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Director, Enterprise Sales

YextLondon, United KingdomFull-timeSalary not listed · Typical pay in United KingdomPosted Nov 13, 2026

Yext has an opening for a Director, Enterprise Sales in London, United Kingdom. It is listed as a full-time, leadership position with hybrid working.

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Yext has an opening for a Director, Enterprise Sales in London, United Kingdom. It is listed as a full-time, leadership position with hybrid working.

Reading the advert, the employer asks for 10+ years of experience.

Skills and tools named in the text include SEO, sales and SaaS.

No salary is given in this listing, so check the official pay figures in the DGJ Insight section below where they exist.

Benefits mentioned in the advert: bonus.

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Dev Global Jobs found this job on Arbeitnow on Nov 13, 2026.

Employer
Yext
Location
London, United Kingdom
Work mode
hybrid
Job type
Full-time
Level (from the title)
leadership
Pay
Not stated by the employer
Experience asked
10+ years
Found
Nov 13, 2026 on Arbeitnow
Employer text
753 words, about 3 min to read
Skills named in the advert
SEOsalesSaaS
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Updated Nov 13, 2026
Pay benchmark
Average wage, United Kingdom
GBP 46,511 average / year

Source: OECD Average annual wages, 2025

Cost of living · United Kingdom
100.5 vs New York = 100

UN living-cost index for United Kingdom (ICSC post adjustment 76.4), as of 1 Oct 2026.

Source: ICSC post adjustment classifications (icsc.un.org)

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  • Skilled Worker visa: Job offer from a licensed sponsor at the required skill and salary level; English requirement
  • Health and Care Worker visa: Eligible health and social care roles with a licensed sponsor
  • Global Talent visa: Endorsement as a leader or potential leader in a listed field

Official routes: UK Visas and Immigration (GOV.UK)

Job description

About the role

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Yext (NYSE: YEXT) is the enterprise agentic marketing platform. Built on the world's most comprehensive structured data platform for local businesses, Yext gives brands and their partners the visibility intelligence to win every moment of discovery, across AI and traditional search. Yext's API-first architecture connects structured data to APIs, MCP servers, and generative interfaces, so partners and developers can build purpose-built experiences on the same infrastructure powering Yext's own products. Thousands of brands and digital marketing partners in financial services, healthcare, retail, hospitality, and food rely on Yext to manage, measure, and optimize visibility at scale. For more information, visit yext.com.

As a Director, Enterprise Sales, you are responsible for growing our client base with a focus on Fortune 50-500 clients. You are committed to winning and taking advantage of the untapped customer base that could benefit from Yext’s product offering. Individuals should have a proven track record of consultative sales; the ability to negotiate complex six and seven figure contracts; a strong understanding of the digital landscape and a willingness to embrace innovative, fast paced technology companies. If this is you, we offer best in class compensation with uncapped commissions!

01What You’ll Do

  • Build, lead and grow your own book of business, selling to our top accounts and working with Fortune 50-500 caliber clients
  • Drive significant growth in the market for both existing and new clients, achieving or exceeding individual quota
  • Focus on implementing transactions in an assigned territory and prospect for new opportunities
  • Manage complete and complex sales-cycles presenting to C-level executives the value of our product
  • Define, implement, and own an engagement plan for key prospects
  • Develop and manage positive relationships within our Enterprise market segment, looking for opportunities to make valuable contributions for the customer and develop additional revenue
  • Territory/Vertical identification and research, to formalise a go to market strategy and build qualified target accounts
  • Forecast sales activity and revenue achievement, while creating satisfied and referenceable customers

02What You Have

  • BA/BS degree or similar university level education. In lieu of degree, relevant skills or equivalent experience
  • Ideally 10+ years experience selling SaaS technologies
  • All candidates, who may not have the above-listed years’ experience, but can demonstrate the vital skills, may apply and will be considered
  • Ability to reach and develop relationships with C-level executives in key verticals
  • Understanding of digital ecosystem landscape and relationships
  • Track record of success in carrying a quota, closing Fortune 50-500 deals
  • Successful history of net direct new business sales, with the ability to prove consistent delivery against targets
  • A track record of success in selling business applications and complex solutions
  • Balance a strategic view to an account with a fast-paced transactional approach
  • Track record of over-achieving quota (top 10-20% of company) in past positions
  • Experience managing and closing complex sales-cycles- demonstrated ownership of all aspects of territory management
  • Experience in bringing innovative / market defining products to market
  • Must work well in a team selling environment
  • Ability to travel

03Bonus Points

  • Experience in a marketing performance environment with a solid understanding of SEO and SEM
  • Local, Display and/or Search market experience

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Yext is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a results-driven, engaging culture where every employee has the opportunity to contribute to the success of the Company, perform at the highest possible level, and grow their skills and capabilities. Yext welcomes employees and applicants of all backgrounds and demographics, and does not engage in discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic recognized under applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. The Company believes a broad variety of life experiences across the Yext team is critical to its mission to help every business in the world be visible everywhere customers search. By seeking out fresh perspectives and fostering a positive interview experience and employee experience, Yext can remain at the forefront of innovation, and better serve its customers.

It is Yext’s policy to provide reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities as required by applicable law. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or participating in the employee selection process, please complete this form.

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