
Target · >60%

You booked 20 meetings this month. If 13 of those were accepted by the AEs as SQLs, your conversion rate is 65%, which is excellent. It shows you're qualifying well upfront.

Activity Volume
The total number of outreach touches (emails, calls, LinkedIn messages) you make each day.
Target · ~50-70 touches per day

You sent 30 personalised emails, made 25 calls, and sent 10 LinkedIn messages today. That's 65 touches, a solid day's work. It's about consistent effort, not just bursts.

Quality of Discovery Calls
How well you uncover genuine pain points, understand the customer's business, and identify key stakeholders during your initial calls.
  • AE feedback on meeting quality, detailed and insightful notes in Salesforce, recordings on Gong showing good questioning techniques, prospects confirming key challenges you've identified.
Strategic Account Mapping & Research
Your ability to thoroughly research target accounts, identify the right people, and understand their organisational structure and priorities before reaching out.
  • Well-researched account plans, accurate organisational charts in Salesforce, positive feedback from AEs on the quality of your pre-call intelligence, successful multi-threading in target accounts.
Internal Collaboration & AE Partnership
How effectively you work with your assigned Enterprise Account Executives, sharing insights, aligning on strategy, and ensuring a smooth handover of opportunities.
  • Positive feedback from AEs on your communication and support, joint strategy sessions for target accounts, AEs consistently accepting your qualified leads, proactive sharing of market intelligence.
Continuous Learning & Adaptability
Your willingness to learn new sales methodologies, adapt your outreach strategies based on feedback, and stay updated on market trends and our product offerings.
  • Active participation in training sessions, implementation of coaching feedback, proactive sharing of new ideas for outreach, demonstrable improvement in call quality over time.

7Would you like it

Both sides. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Hitting Targets & Earning Commission

You're constantly checking your metrics, strategising new ways to hit your SQL numbers, and getting a real buzz when you book a high-quality meeting that leads to pipeline. The thought of that commission cheque is a genuine driver.

You celebrated hitting 110% of your SQL target last month, not just because of the bonus, but because you know you directly contributed to the team's success.

Learning & Development

You're always asking your AE for feedback, listening to Gong calls of top performers, and eager to try new outreach techniques. You see every interaction as a chance to get better at your craft.

After a tough call, you immediately ask your manager to review the recording with you, keen to understand what you could have done differently.

Building a Strong Pipeline & Impact

You get a real sense of accomplishment from seeing the pipeline grow with opportunities you've sourced. You like knowing that your efforts are directly feeding the sales engine and leading to big wins down the line.

You feel a genuine sense of pride when an AE closes a deal that you initially sourced and qualified, knowing you laid the groundwork.

What frustrates people
  • The Ghosting Prospect: When a key contact, who seemed really engaged, suddenly stops responding to all emails and calls without explanation. It's infuriating.
  • CRM Admin: The constant, nagging pressure to update Salesforce. It feels like it takes time away from actual selling, even though we know it's important.
  • Unrealistic Quotas: Sometimes leadership sets a really aggressive target, forcing you to chase leads that feel like long shots just to have a chance.
  • Resource Scarcity: Fighting internally for the time of a Solutions Consultant for your initial demo, as they're often stretched thin across too many requests.
  • Product Gaps: Occasionally, you'll uncover a prospect's need that our product doesn't quite meet, and you have to manage those expectations carefully.
  • The 11th Hour Re-org (Indirectly): While not your champion directly, if a key contact you were engaging moves roles, you're back to square one with that account.
What this role does not give you
  • Immediate closure on deals: You're not closing the big deals here; you're setting them up. The satisfaction comes from pipeline, not signed contracts.
  • A quiet, predictable work environment: Expect constant communication, quick pivots, and a fair bit of noise (in a good way!).
  • Minimal administrative tasks: There's definitely a chunk of time spent on research, CRM updates, and email crafting. It's part of the job.
  • Guaranteed success with every effort: You'll put in a lot of effort that won't lead to a meeting. That's just the reality of enterprise sales.

8Who you work with

Your work directly fuels the sales pipeline. Without you finding and qualifying those initial opportunities, our Enterprise Account Executives would struggle to hit their targets, and frankly, we wouldn't grow. You're the crucial first step in bringing in significant new revenue.

Inside the business
  • Enterprise Account Executives (L3-L4): They're your primary partners, relying on you for qualified meetings.
  • Sales Manager (L5): Your direct line manager, there for coaching and strategy.
  • Sales Operations: They help with tooling, data, and process improvements.
  • Marketing Team: You'll give them feedback on lead quality and campaign effectiveness.
  • Solutions Consultants: You'll coordinate with them for initial product overviews and demos.
Outside the business
  • C-Suite and Senior Leadership at target accounts: These are the people you're trying to reach.
  • Mid-level Managers at target accounts: Often your first point of contact and potential champions.

9What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • 2-5 years of experience in a Business Development Representative (BDR), Sales Development Representative (SDR), or similar quota-carrying, outbound sales role.
  • Demonstrable experience consistently hitting or exceeding targets in a previous sales role.
  • Proven ability to conduct thorough research and identify key decision-makers within target accounts.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a knack for crafting compelling messages.
  • Experience using a CRM (ideally Salesforce) for logging activities and managing a pipeline.
  • A genuine hunger to learn, grow, and progress into a full Enterprise Account Executive role.

10What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced CRM & Sales Engagement Platform Mastery

You'll need to move beyond just logging activities. This means using the CRM for deeper insights, building custom reports, and really squeezing every bit of value out of our sales engagement platforms.

Building custom reports and dashboards in Salesfor · Understanding Salesforce automation rules and how · Designing and optimising complex multi-channel seq · Using advanced analytics within sales engagement p

  • This month: Take a Salesforce Trailhead module on advanced reporting.
  • Next month: Work with Sales Ops to build a custom report that gives you a new insight into your pipeline.
  • Month 3: Design and launch a new, more complex sequence in Outreach/Salesloft, incorporating A/B tests.
  • Ongoing: Regularly review platform updates and proactively suggest how new features could benefit the team.

Quick win: Identify one manual reporting task you do regularly. Can you automate it or build a dashboard for it in Salesforce? Ask Sales Ops for help.

Conversation Intelligence for Deal Strategy

Gong isn't just for self-coaching anymore. You'll need to use it to spot trends across calls, identify common objections, and even track competitor mentions before they become a problem. It's about proactive deal intelligence.

Using Gong to analyse common themes and keywords a · Identifying and sharing 'aha moments' or key custo · Tracking competitor mentions and understanding how · Leveraging call data to refine your qualification

  • This month: Listen to 5 calls from top-performing AEs and identify their key questioning techniques.
  • Next month: Use Gong's search features to find all mentions of a specific competitor in your calls and analyse the context.
  • Month 3: Present a summary of common objections you're hearing on calls and suggest new ways to address them.
  • Ongoing: Regularly share interesting call snippets or insights with your AE to help them prepare for their next steps.

Quick win: Pick one of your recent discovery calls. Use Gong to quickly identify the top 3 pain points mentioned by the prospect. Did you capture them all in your notes?

11Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Attend industry webinars and virtual events to stay updated on market trends and customer challenges.
  • Actively participate in internal sales training sessions and workshops.
  • Seek out mentorship opportunities with senior Account Executives or sales leaders.
  • Read books and articles on sales methodologies, prospecting techniques, and B2B sales strategy.
  • Listen to sales podcasts regularly to pick up new ideas and stay motivated.

12The rising capability

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Advanced Personalisation & Hyper-relevance

Generic outreach is dead. Prospects are bombarded, and only truly relevant, deeply personalised messages cut through. AI helps, but the human touch to make it truly resonate is key.

  • Deep account intelligence gathering (trigger event
  • Crafting multi-channel messages that speak directl
  • Moving beyond 'first name' personalisation to 'bus
  • Using video and audio messages for higher engageme

Data-Driven Outreach Optimisation

Guesswork is expensive. The best specialists won't just send messages; they'll constantly analyse what's working (and what isn't) across different channels, times, and messaging styles to optimise their approach.

  • A/B testing subject lines, call-to-actions, and va
  • Analysing engagement rates (open, click, reply) by
  • Understanding ideal send times and cadences for di
  • Using CRM and sales engagement platform dashboards

13What you’ll use

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • MEDDPICC Qualification
  • Value-Based Selling (Foundational)
  • Multi-threading & Committee Selling (Initial)
  • Strategic Account & Territory Planning (Initial)
  • Objection Handling & Negotiation (Early Stage)

14The pathway

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Business Development Representative (BDR/SDR)

    2-3 years

    Skills to master

    • Outbound prospecting, cold calling, email copywriting, initial qualification (BANT), CRM hygiene, resilience.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently hitting or exceeding monthly meeting/pipeline targets.
    • Strong understanding of the sales process and qualification criteria.
    • Positive feedback from AEs on the quality of your sourced leads.
    • Demonstrated ability to handle initial objections and articulate value.
  2. 2

    Inside Sales Representative (ISR)

    3-4 years

    Skills to master

    • Full sales cycle for smaller/mid-market deals, objection handling, closing skills, pipeline management, product knowledge.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Proven track record of hitting individual quota for smaller deals.
    • Ability to manage a full sales cycle from prospecting to close.
    • Strong negotiation skills at a foundational level.
    • Desire to move into more complex, larger enterprise deals.
  3. 3

    Customer Success/Account Management (Junior)

    3-5 years

    Skills to master

    • Customer relationship management, understanding customer needs, identifying upsell opportunities, product advocacy, empathy.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Deep understanding of customer pain points and business drivers.
    • Strong ability to build and maintain relationships with clients.
    • Experience identifying and articulating value for existing customers.
    • Desire to transition into a new business acquisition role.

15Where this role leads

The long view: This work can lead to closing larger deals as a senior account executive, or managing a sales team as a regional sales manager.

The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Enterprise Sales Specialist is actually changing.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

The record names a next step, but the catalogue has no page for it yet:

  • Enterprise Account Executive (L3)

How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

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Enterprise Sales Specialist
  • MEDDPICC Qualification
  • Value-Based Selling (Foundational)
  • Multi-threading & Committee Selling (Initial)
  • Strategic Account & Territory Planning (Initial)
  • Objection Handling & Negotiation (Early Stage)
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

16The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Enterprise Sales Specialist is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Enterprise Account Executive (L3)

    1-3 years from this role

    You'll move from generating opportunities to owning the full sales cycle, from qualification to closing complex deals.

    • Mastery of MEDDPICC and other complex sales methodologies.
    • Expertise in navigating complex procurement and legal processes.
    • Ability to lead a virtual deal team (Solutions Consultants, Product Specialists).
    • Advanced pipeline management and accurate forecasting.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, sales is about connecting with people, but a huge chunk of your day can get eaten up by repetitive tasks. Imagine getting back 15-25 hours every week. That's what AI can do for you in this role.

We're not talking about robots replacing you; we're talking about smart tools that handle the grunt work, freeing you up to do what you do best: strategise, build relationships, and have genuinely impactful conversations. Think of AI as your personal sales assistant, working tirelessly in the background.

Automated Prospecting & Follow-up

Use AI tools to draft and score personalised outreach emails that actually get opened. Automate your multi-step follow-up sequences based on how prospects engage, so you never drop a lead. It's like having an army of you, but faster.

Call Analysis & Self-Coaching

Leverage conversation intelligence (like Gong) to automatically transcribe your sales calls, identify key topics, and track competitor mentions. You can review your own calls for self-coaching and learn from top performers without having to re-listen to every single minute. It's instant feedback.

Pre-Call Research Synthesis

Imagine an AI assistant summarising a target company's latest earnings report, press releases, or executive interviews into a concise brief, highlighting key priorities and potential pain points. You'll walk into every call feeling like an expert, in minutes.

Meeting Summary Generation

After a key discovery call, use AI to generate a draft 'meeting summary' email or even the 'current state' section for a proposal. It pulls directly from your call transcripts and notes, ensuring accuracy and saving you loads of time on post-call admin.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become an Enterprise Sales Specialist?

Common routes in include Business Development Representative (BDR/SDR) (2-3 years), Inside Sales Representative (ISR) (3-4 years) and Customer Success/Account Management (Junior) (3-5 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can an Enterprise Sales Specialist progress to?

This role can lead on to Enterprise Account Executive (1-3 years from this role), depending on the skills you build.

What new skills matter most for an Enterprise Sales Specialist?

Increasingly, Advanced Personalisation & Hyper-relevance and Data-Driven Outreach Optimisation. These are the skills our record of this role lists as growing.

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17Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 3

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

 More jobs in sales

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.
If you leave this industry

The skills built in enterprise sales carry across industries such as SaaS, FinTech and manufacturing. They can also lead into sales enablement, product marketing or management consulting, where understanding customer needs and business strategy matters.

This role profile is © 2026 Growth Engineering Technologies Ltd. Built from UK occupational standards and regulated qualification data, and written for Zavmo.

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